Gov. Ron DeSantis visited a children's hospital in Jacksonville on Monday morning to announce funding for pediatric cancer.

Congresswoman Kathy Castor visits Feed Tampa Bay to talk about impact of the government shutdown on residents.

DeSantis announced that four pediatric specialty cancer hospitals will receive $30 million through the Florida Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator.

The program was created this year to provide funding for a targeted area of cancer research over a five-year period.

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After complaints about delayed payments from nonprofits across the country, Flipcause, a California-based fundraising platform, now faces a class-action lawsuit in federal court.

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Tampa Bay's weather forecast for Monday evening.

Local organizations in the Tampa Bay area are trying to help meet the need as families struggle with the delays in SNAP benefits.

Feeding Tampa Bay está ofreciendo ayuda directa a familias que enfrentan retrasos o pérdida de sus beneficios SNAP. Ante el cierre del gobierno y los cambios en el programa, la organización ha activado distribuciones de emergencia de alimentos, abierto sus instalaciones en días adicionales y reforzado su red de apoyo en 10 condados del oeste de Florida. También brindan asistencia gratuita para aplicar o renovar SNAP, además de conectar a las personas con despensas móviles, mercados comunitarios y recursos adicionales para enfrentar la crisis alimentaria.

Un accidente de un camión semirremolque ha causado algunos destrozos en un vecindario de Lakeland, dejando sin electricidad a la zona.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is at the scene of a crash involving a semi-truck

A semi-truck crash has left some destruction in a Lakeland neighborhood, knocking out the power.