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Homeless artist captures San Antonio's skyline, sells paintings to survive
SAN ANTONIO - A local homeless man, Blake Gilliam, captures the heart of the city on canvas - painting the skyline of Downtown San Antonio. I've seen downtown from every angle of the city but I had never noticed this one I guess. I looked over there and I saw it and I said, man that's a perfect view of downtown, I can try to paint that," says Gilliam.
Buccaneers Rookie Expectations: Bucky Irving, Elijah Klein And Devin Culp
The long wait is over as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and other teams around the league are reporting for training camp today. Rookies are expected to be in the building today for the Bucs with veterans arriving tomorrow. Cleats are laced up and pads will be on and the road to the Super Bowl begins now.
Blaze at Abandoned Gibsonton House Sparks Morning Traffic Chaos on US Highway 41
Early Monday morning, a blaze erupted at an abandoned house in Gibsonton, causing significant delays on US Highway 41. According to FOX 13 News. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue was alerted to the incident around 4 a.m. when passersby saw a large fire while driving along the highway. As firefighters rushed...
Driver injured after crashing into mobile home in Brooksville
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - A driver crashed their car through a mobile home in Brooksville early Tuesday morning, according to authorities. According to Hernando County Fire Rescue, they responded to a car crash into a mobile home in the 14000 block of Brookridge Boulevard in Brooksville in ‘the early morning hours’ of Tuesday.
Another Southwest jet flies very low over water; FAA investigates
Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines jet flew as low as 150 feet over water while it was still about 5 miles from its intended landing spot at the airport in Tampa, Florida. The pilots skipped over the Tampa airport and landed instead at Fort...
Run for Fun: Breaking through a running plateau
In this week's episode of Run for Fun, we tackle the dreaded running plateau. When people start running, they often improve quickly and set new personal records in races. After a few years, getting faster becomes harder as the runner gets closer to their full potential.
Sean O’Malley Supports Jake Paul Continuing To Box MMA Fighters, Callout Of UFC Champion Alex Pereira
Unlike many, UFC Bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley is actually in support of Jake Paul sharing the ring with MMA fighters. Paul had his 11th match in professional boxing this past weekend, throwing down with former UFC fighter-turned-BKFC star Mike Perry inside the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The pair’s...
You can now buy an entire Florida spring in Tampa Bay for $2.7 million
It's believed Florida only has around 700 natural springs, collectively delivering nearly 8 billion gallons of fresh, near 70-degree water to the surface every single day. Now one of them is for sale in Tampa Bay. Mud Springs is a a second-magnitude freshwater spring located at 0 Marys Fish Camp...
Clearwater's Dale Wood makes patriotic wood flags for his condo neighbors
TAMPA, Fla. — A Clearwater man has found a way to spread patriotism and make his condo community a great place to live. Dale Wood, 83, makes wood flags in his garage at The Village on Island Estates. Wood cuts individual pieces of wood to make the stripes for...
New Space for Moms to Open in Downtown Tampa: The Spiral Staircase
TAMPA, Fla. — When it comes to a space just for women, Christina McCue Hoek says the Tampa Bay area was missing a place she, as a career woman and a mom, longed to be part of. "I felt that there was really nowhere that I could go as...
How military families work to find affordable housing across Tampa Bay
TAMPA, Fla. — Our military stationed at MacDill Air Force Base don’t necessarily work and live there. For many, it’s a choice not to live there, but some families are forced to wait until housing that fits their needs on the installation becomes available. The Lovdahl family...
A Tampa woman faces a $15,000 water bill. Is her old oak to blame?
TAMPA — Cheryll Jenkins walked toward her mailbox, worried about what was waiting for her inside. She stepped carefully, watching out for exposed tree roots and a chunk of sidewalk those roots had upended. The branches of an old live oak stretched overhead. In recent months, her water bill...
In service for our veterans
Scouting America, under the direction of Reed Wilson of South Tampa, conducted a day of service at Liberty Manor for Veterans for the purpose of Wilson earning his Eagle Scout award, the highest rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program by the Boy Scouts of America. Liberty Manor promotes the developmental and social needs of disabled and honorably discharged veterans who have fallen victim to homelessness providing transitional, supported housing and establishing objectives designed to attribute to self-sufficiency.
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor endorses Harris for president
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Mayor Jane Castor announced Tuesday that she is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. “The stakes couldn’t be higher in this upcoming election & I’m excited to endorse VP Harris,” Castor wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “The Biden Harris Administration has delivered on major Tampa infrastructure projects and I know that will continue in a Harris Administration.”
Hillsborough librarians' Animal Antics program brings kids face-to-face with Florida Aquarium species’
TAMPA, Fla. - Librarians across Hillsborough County enter the school break hoping to battle the dreaded summer slide in kids. They fight it using a variety of free activities and programs. "Summer can be tricky, because your kid is out of school," Hillsborough County librarian Chely Cantrell said. "Either they're...
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