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In the past decade, there have been more than 200 unintentional drowning deaths in Hillsborough County.  WMNF’s Chris Young reports that four Tampa pools took part in the 15th annual World’s Largest Swim lesson in...

Americans for Contraception brought a 20-foot, inflatable IUD to Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa Friday.  The ‘IUD Express’ tour promotes access to reproductive healthcare, following a decision by Senate Republicans to block a bill...

Harry Cohen has served on the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners since being elected in 2020; he was re-elected in 2022. He doesn’t have to run for re-election this year, but still wears the...

Join Tanja and guest host Grace while they talk green burials with Laura Starkey and Sarah Lasswell.

This summer there will be 6 opportunities for families in Pinellas County to receive free fresh food from a drive-through mobile food pantry.

A weather disturbance has a medium chance of becoming a tropical system, possibly a tropical depression at best.

1. St. Pete Pride Parade, Trans March, and Festival Saturday, June 22, 2-10 p.m. | North Straub and South Straub Park The St. Pete Pride Parade is back! FREE to the public, the St. Pete...

Listen: In the past decade, there have been over 200 unintentional drowning deaths in Hillsborough County. Four Tampa pools took part in the 15th annual World’s Largest Swim lesson in hopes of reducing that number....

Florida is actively signaling to educators, “don’t come here, we don’t want you.” If you are teaching in Florida, leave.

On Monday, a New Tampa man was gunned down and another was found dead from a gunshot wound in Tampa.  On Tuesday, a woman was shot and killed in her apartment hallway in St. Petersburg. ...

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said this week she’s already working to recruit candidates to run in 2026

Tropical Storm Alberto makes landfall today and the National Hurricane Center is monitoring a disturbance near the Bahamas.