Category: News
Tampa Free Press - Your Source For Tampa Area Local Breaking News, National Stories, Politics, Sports, Florida Agriculture, Legal, Cops and Crime
20-Year-Old Man Dead After Shootout In Pinellas Park
TFP File Photo
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - The Pinellas Park Police Department responded to a shooting incident at Boardwalk Apartments in the 6400 blo [...]
Florida Utility Companies Could Get Liability Shield
Source: TFP File Photo
Florida utilities may not be held liable for damages caused by outages related to such things as hurricanes, under a change [...]
Florida Education Board Eyes Proposal To Prohibit Sexual Orientation In Public Schools
Source: Unsplash
The Florida State Board of Education on Wednesday will weigh a proposal that would largely prohibit instruction about sexual orie [...]
Top Reasons To Relocate And Start Again
The world is packed to the rafters with brand-new places to see and towns to visit. There are monuments and museums, beaches and lakes, and it's all [...]
Florida Senate Releases Proposed Tax Breaks
Source: TFP File Photo
The Senate on Monday released a tax package that includes sales-tax holidays, along with tax breaks on baby and toddler pro [...]
Father And 2 Young Children Killed In Lithia Fire
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - A family has been torn apart on Monday when a fire ripped through a mobile home, killing a father and two young child [...]
New Study: Florida Ranks No. 3 For Romance Scams in 2022, Record $1.3B Stolen in U.S.
Source: Unsplash
A new study shows Americans lost a record $1.3 billion to romance scams in 2022, up 138% from $547 million in 2021. This marks th [...]
Florida Justices Decline To Hear Rent Control Fight
Apartment Complex (Source: Unsplash)
The Florida Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a battle about an effort to impose rent controls in O [...]
Mossy Timber Boulevard To Be Closed At US 41 In Land O’ Lakes
Mossy Timber Boulevard To Be Closed In Land O' Lakes
LAND O' LAKES, Fla. - Mossy Timber Boulevard will be closed for roadway reconstruction work a [...]
One Adult, 2 Children Die After Fire In Lithia Manufactured Home
Breaking News From The Free Press (HCFR)
LITHIA, Fla. - Hillsborough County Fire Rescue fought a fire at a manufactured home off Pritcher Road in [...]