Tampa Bay Times

People have been seeing more of their animals since the coronavirus tethered them to their homes. Dogs bark through Zoom meetings. Cats are our “coworkers.” Majid “Magic” Esmaeili has a few hundred squawking parrots for company. His only company. His email to the Tampa Bay Times recently arrived with the subject line “SOS.” “My name is Majid Esmaeili (AKA) Magic…

57-year-old Warren Brown was arrested Saturday on charges of second-degree murder in the killing of 43-year-old Sophie Solis and was jailed without bail.

Circuit Judge William Burgess III found Pinellas County Sheriff’s detective Michael Alvarez engaged in a “ruse” to obtain a search warrant for a crime used to obtain evidence to prosecute for other crimes.

The Citrus County Commission heard from residents before voting 3-2 on Tuesday against replacing hard copies of the newspaper with a $2,900 annual digital subscription.

The shooting occurred Friday near the Walmart Neighborhood Market in Pinellas Park when police say the man in his early 20s was hanging out behind the store when two men in a white car pulled up, got out and opened fire.

Pasco Fire Rescue announced on Twitter that firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control as department photos also showed multiple heavily damaged cars alongside the stretch of highway.

As President Trump faces the possibility of impeachments, his son is at the center of a similar situation at a Florida school. The Tampa Bay Times reports that members of the student senate at the University of Florida have begun an impeachment inquiry into the student government president at the school, Michael Murphy. A formal resolution was delivered to Murphy...

Siblings Bala and Bhutan had lived in the park since 2007 as park spokeswoman Rebecca Romzek said Bhutan isn’t being treated for injuries, but they are closely checking him.

A 31-year-old Florida man who faced two first-degree murder charges has been freed after the prosecution’s key witness recanted her testimony.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, will speak on the Gainesville campus on October 10th – giving a presentation and later answering questions from those in attendance.

Marcia Nelson told the congregation at Gateway Baptist Church in St. Petersburg that Jacquez Welch’s organs will be donated after he was removed from life support Monday.

Hillsborough County officials say conditions were so dangerous at Trish’s All Breed Grooming that they obtained a court order this week and evacuated about 350 dogs into the county’s pet shelters.

A Florida police officer is accused of possession and distribution of child pornography.

A Florida man has been sentenced to 30 year in prison for killing a neighbor over a yard-work debt.

Authorities say a 32-year-old nursing assistant sexually assaulted four patients including one in a wheelchair and other disabled by a stroke at Florida health care facilities where he’s worked over the past three years.