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Energy-efficient single-car homes in a new Hillsborough County neighborhood are available to purchase from Meritage Homes.

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Energy-efficient single-car homes in a new Hillsborough County neighborhood are available to purchase from Meritage Homes.

Pinellas County Schools is providing three ways for the community to express which school issues a new superintendent should improve.
Employees were evacuated Wednesday morning after a person called in a bomb threat to the Curtis Peterson Building in downtown.
Residents in unincorporated Polk County have experienced ongoing waste collection problems that have turned into health concerns.
A domestic violence incident that began in Riverview where a man forced his wife off the road shooting her came to a fatal end Wednesday.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office rescued two girls from sex traffickers and charged a school principal and church employee.
The Florida Highway Patrol has begun investigating a wreck on I-275 southbound that occurred in Pinellas County Tuesday morning.
A woman and her child woke up to a burning kitchen at their house Monday. The rapid fire made it difficult for some residents to escape.
Tours will be held at a 30,000 sq. ft. newly renovated enclosure that cost about $600,000 in upgrades at a Pinellas County campus Thursday.
A Polk County Sheriff's Office K-9 apprehended a suspect in Lakeland Saturday as he tried to hide from officers following a traffic stop.
A boat sank west of St. Pete Sunday. Sector's command center launched a helicopter to find those who had been onboard the watercraft.
The Florida Highway Patrol investigated a fatal wreck Saturday night in Hillsborough County near Interstate 75.
The St. Pete Police Department is the third police force in the U.S. to have a $226K remote-control robotic dog for use by the SWAT team.
A popular restaurant in downtown Lakeland that's been around for 36 years won't make it to see year 37 at the same location.
Bullet wounds killed a St. Petersburg man whose body burned after the vehicle he drove crashed and flipped over Saturday near Ninth Avenue.
$10K given to domestic violence center, international skaters visit St. Pete, Bradenton burn victim gives back, youth honored: FL Good News
A $12 million custom-designed, striking Sarasota residence, a $2 million captivating Tampa luxury and more desirable mansions: FL Wow Houses
The inaugural hiking spree program encourages residents who live with physical disabilities to participate in annual hiking events.
Darlene Nelson, a supervisor at Apollo Beach Park & Recreation Center was one of 100 people across the nation to receive coaching award.
The biggest Localtopia in its nine years of existence happens Saturday at and near Williams Park in downtown St. Pete.