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Report: Michael Phelps planning comeback

Is Michael Phelps planning a comeback? A report Friday evening from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming

Rays almost blow an eight-run lead in the 8th

Kelly Johnson hit a three-run homer and an RBI single, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 12-10 victory over the slumping Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.

I-Team: Video shows autistic teen drowned with lifeguards nearby

Exclusive surveillance video taken at a school pool party obtained by the I-Team raises new questions about the drowning death of an autistic teen.

Former U.S. Open winner had been in ill health for months

Former U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi has died just 11 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was 82.

Sex offender lives at the home where a Polk Co. bus driver is accused of…

A Polk County school bus driver, caught on cell phone video bringing a busload of middle and high school-aged students to her house to allegedly fight in the

Lakeland Christian seventh grader to compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee

A Lakeland Christian middle school student will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee later this month. Lee Wall, 13, enjoys everything about learning

Neighborhood fighting RaceTrac development over traffic and noise concerns

For the last three years, residents in the Christina subdivision in Lakeland have been fighting the RaceTrac gas station and convenience store. The

Use of drug known as Molly, a form of Ecstasy, is on the rise in Tampa Bay area

Experts say Molly is a pure form of MDMA or Ecstasy, that's making it's way from places like Los Angeles and Miami to right here in Tampa Bay.

Two jump in pond to save disabled veteran and a third man helped from shore

After double-amputee Robert Lunay fell into a pond behind the DAV, two bystanders, Robert Fields and Norman Steers, heard him calling for help and jumped in to

The mother of a young girl who died crossing Busch Blvd calls new crosswalk a…

This week, FDOT finished painting a crosswalk near the block where 8-year-old Jayla Shubbar died. Her mother calls the new crosswalk a death trap that

USF preserves history in 3D using lasers

"Our heritage is just extremely imperiled, whether it's in our own backyard or whether it's on a global basis," said Dr. Lori Collins, Director USF’s Alliance

Hills. school bus knocked over in crash

A man was killed Friday after he drove a pickup truck through a stop sign in Plant City, and hit a school bus broadside. The bus ended up on its side, and

Deputies say Bruce Hicks was carrying a loaded gun outside a Plant City middle…

A convicted child molester was arrested outside of a Plant City middle school Thursday. Deputies say he was carrying a loaded gun.

Investigators looking into fire at a junkyard in S. Hillsborough County

Fire investigators were trying to determine the cause of a fire at a junkyard in south Hillsborough County Friday afternoon.

Shooting victim taken to Land O' Lakes 7-11, later dies

A 26-year-old man with a bullet wound to the stomach was taken to a Land O' Lakes 7-11 early Friday morning in a black Chevy Tahoe. He was later pronounced