On Friday, school officials, students, athletes, alumni and local and state dignitaries were on hand as ground was broken on ...

FEMA official allegedly told a disaster response team to avoid homes that had a flag or signs showing support for Donald ...

It's another very warm day with highs in the upper 80s. We will approach record high temperatures this afternoon. Skies will be partly sunny to mostly cloudy with winds out of the east. Lows will ...

Spectrum Networks cable customers from a seven-county area get the latest news, weather and traffic from Bay News 9. You'll see Bay News 9 reporters in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Lakeland, Bradenton ...

Tropical Storm Rafael is bringing strong winds, heavy rain and dangerous coastal conditions to the western Caribbean. Watch ...

State residents passed Amendment 5 with 66 percent of the vote. The amendment calls for annual adjustments to the value of ...

New numbers from StreetLight Data show that Lakeland is seeing one of the biggest increases in daily vehicle miles traveled since 2019. Drivers are now traveling an average of 37% more miles a day ...

Democrat Leonard Spencer won the race for Florida’s House District 45 Tuesday. Republican incumbent Carolina Amesty came in second. Amesty won in 2022 with 53.3% of the vote. Both primary races ...

GULFPORT, Fla. — Pete’s Bagels baker Erin Hopper starts the bagel-making odyssey at the mixer with barley malt powder, water, yeast, flour and salt. The company seeks to develop a space next ...

The Hillsborough County Office of Emergency Management, Florida Department of Emergency Management (FDEM) and the Federal ...

The first look at fresh survey results from AP VoteCast came in Tuesday night. It is a survey of registered voters conducted for the Associated Press. Spectrum Bay News 9's Angie Angers looks at ...

Get the latest updates to the 2024 Presidential Map as states are called for Vice President Kamala Harris and or Former ...