The events are designed to help Bay area residents — many of whom are still recovering from Helene and Milton — get ready for the 2025 storm season.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s that time again! Racing fans from all over will be heading to the Bay area for the start of the next IndyCar season. The 2025 Firestone Grand Prix will be speeding ...

The Straz Center broke ground on a new, $80 million renovation project that will add education space to The Patel Conservatory.

Here’s a county-by-county list of events that are happening around the area.

BRADENTON, Fla. — The final public meeting about school boundary changes in Manatee County is scheduled for Wednesday night at Southeast High School. The school district has held a series of ...

No major changes expected this weekend as temperatures will be seasonably hot and rain chances will also be typical for early August. The atmospheric conditions won't change much this weekend, so ...

NATIONWIDE — A new study states that microplastics, known to be in the ocean and in food, may be in more places, and in larger numbers. Scientists found that humans may be inhaling 100 times ...

Here is a collection of photos during Hurricane Helene from Spectrum News viewers, staff and local organizations. You can send your photos to us by submitting them here or via the Spectrum News ...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A family is still fighting for answers, 14-years after the disappearance of a 2-year-old boy in Lake County, Florida. His mother reported 2-year-old Trenton Duckett missing ...

An Emmy nominated journalist on Spectrum Bay News 9 for more than a decade, Roy De Jesus, is Your Midday News Anchor, weekdays beginning at Noon. Roy De Jesus started his career at Spectrum Bay ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay region is becoming more attractive to tech startups. A nonprofit that works with entrepreneurs building their businesses is seeing this growth firsthand. Tampa Bay ...

The World Food Program said a third of Gaza's population were not eating for days and nearly half a million were enduring famine-like conditions.