Here is everything you need to know about the 2026 Florida Strawberry Festival. The Florida Strawberry Festival is scheduled to take place from Feb. 26 through March 8.

The 11th annual Bradenton Area River Regatta started with “Friday Night Flash” from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., featuring live music, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A ceremonial ribbon cutting for the new $59 million Bernie McCabe Second District Court of Appeal ...

According to our Spectrum Bay News 9 Weather Experts, temperatures will drop drastically Sunday night and into the week.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — State lawmakers have advanced a bill that could put a stop to proposed plans to build a new cruise port in Manatee County. Sen. Jim Boyd filed an amendment to a coastal ...

Any taxpayer who is 65 or older and files a return can claim the additional deduction. Current provisions keep the benefit in ...

It would mark a striking blow to the administration as fault lines emerge among Republicans inside the state capitol. Called the emergency preparedness and response, it is DeSantis’ primary and ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Fire Rescue crews responded to more than 30 brush fires throughout Polk County on Sunday. The largest fire burned more than 400 acres near State Road 60 in the River ...

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Toll booths are becoming a thing of the past in Florida, with many roads now using toll-by-plate. Viewer Rocky Perkins asked Real Time Traffic Expert Tim Wronka that question in ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Edith Thomas has been working in Polk County Public Schools for 31 years. She started out as the school nurse at R. Bruce Wagner Elementary and then decided to become a paraeducator.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Protesters met on Terra Ceia Island Saturday morning to speak out against a proposed cruise terminal. This is a response to a national cruise terminal operator that has proposed ...

City council unanimously approved putting a measure on the primary ballot asking residents to OK a $50 million bond to build ...