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Vinik's Tampa development will focus on health

TAMPA (FOX 13) - Lightning owner Jeff Vinik's Channelside project is drawing support from former President Bill Clinton. The $2 billion project will be designed to promote public health and could serve as a design for cities in the future. "One that ... >> view original

Tampa Theatre to host 'Nightmare on Franklin Street'

TAMPA, Fla. – A Nightmare on Franklin Street is returning to the Tampa Theatre for the third year in a row. Tampa's most historic – and most haunted – grand movie palace will present nine nights of petrifying programming, with enough variety to haunt ... >> view original

Syrian family hoping to make Tampa their home

TAMPA, FL (WFLA) – So far this year, 41 Syrian refugees arrived in Tampa Bay. Last year, there were none. President Barack Obama has until September 30 to decide how many more refugees will be allowed in the U.S. in the future. No doubt, there will be ... >> view original

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jameis Winston feel they're on right track

(AP) -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are encouraged by the way Jameis Winston is performing, even if the young quarterback's progress isn't reflected in the team's record. Coach Lovie Smith reiterated Monday that the No. 1 overall pick in this year's NFL ... >> view original

VA slow to help Tampa Bay area victims of Camp Lejeune toxic drinking water

TAMPA, FL (WFLA) – Tracey Byrd, age 40, has suffered from serious illnesses all of her life but had no idea why. “I figured I was just a sickly kid,” Byrd said. Then last year, while going through chemotherapy for breast cancer, she read about tainted ... >> view original

Tampa bus struggle caught on camera

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Facebook video is making the rounds and drawing attention. In the video, a man is pinned in his seat on a Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) bus in Tampa as an older man is seen trying to restrain him. At one ... >> view original

Dangerous parasite lurking in Tampa water sickening pets

TAMPA, FL (WFLA)—Veterinarians across Tampa Bay have a warning for pet owners. A hidden danger could be lurking in those innocent-looking puddles left behind by the summer rain. “It lives in the standing water. It can live in the standing water for up ... >> view original

2015-16 season preview: Tampa Bay Lightning

From the time the puck dropped in their first-round series against the Detroit Red Wings, the Tampa Bay Lightning believed they could win the Stanley Cup. Motivated by an us-against-everyone mentality, coach Jon Cooper had his players believing in ... >> view original

Tampa woman gets nine years in prison for $1.5 million tax fraud scheme

Working with others, the Tampa woman filed for refunds in the names of 991 people, many deceased, according to a plea agreement she signed in April. Chief U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday sentenced her to 87 months for theft of government ... >> view original

Stray bullet injures woman at West Tampa apartment complex

According to Tampa police, the woman suffered non-life threatening injuries when she was struck by a bullet while standing in a second floor breezeway Monday night at the three-story Columbus Court Apartments on Columbus Drive and Rome Avenue. >> view original