Angie Angers

TAMPA, Fla. — A group of families in Town 'n' Country's Bay Crest Park neighborhood are going above and beyond to make sure Halloween festivities still happen this year, despite all the hurricane damage.

Bay Crest Park sits just off Memorial Highway on a network of canals that feed into the bay.

Sea Turtle Trackers, the group that patrols the southern end of Pinellas County beaches, recorded just 55 nests this year. That's just over half of last year's total.

Amendment 1 would have made school board elections partisan beginning in 2026 but it failed to cross that 60% threshold.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Board of Directors is scheduled to select Tampa International Airport's next CEO on Tuesday.

Current CEO, Joe Lopano, announced earlier this year he would be retiring by the end of his contract in April 2025.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Many of St. Petersburg's city council members were all in the same room Wednesday night for the first time since the city report came out showing how much it would cost to repair Tropicana Field.

Property owners say they were promised Substantial Damage determination report letters weeks ago and now are stuck waiting.

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. — Both residents and short-term rental owners say red tape and administrative holdups are keeping them from starting the rebuilding process following Hurricane Helene.

Under the use agreement, the city is contractually obligated to repair the current Tropicana Field. A second vote on bonds for the future stadium could be delayed, should council members choose to do so.