Shreya Vuttaluru

As residents return home, gratitude and exhaustion mix.

The order requires all landfills and debris management sites to be open 24 hours as residents continue to clean up from Helene.

The comedian will perform at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Oct. 12.

The National Weather Service in Tampa said rain and surge could pose a risk for inland flooding because the area already is saturated.

While the storm’s exact forecast remains unclear, Tampa Bay could see 10-15 inches of rain over the next several days.

Helene is forecast to make landfall as a Category 4 storm

Tampa police are investigating after two people were shot and killed near downtown Tampa on Saturday afternoon.Police were called to the 1100 block of Ray Charles Boulevard at about 1:15 pm. Both victims — an adult man and woman — sustained upper body injuries and died at the scene, according to a Tampa Police Department news release.Police found a weapon at the scene and took a suspect into custody. None of those involved were named, although authorities said that, based on a preliminary invest…

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 53-year-old inmate, saying it appears to be related to medical issues.Kevin Kelley, who was arrested Friday on drug and DUI charges by St. Petersburg police, died early Saturday morning after being transported to a hospital for unspecified “medical reasons,” according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.Detectives did not find evidence of any physical altercations or injuries while Kelley was incarcerated, according to…

Three men are recovering at a local hospital after a shooting in an Ybor City parking garage early Saturday morning, according to the Tampa Police Department. Officers responded to the garage in the 1500 block of East 5th Avenue just before 3 a.m. after hearing shots fired, according to a media release. There they found three men with non-life threatening injuries. Tampa Police say Sunny E. Wallace, 21, faces charges in connection to the shooting. Officers said they found him attempting to flee…

A Sarasota man was killed Friday night after a hit-and-run with a sedan on State Road 70 in Bradenton, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The 28-year-old was attempting to cross at the pedestrian crosswalk while on a bicycle around 9 p.m. when he was struck by a red sedan, according to a news release. The man was tossed from his bike into the median and the sedan fled the scene, troopers said.The bicyclist was transported to Blake Hospital, where he died, the release said.The crash remains…