Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a proposal Monday that would give Florida homeowners a rebate check averaging $1,000 for each homesteaded property in the state.

A massive fire overtook a South Tampa apartment complex just after 3 a.m. on Saturday.

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Florida deputies search for suspect accused of robbing Publix

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Once again temperatures start out warm in the low 70s this morning with muggy conditions. It will be breezy later today with highs nearclose to record levels topping out in the low 90s with lots of sunshine.

A Tampa attorney is weighing in after the video of a Florida charter captain and a young fisherman getting into a heated argument under the Barron Collier Bridge went viral.

The Final Four Women's Basketball game was held in Amalie Arena

Hillsborough County deputies were investigating a deadly train crash that happened Friday evening.

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Leo Govoni was in court on Friday on the orders of a Federal Judge as the attorneys representing those families are pressed to know where all that money went.  While Govoni avoided Investigative Reporter Brittany Muller’s questions outside the courthouse in downtown Tampa, he was forced to offer some answers on the stand.

State lawmakers are looking to add more regulations to the controversial herbal supplement known as Kratom. It's commonly found at gas stations along with tobacco and Kava shops.

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State lawmakers are looking to add more regulations to the controversial herbal supplement known as Kratom. It's commonly found at gas stations along with tobacco and Kava shops.