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Breezy, warm and mostly dry this weekend
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s mild this morning with a few passing clouds as the weekend begins. Temperatures warm into the mid and upper ’70s ’80s this afternoon with the passing clouds sticking around. Today and tomorrow will both be quite breezy with east winds at 15 to 20 mph. There’s a small craft advisory […]
Bay Area law enforcement seeing 'frustrating' uptick in fentanyl-related arrests
TAMPA - Tampa Bay area law enforcement took a large amount of fentanyl off our streets this week, from a history-making bust in Polk County to fentanyl seized from a hit-and-run driver. "With a seizure of 14 kilos of fentanyl, this is the single largest seizure in the history of...
Hit-and-run suspect held
A man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash April 18 that killed a 23-year-old pedestrian. Tampa police said a Volkswagen Jetta was eastbound on Busch Boulevard near N. 50th Street about 11:40 p.m. when the male victim attempted to cross the boulevard outside a designated crosswalk. The driver struck the pedestrian and fled.
Coast Guard rescues 2 near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Coast Guard boat crew rescued two people after they became "disoriented" on their boat on Saturday morning. Then men were near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and were retrieved by the crew to meet EMS at Coquina Beach South Boat Ramp, according to an X post by the United States Coast Guard Southeast District.
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