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
On Friday, 29-year-old Daniel Arthur Redman was arrested for the premeditated murder of his 19-year-old brother, Brenden Ray Redman. On January 14, 2022, deputies in Citus County responded to a shooting in the area of East Dawson Drive in Inverness where they located Brenden Redman,…
Read More Florida Man Arrested For Premeditated Murder Of 19-Year-Old Brother
TAMPA, FL. – With continuing cases rates decreasing and the increased capability of private pharmacies, healthcare providers, and home testing kits available to now meet the demand for COVID-19 testing, the City of Tampa will be closing our Al Lopez and Al Barnes COVID-19 Testing…
Read More Al Lopez COVID-19 Testing Site Closing
CLEARWATER, FL. – Clearwater Police officers are on the scene of a motorcycle crash with serious injuries on Court Street. Westbound traffic between MLK and Myrtle Avenue is closed as the investigation is conducted. The motorcyclist was taken to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg as a…
Read More Clearwater Police On The Scene Of Motorcycle Crash On Court St., One Trauma Alert
PASCO COUNTY, FL. – 16-year-old Kevin Guzman went missing in March 2021, and investigators with Pasco County Sheriff’s Office continue the search for the teen. Investigators say that Guzman is 5’04”, approx. 120 lbs with black hair and brown eyes. Guzman was last seen on…
Read More Pasco Sheriff Continues Search For 16-Year-Old Kevin Guzman, Missing Since March 2021
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – A recreation supervisor with Hillsborough County Parks & Recreation has been honored by the Positive Coaching Alliance for her work making a difference in the lives of kids in Hillsborough County. Darlene Nelson, who has worked for the county for 24…
Read More Hillsborough Parks & Rec Leader Receives
TALLAHASSEE, FL. – A push by Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend the state’s gas tax for five months this summer and fall is stalling, as legislative leaders say they want to find other ways to help Floridians. House Speaker Chris Sprowls and Senate President Wilton…
Read More Legislative Leaders Question Florida Gas Tax Break
A Florida man landed behind bars after driving dozens of middle school students home Wednesday, while under the influence of alcohol. After being booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, tests would reveal that Mark Michael McNeil, 60,…
Read More Watch: “Don’t Hit Me” Florida Middle School Bus Driver Arrested For DUI, With 40 Kids On Board
A painting reportedly worth $1 million was ruined after a goon drew graffiti on it with a ballpoint pen. The vandal was a Russian security guard hired to protect the painting. The 60-year-old guard, who worked for a private security company, had come in for…
Read More $1M Russian Painting Nearly Destroyed After A Security Guard ‘Doodles’ Eyes Onto The Canvas
LAKELAND, FL. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several vehicle burglaries that happened in the area of Clubhouse Road and Banana Lake Road in the Highland City area of Lakeland. According to deputies, the burglaries occurred in the early morning hours of January…
Read More Polk County Sheriff Searching For Lakeland Car Burglary Suspect
Police are searching for at least three suspects that broke into a Florida mall to steal shoes, to the tune of $18,000 worth. On Jan. 27, 2022, at least three subjects broke into an athletic store inside the Paddock Mall in Ocala. Investigators say, using…
Read More Police Searching For Suspects That Cut Through Roof Of Florida Mall Stealing $18,000 Worth Of Shoes