Critical Need For Blood, Flintstone's Car, DUI Wolfpack

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Urgent Need For Blood Ahead Of Memorial Day

With the long Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, officials at OneBlood, the Tampa Bay region’s blood supplier, are issuing a plea for help.

Storm May Become Season’s First Tropical Cyclone

Tampa Bay area residents may not have to worry about direct impacts from a storm kicking around in the Atlantic, but its anticipated development serves as a reminder the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season is upon us.

Bahia Beach Health Advisory Issued

Tampa Bay area residents with plans to visit Bahia Beach over the long Memorial Day weekend might want to think twice about getting into the water.

Yabba-Dabba Do: ‘Flintstone Car’ Creates Ruckus

Finding vehicles left illegally parked in public rights of way is an everyday occurrence for law enforcement in towns all across America. Discovering a ride that happens to look just like Fred and Wilma Flintstone’s car left so carelessly parked, not so much.

1 Dead, 1 Arrested In Tampa Double Shooting

A 24-year-old Tampa man faces a number of criminal charges after a Wednesday shooting left one person dead and another injured.

DUI Wolfpack Set To Roam Pinellas County

Motorists who travel the roads of Pinellas County may want to think long and hard before getting behind the wheel impaired over the long Memorial Day weekend.

Lightning Watch Parties Under Fire From NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning fans who want to get together to watch critical Game 7 action in the Eastern Conference Finals, won’t be able to do so at Amalie Arena Thursday night. The team’s planned watch party has been canceled, after the Bolts apparently ran amok of an NHL policy.

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