A falling crane damaged an office building during Hurricane Milton. A Times investigation revealed gaps in oversight.

A manatee is recovering at ZooTampa after he was rescued from cold waters near the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus on Wednesday.

Tampa and St. Petersburg are among the cities that have seen the largest increase in home prices over the last 10 years, according to a study from a construction analysis and research company.

The City of St. Petersburg now says it does not have to finish repairs of Tropicana Field in time for the 2026 season, according to a letter obtained by the Tampa Bay Times.

A 9-foot-tall, 500-foot-long AquaFence will soon guard Lift Station 85, a wastewater treatment plant that services St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront. TGH's barrier protected it from storm surge during Helene.

On that day, snow fell in South Florida for the first time in recorded history. According to an article from the NWS, snow was seen across all of southeast Florida as far south as Homestead and even on Miami Beach.

We’re very disheartened with the defeat of the ballot measure but we know that doesn’t change the fact that Floridians still need abortion care."

There's only one city above Tampa in terms of home prices increasing over the past decade. Tampa and St. Petersburg are among the cities with the largest increases in home prices over the past decade,

Fitzgerald was born in St. Pete, but spent some of his adolescence in Atlanta before returning to the Bay area after high school.

Parts of the Tampa Bay area are bracing for some cold nights, as a winter storm blasts the southeast region of the U.S. Governor Ron DeSantis declared a State of Emergency ahead of the storm.

The Gulfport, Mississippi, bank says in a statement that buying Sabal and its four offices — St. Pete, Tampa, Sarasota and The Villages — allows it to “expand its wealth management line of business and strengthen (its) commitment to Central Florida.”

Hurricanes Helene and Milton cost the city $247 million for debris collection, damage to city property and the cost of police and firefighter overtime, according to preliminary estimates from the city.