CLEARWATER, Fla., (WFLA) — Clearwater Fire Rescue has a new fire chief with an extensive background. Chief Chad Pittman has ...

PALMETTO, Fla. (WFLA) — An endangered smalltooth sawfish was relocated this week after being trapped in a lower Tampa Bay wetland.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A vehicle caught on fire on I-275 northbound near the Dick Misener Bridge Wednesday afternoon. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (WFLA) — A Pinellas Park couple is recovering after what police are calling a targeted and violent home invasion. Investigators said the suspect, 49-year-old Stephen Houpt, had ...

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State Attorney Jack Campbell and Defense Attorney Peter Mills met at the Leon County Courthouse in the suspected Florida ...

VENICE, Fla. (WFLA) — A man is dead following a deputy-involved shooting that took place in Venice Wednesday afternoon.

The 2025 winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest has bloomed into an adorably quirky champion after being rescued from ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified two people who died after an Auburndale home caught fire Tuesday afternoon.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Bay was recently named among the areas with the worst inflation problems, according to WalletHub.

A man was rescued after officers found him clinging to his overturned kayak with “his head barely above water,” the Florida ...

At just 17 years old, Isis Mack is tackling disparities in healthcare through her own grassroots health justice initiative, V.O.I.C.E.S.