Primary Election Day is fast approaching in Florida. It is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 18. Welcome to our Spectrum Bay News 9 voting guide, where you can find answers to questions you may have about ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Lakeland city officials voted Monday to approve a one-year moratorium on any data center development. City commissioners voted 4-3 to approve the pause on data centers. Some ...

TAMPA, Fla. – With a new baseball ballpark potentially rising nearby, the Drew Park area is in line for multiple major infrastructure projects. Community leaders in Drew Park got an update Wednesday ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the winner of its 2026 Burmese Python Challenge Wednesday and the name was a familiar one. It’s Tom Rahill, a ...

TAMPA, Fla. – Early voting for the state’s upcoming primary elections kicks off Monday in counties across the Bay area. Voters can get a jump on Election Day (Aug. 18) at a variety of polling places ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Accept religious exemptions for vaccinations or risk eligibility for state scholarship programs. That’s the message from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to Catholic ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — With the first day of school coming Monday for Manatee County students, new traffic safety measures are going into place across the county. Crews have raised some crosswalks to ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The city of St. Petersburg is considering changes to the Pier Marketplace that could replace some vendor tents with permanent kiosks over several years. The marketplace ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Just a few blocks from Tampa’s high-profile Gasworx redevelopment, another transformation is taking shape along the Nebraska Avenue corridor. Urban ReWorx is leading a neighborhood ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A pool party in Clearwater marked the grand reopening of the Long Center’s swimming pool. The facility is one of the few indoor, climate-controlled, Olympic-sized competitive pools ...

As negotiations continue between the Tampa Bay Rays and local municipalities over a Tampa ballpark, the team continues to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Elijah Newman-Hall has always loved the challenge of the weight room. This summer, the former two-way star at Blake High School has moved on to a new challenge at IMG Academy. “IMG is ...