Tag: Tampa

2 Tampa Bay area beaches among Florida’s best beaches: USA Today

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) —  Out of the 825 miles of Florida beaches, two in the Tampa Bay area were ranked among the favorites in the Sunshine State. USA Today’s 10Best expert panel nominated their top Florida beaches and then readers voted for their favorites. The two local beaches ranked are both in Pinellas County. Clearwater […]

Tampa police investigating double homicide

Tampa police are investigating after two people were shot and killed near downtown Tampa on Saturday afternoon. Police were called to the 1100 block of Ray Charles Boulevard at about 1:15 pm. Both victims — an adult man and woman — sustained upper body injuries and died at the scene, according to a Tampa Police […]

Breeze Airways adds new seasonal flight from Tampa International Airport

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A new seasonal flight from Breeze is now boarding in Tampa. The airline launched a new route from Tampa to Orange County-Santa Ana, California on Friday. This is the first time the airports have been connected with nonstop service. According to Breeze, the route will be available twice weekly on Mondays […]

A dangerous stretch of Tampa road is getting a safety makeover

TAMPA — A stretch of one of Tampa’s most hazardous roadways is receiving a bicycle-friendly makeover, funded by the city’s red-light camera program. Construction began earlier this month to convert a section of West Cleveland Street a few blocks south of the University of Tampa from three traffic lanes to two, with one lane transforming […]

Deputies seek 3 people seen in video at time of deadly Tampa shooting

Hillsborough County deputies are searching for three people who might know who killed a 24-year-old man in Tampa on Sunday. Just after 2 a.m. Sunday, deputies found Brayan Rivera Garcia with a gunshot wound to the chest on the 1300 block of Treasure Key Court, about one mile northwest of University Mall. Garcia was taken […]