safety

Staying safe As children get their costumes ready for Halloween, it’s important to remember the spookiest part of the day for most parents is their children’s safety.  There are a few ways to keep young...

Listen: Hillsborough Schools’ Superintendent says it’s ‘shocking’ how unsafe drivers are around school buses.  Over 2,300 warnings have been issued for violations since students returned to the classroom. Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent Van Ayres shared...

Listen: In the past decade, there have been over 200 unintentional drowning deaths in Hillsborough County. Four Tampa pools took part in the 15th annual World’s Largest Swim lesson in hopes of reducing that number....

The National Safe Boating Council wants to remind boaters to brush up on their boat safety skills and prepare for boating season.

coastal communities are promoting beach safety guidelines to ensure beachgoers have a safe and enjoyable experience.

Listen:   St. Petersburg is prepping for its annual Pride parade during a time some may call hostile to the LGBTQ community. The city’s police department addressed safety concerns at a press conference Tuesday. St....

Last month, a Door Dash delivery driver was raped at gunpoint in Tampa. WMNF spoke with an attorney on protecting drivers.

To help children stay safe in and around the water, several organizations in Pinellas County are giving away life jackets.

Freddy Barton, executive director of Safe and Sound Hillsborough, a community-based intervention program intended to prevent violence in Hillsborough County joined WaveMakers on April 19.

It’s a familiar story: last weekend two people, including a Hillsborough Sheriff’s deputy, were killed in a collision involving a wrong-way driver on the Selmon Expressway. Kris Carson, spokesperson for the Florida Department of Transportation,...

A regional coalition is setting the groundwork to enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety in the Tampa Bay area. Last night Bike/Walk Tampa Bay met at the downtown Tampa library to hammer out action plans. There...

A new coalition is trying to make Tampa safer for pedestrians and cyclists; in a press conference Thursday afternoon, Tampa City Council member Lisa Montelione said there have been 43 deaths so far this year in...