Last Top Stories: Seeing Taylor Swift on Halloween in Tampa a treat for fans

Seeing Taylor Swift on Halloween in Tampa a treat for fans

Swift closed out the North American leg of her 1989 World Tour in front of about 55,000 people Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium. The event was also easily the largest costume party in Tampa. Despite the late-October afternoon Florida heat, a ... >> view original

Tire fire at Tampa shop spewed black smoke

A fire at an auto shop in Tampa spewed thick black smoke that could be seen around the downtown area. Hillsborough Fire Rescue crews extinguished the fire at Yonde Tire Service on 50th Street South. We were originally told it was Bond Auto Sales. >> view original

10 Days of Taylor: Today's the day! Taylor Swift is in Tampa!

We revisited Swift's Tampa tour stops from 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013. We also looked back at that time she sang the national anthem during the Rays' run to the World Series. -- We flashed back to when Swift was just an 18-year-old aspiring country star. >> view original

Bruins Beat Tampa Bay

TAMPA, Fla. – Brett Connolly scored the go-ahead goal for the Boston Bruins in a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Connolly gave Boston (6-3-1) its fifth straight road win with a wrist shot that went above the stick of Lightning goalie ... >> view original

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons: What's the Game Plan for Tampa Bay?

After a gut-wrenching collapse in the final seconds in Week 7, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are eager to put that loss behind them and get back in the win column. Unfortunately, they'll face the tall task of heading out on the road to face the 6-1 Atlanta ... >> view original

Maurice Harris, killed in Tampa hospital parking lot, remembered

Harris was killed on Saturday, Oct. 24 as he left a doctor's appointment with his two daughters at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Police say a truck left the roadway, heading east on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, crossed the median and hit ... >> view original

Tampa Premium Outlet celebrates grand opening

Hundreds of people shopped until they dropped at the Tampa Premium Outlet in Pasco County this weekend. They had about 850 different benches and seats to choose from when the shopping bags got too heavy. The outlet mall has more than 96 retailers ... >> view original

Editorial: Plan to provide ferry service between Tampa and St. Petersburg ...

We hope the proposal wins the support of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the Pinellas and Hillsborough commissions and begins ferrying passengers as soon as next winter and tourists and locals can take a ferry across the bay rather than navigate ... >> view original

North Carolina woman dies in I-75 crash in Tampa

TAMPA -- A 35-year-old North Carolina woman was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north of Fowler Avenue around 4:42 p.m. Friday. Florida Highway Patrol said that Mary Beth Cobbler. of Lexington N.C., was stopped in the southbound lane ... >> view original

Final score: Boston Bruins top Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-1, stay unbeaten on road

Boston Bruins right wing Brett Connolly (14) celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Tampa, Fla. The Bruins won the game 3-1. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) (Chris O'Meara). >> view original