Tampa Area Breaking and business News. Pasco, Hillsborough, and Polk Counties. We have the top stories in business, arts, and entertainment, restaurants, Florida agriculture, fishing, cold cases, medical and health, sports with Martin Fennelly, Conservative Opinions and Virtual events in the Tampa Bay Area.
We offer digital crossword puzzles,soduko, national news, local news, and education reports.
A team of outstanding journalists and photographers lead the way for Tampa Bay.
Political coverage both locally, statewide, and nationally as well. We offer amazing advertising opportunities for our advertisers and a true partnership.
The Free Press is proud to offer its advertisers a fresh, popular approach to news, rich with colorful pixel beauty.
We represent the nation’s #2 location in the United States for high-paying finance and IT careers, and a thriving real estate development and construction industry, also second in the entire nation. Advertisers enjoy a higher-than-average expendable income prospect, peppered with global readers who are interested in the Tampa Bay area. Over 97% of readers reside in Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Pinellas and Manatee/Sarasota counties.
The Free Press covers U.S. national and global news, State of Florida news, “Cold-Case” reporting to help solve crimes against citizens, and unique “Virtual Tours” in various industry categories. It delivers colorful, intelligent articles and advertisements, sometimes with a splash of humor.
With a growing staff of reporting and advertising experts from the former Tampa Tribune including Former Tribune Publisher Brian Burns, Sports Writer, Martin Fennelly, Business & Industry Chief Writer, Deborah Childress – reading is an easy and enduring pleasure in the backdrop of a thriving metropolitan area.
Launching in April of 2020, we have focused on both organic and social growth to grow our visitors and retain traffic.
Currently, we are being read each month in over 36 countries, however, 97.07% of our traffic is in the Tampa Market Area (TMA) and we average 3.27 pages viewed per-user.
Virtual events
Virtual Career Fairs
Virtual Wedding SHows
Virtual Real Estate Open Houses
State of the art digital offering that aggregates data from users on our customer’s website, to deliver real-time leads of interested consumers to our advertisers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Kansas City, Missouri, men have been charged in federal court with robbing a family in their home at gunpoint. Cameron E. Scott, 19, and Chase M. Murphy, 19, were charged in a five-count criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District…
Read More ‘Robbed A Family At Gunpoint’ 2-KC TEENS Charged
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a hub designed to assist local and regional food producers as the USDA and its partners develop, share and assess resources on local and regional food system responses to COVID-19. The hub, which…
Read More USDA LAUNCHES RESOURCE HUB FOR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Brian Adams, a 32-year old Red Lion man. On August 21, 2020, the Baltimore Police Department investigated a traffic accident in which three bicyclists were struck by a vehicle before fleeing the scene.…
Read More US Marshals Arrest 32-Year-Old In Bicycle Hit and Run
CLEARWWATER, Fla.- Last week, Clearwater Police arrested (2-25-51) on multiple charges related to sex crimes involving women and children. There is a possibility there could be more victims. If anyone has information on existing or additional cases involving Cuevas, contact the Clearwater Police Department at…
Read More 69-Year-Old Arrested Sex Crimes Clearwater Police Asking Victims to Come Forward
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – A National Football League (NFL) player has been charged for his alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the…
Read More NFL Player Charged in $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – A Princeton woman pled guilty to conspiring with another person to distribute child pornography, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Elizabeth Kaye Haway, 43, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute child pornography. “Protecting our children is my highest priority,” said United States…
Read More Princeton Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Child Pornography
GULF SHORES, ALABAMA – A live look at New Orleans, Louisiana, Florida and Alabama. Hurricane Sally has made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 2 storm. NOTE: These cams will stay online as long as the storm allows:
Read More Hurricane Sally LIVE FEEDS Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida
SOMERSET, N.J.- A Somerset County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he concealed his attempts to provide material support to Hamas, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, FBI-Newark Special Agent in Charge…
Read More 21-Year-Old New Jersey Man Admits Support for Hamas
Matagorda County, Texas – Pasquale T. Salas, 26, a/k/a Gino, a former deputy sheriff with the Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 220 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In May 2020, Salas…
Read More Texas Deputy Sheriff Gets 18+ Years in Prison for Exploitation of a Child and Cyberstalking
HOUSTON, TEXAS- A Texas woman has been taken into custody on allegations she fraudulently obtained more than $1.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick…
Read More Texas Woman Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $2 Million in COVID Relief Funds