The Latest Breaking News from Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. — Two years before Mary O’Connor was named as Tampa police chief, a reign that ended with her humiliating exit from public life earlier this month, her husband was hired to run the city’s neighborhood enhancement division — still known colloquially as code enforcement.

TAMPA, Fla. -- The movie business was always his business.

TAMPA, Fla. — Two years ago, the Florida grand jury tasked with investigating school safety problems and other issues after the Parkland mass shooting issued a scathing report about the state’s mental health care system.

TAMPA, Fla. — He looked awkward, he looked indecisive, he looked slow.

TAMPA, Fla. — The sound of voices of those hoping to open a cruise ship terminal to walkers, runners and cyclists amid downtown’s current and explosive growth is getting louder.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Bucs played one of their best halves of football this season against the red-hot Bengals on Sunday, building a 17-3 halftime lead.

TAMPA, Fla. — Somewhere, in archives of the future, there is a drawer filled with Tampa Bay’s ballpark renderings. The original waterfront park that was not to be in St. Pete. The current pavilion concept at the Tropicana Field site. The first foray into Ybor City. Then the second. And,…

TAMPA, Fla. — As Florida struggles with a growing demand for nurses, its system for training them has a serious problem. Every year, thousands of nursing school graduates fail at the finish line, unable to make the final milestone required to become licensed.

TAMPA, Fla. — Closing their six-game homestand Thursday night against a Blue Jackets squad with the fewest points in the Eastern Conference, the Lightning had to be careful not to be lulled into a letdown game.