Tampa, Florida --  The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County is issuing an Air Pollution precaution due to elevated levels of the pollutant ozone.

This precautionary statement is effective immediately Friday, May 17. 

Elevated concentrations have been observed at multiple air monitoring stations and there is still a potential for levels to reach the unhealthy for sensitive groups.

This precaution is based on elevated concentrations of ozone observed at multiple air monitoring stations throughout the day. 

Tampa, Florida -- Local up and coming actors will have a terrific chance to work with Broadway and television professionals this summer at the Straz Center’s Patel Conservatory. Auditions will be held for the summer intensives “Little Shop of Horrors” and “A Straz Center Revue” this Saturday (May 18) beginning at 1 p.m. Auditions will be held at the Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts.

Tampa, Florida-- The Selmon "Expressway" may not live up to its name for the next few months as "around-the-clock" lane closures are expected to cause congestion.

The Florida Department of Transportation sent information on the closures in a release Wednesday afternoon: 

"The westbound Selmon Expressway (SR 618) has been reduced to a single lane in the 22nd street area. It will remain in this condition around-the-clock for about three months (mid August)."