The cities of Tampa, Philadelphia, and Phoenix are seeing the highest inflation rates in the United States, while Washington, Anchorage, and Honolulu have the lowest price rises. Personal finance website WalletHub compared 22 major metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) in two metrics related to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the main measure of inflation. MSA refers…

TAMPA, Fla.—The police chief in Tampa, Florida, resigned Monday after using her position to escape a ticket during a traffic stop involving a golf cart driven by her husband. Mary O’Connor submitted her resignation after an internal affairs review found she violated police department policy during the Nov. 12 stop by a Pinellas County sheriff’s…

TAMPA, Fla.—The police chief of Tampa has been placed on leave after a video emerged of her flashing her badge from the passenger seat of a golf cart to get out of a traffic ticket. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor placed Chief Mary O’Connor on administrative leave Friday pending an investigation of the Nov. 12 traffic…

In ominous tones, a documentary narrator describes the devastation wrought on the Tampa Bay, Fla. area by “Phoenix,” a tropical storm that grew into a Category 5 hurricane. More than 160 deaths with 30,000 missing people. Upwards of 300,000 people seeking shelter. As much as $200 billion in building damage. “The devastation to the region…

As Americans deal with decades-high inflation, some regions of the country have been hit harder than others, such as the Arizona cities of Phoenix, Mesa, and Scottsdale; the Florida cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater; and the Texas cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington, according to official numbers released by the U.S. Bureau…

By Richard Tribou From Orlando Sentinel Orlando—The waves are still just in the planning stages, but the best rides in Florida could be headed for the west coast if a proposed surf park stays on course. The developers behind Peak Surf Park, which is proposing a 30-acre site in either Pinellas or Hillsborough County, released…

TAMPA, Fla.—The Tampa Bay Lightning delivered on a promise to play with a greater sense of urgency, storming back in the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Rangers and keeping their bid for a third straight Stanley Cup title alive. Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 33 saves Tuesday night,…

TAMPA, Fla.—A woman serving two life terms for killing her teenage children in 2011 while her husband was deployed overseas is seeking a new trial. A Tampa jury rejected the insanity defense for Julie Schenecker, 61, and convicted her in the shooting deaths of her 16-year-old daughter Calyx and 13-year-old son Beau. Schenecker is seeking…

The hottest housing markets of 2022 will be spread across the Sun Belt for the second year in a row, with Tampa topping the list, predict experts with online real estate giant Zillow. Rounding out the Top 10 super-hot home-buying markets are Jacksonville, Raleigh, San Antonio, Charlotte, Nashville, Atlanta, Phoenix, Orlando and Austin. With far…

A Florida man who torched a Champs Sports store in Tampa during the 2020 riots was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday. Terrance Lee Hester Jr. was sentenced several months after pleading guilty to damaging or destroying by fire a building used in interstate commerce. U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber, a Trump nominee,…