It's that time of year: highly contagious illnesses like the flu, COVID-19 and Norovirus are spreading in the Tampa Bay area just in time for Saturday's Gasparilla Pirate Fest.
A 60-year-old woman died Thursday evening after a Jeep hydroplaned and crossed into oncoming traffic, hitting her car, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
A person is facing criminal charges after trying to fight an arson investigator at the scene of a house fire, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.