Tampa News

A Tampa man accused of kidnapping his children and fleeing, along with his wife, to Cuba has been found competent to stand trial.

GOOD news at last for frogs and other amphibians: we might start spraying them with dead fungus.

Lionel Richie continues last year's smash "All The Hits All Night Long" tour through summer in the United States.

Not too many country music stars have had more impressive careers than Tim McGraw.

Never buy your food where you buy your gas. This is one of 64 eating principles that food writer Michael Pollan outlines in his 2009 book, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual.

From left Josh Fan, Chris Prachar and Joe Orsino stand in the temperature controlled cellar of Rococo Steak.

Seasoned sailor and author Linda Petrat will discuss her three-month solo sailing trip from Kittery, Maine to Sarasota on her "Good Little Boat," a 22-foot Pearson Ensign racing sloop on Wednesday, July 9, 7 to 8 p.m., Dunedin Public Library, 223 Douglas Ave. Petrat sign copies of her book A Great Big Adventure on a Good Little Boat following the ... (more)

Proposed new requirements by the Food and Drug Administration on tobacco products that would treat cigar manufacturers like cigarette makers threatens the J.C. Newman Cigar Company, the last surviving cigar company in Tampa, which used to be known as the Cigar City.

Summer is a great time to take a dip, but beachgoers at two Tampa Bay area beaches will want to steer clear of the waters.

The idea is to keep tobacco products out of the hands of minors. But a new ruling by the Food and Drug Administration could have a big impact on an Ybor City cigar factory.

On Tuesday, friends and family of the Universal Academy of Florida student stuck in Israel took to social media posting pictures with the hashtag "Bring Tariq home."

It was a packed house for a public meeting Tuesday night in historic South Seminole Heights where residents debated the merits and problems of a potential dog park.

Many studies show Tampa Bay is one of the most dangerous regions for pedestrians and bicyclists.

The final version of a study addressing what to do when cruise ships are too large to sail beneath the Sunshine Skyway Bridge does not make any specific recommendations, but is an attempt to "bring the best data together," state officials said Tuesday.

An express hair and beauty concept is coming to MetWest International, a mixed-use development in Tampa's Westshore district.

A Tampa day trader faces charges in federal court alleging he defrauded investors, many of whom were other day traders, out of $473,742.

A Republican National Committee panel is about to choose between Dallas and Cleveland to host the Republican Party's 2016 presidential convention.

The E-Bike. It's electric and it's fun, but it's the battery that makes it amazing - a mere 5 pounds.

A gunowners group might not be the first place a gunshot victim looks for help, but that's the community that reached out to help 5-year-old Davien Martinez.

A Bald Eagle found unable to fly at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa on the Fourth of July was rescued, and is now healing in the care of veterinarians at The park's veterinary staff performed surgery on the southern American Bald Eagle Monday morning, after discovering the bird had a wing injury due to broken metacarpal bones, according to a ... (more)