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Bullard Family Foundation Back to School Bash 9:01 a.m.- 1:01 p.m., 4201 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa. The Bullard Family Foundation will give away 30,000 backpacks with school supplies. They will also offer free medical, dental and vision screenings along with glasses and haircuts. Register in advance here.

The Tampa Bay Rays are trying to make a charge at a division title and potentially contend for a World Series this season with some very important days coming up this week ahead of the trade deadline.

It’s the beginning of the end for Tampa’s oldest mall. After years of slumping sales and shuttered stores, a local real estate firm will tear down WestShore Plaza and redevelop the 54-acre site. Third Lake Partners purchased the aging mall from Ohio-based Washington Prime Group earlier this month for $135 million,

Tesla has expanded its R obotaxi service and is entering the driverless ride-hailing service to two more cities: Orlando and Tampa, following its launch in Miami earlier this month. Riders are now able to access Tesla’s Model Y vehicles through the Tesla Robotaxi app.

Tampa City Council members explored more ways to reduce emergency response times in New Tampa.

Tampa’s downtown development boom is inching north, toward a long-watched piece of land just below the interstate. The Tampa City Council on Thursday unanimously approved an agreement with the developer PMG Affordable to build on four properties between North Tampa Street and East Ashley Drive.

Authorities say the victim came back to the hotel from a casino when he was "robbed at gunpoint" in the parking lot.

The City of Tampa is upgrading its stormwater equipment with a new Spyder machine designed to expedite ditch clearing and maintain its stormwater system.

There will be no chocolate fountains or gold-plated gavel holsters when Tampa builds its new criminal courthouse. What there will be, Hillsborough County officials hope, is a modern, spacious and secure building anchoring a hub of judicial and constitutional offices in the city’s downtown core.