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![Pinky, a Chilean flamingo, was thrown to the ground and killed in 2016 at Busch Gardens. Park guest Joseph Anthony Corrao (inset) was accused of causing the bird's death. [Busch Gardens, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629816/AR/0/AR-190629816.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Pinky, a Chilean flamingo, was thrown to the ground and killed in 2016 at Busch Gardens. Park guest Joseph Anthony Corrao (inset) was accused of causing the bird's death. [Busch Gardens, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]")
![The City of Tampa government is considering paving Seventh Ave. in Ybor City with bricks.
[OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629890/AR/0/AR-190629890.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The City of Tampa government is considering paving Seventh Ave. in Ybor City with bricks.
[OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
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![Pinky, a Chilean flamingo, was thrown to the ground and killed in 2016 at Busch Gardens. Park guest Joseph Anthony Corrao (inset) was accused of causing the bird's death. [Busch Gardens, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629816/AR/0/0/AR-190629816.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Pinky, a Chilean flamingo, was thrown to the ground and killed in 2016 at Busch Gardens. Park guest Joseph Anthony Corrao (inset) was accused of causing the bird's death. [Busch Gardens, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]")
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![The City of Tampa government is considering paving Seventh Ave. in Ybor City with bricks.
[OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629890/AR/0/0/AR-190629890.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The City of Tampa government is considering paving Seventh Ave. in Ybor City with bricks.
[OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
Tampa is interested in re-bricking Seventh Avenue. But they can't find the bricks
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![Willie Robinson Jr., pictured here at 63, was born in the Jackson House and grew up there. Behind Robinson is the living room that once held the piano where musicians who stayed at the house would gather. [Times (2011)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/306259923/AR/0/AR-306259923.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Willie Robinson Jr., pictured here at 63, was born in the Jackson House and grew up there. Behind Robinson is the living room that once held the piano where musicians who stayed at the house would gather. [Times (2011)]")
![A drone photo of Robles Park Village in Tampa. In 1951 when these projects were being built, workers dug up three bodies near the spot where this photo was taken. Newspaper accounts from the time said the bodies were buried in Zion Cemetery and should have been moved in 1925.
[LUIS SANTANA | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190624/ARTICLE/190629855/AR/0/AR-190629855.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A drone photo of Robles Park Village in Tampa. In 1951 when these projects were being built, workers dug up three bodies near the spot where this photo was taken. Newspaper accounts from the time said the bodies were buried in Zion Cemetery and should have been moved in 1925.
[LUIS SANTANA | Times]")
![Seen from a distance through the window of a moving van, an inmate at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys tends to the school's kennels on October 13, 2009. [EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190620/ARTICLE/306209688/AR/0/AR-306209688.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Seen from a distance through the window of a moving van, an inmate at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys tends to the school's kennels on October 13, 2009. [EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | Times]")
![The 380,000 square-foot Flag building is Scientology’s international spiritual headquarters in downtown Clearwater. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times (2011)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190619/ARTICLE/190619601/AR/0/AR-190619601.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The 380,000 square-foot Flag building is Scientology’s international spiritual headquarters in downtown Clearwater. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times (2011)]")
![Marine deputy Mike Watson of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, back left; Jessica Blackburn, who works in Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium's Strandings and Investigations Program, back center; Marine patrol officer Ron Dixon of the Sarasota Police Department, right; and Weston Spoon, an animal care technician working in Mote's hospital, front, pose with Yellowfin. [Facebook/Sarasota Police Department]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190624/ARTICLE/190629853/AR/0/AR-190629853.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Marine deputy Mike Watson of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, back left; Jessica Blackburn, who works in Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium's Strandings and Investigations Program, back center; Marine patrol officer Ron Dixon of the Sarasota Police Department, right; and Weston Spoon, an animal care technician working in Mote's hospital, front, pose with Yellowfin. [Facebook/Sarasota Police Department]")
Special Reports
![From left, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft, and Florida Institute of Oceanography marine operations manager Rob Walker aboard the R/V W. T. Hogarth during a welcome ceremony for the research vessel at Bayboro Harbor. [Times (2017)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190614/ARTICLE/190619736/AR/0/AR-190619736.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "From left, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft, and Florida Institute of Oceanography marine operations manager Rob Walker aboard the R/V W. T. Hogarth during a welcome ceremony for the research vessel at Bayboro Harbor. [Times (2017)]")
![Ziplining at Empower Adventures Tampa Bay. [Photo courtesy of Misty Wells]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190612/ARTICLE/190619874/AR/0/AR-190619874.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Ziplining at Empower Adventures Tampa Bay. [Photo courtesy of Misty Wells]")
![An American soldier wades through water under heavy fire to reach the beach on the Normandy coast of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Two Pinellas men are among a dwindling number of soldiers who survive from that historic battle. [AP Photo/Files-Wartime Pool/Robert Capa]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190605/ARTICLE/306059799/AR/0/AR-306059799.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "An American soldier wades through water under heavy fire to reach the beach on the Normandy coast of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Two Pinellas men are among a dwindling number of soldiers who survive from that historic battle. [AP Photo/Files-Wartime Pool/Robert Capa]")
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![The east side of the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N. Osceola Ave., in downtown Clearwater. Library officials are seeking a $6-million renovation. Among the issues: The library really doesn’t interact with Osceola Avenue at all. They’re hoping to open up the building to the street somehow on the Osceola. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629809/AR/0/AR-190629809.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The east side of the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N. Osceola Ave., in downtown Clearwater. Library officials are seeking a $6-million renovation. Among the issues: The library really doesn’t interact with Osceola Avenue at all. They’re hoping to open up the building to the street somehow on the Osceola. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]")
Clearwater looking at $6 million library renovation
![Sam’s Club expanded its partnership with Instacart to include alcohol, including same-day alcohol delivery. Pictured is a location in Tampa in 2018. [Times (2018)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629811/AR/0/AR-190629811.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Sam’s Club expanded its partnership with Instacart to include alcohol, including same-day alcohol delivery. Pictured is a location in Tampa in 2018. [Times (2018)]")
Sam's Club and Instacart now offer same-day alcohol delivery
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![Meredith Lynn Recio and Colton Lumpkin broke into the law firm of prominent Pinellas defense attorney John Trevena, according to Largo police. Recio was married to Trevena until they divorced in March. [Pinellas County jail]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190624/ARTICLE/190629837/AR/0/AR-190629837.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Meredith Lynn Recio and Colton Lumpkin broke into the law firm of prominent Pinellas defense attorney John Trevena, according to Largo police. Recio was married to Trevena until they divorced in March. [Pinellas County jail]")
Drejka attorney's ex-wife breaks into Largo law firm, police say
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![Jonathan Ryan Haynes, shown in a mugshot from a 2017 Hillsborough County arrest, was arrested Monday in a July crash on State Road 54 in Zephyrhills that claimed the lives of two women. [Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629827/AR/0/AR-190629827.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Jonathan Ryan Haynes, shown in a mugshot from a 2017 Hillsborough County arrest, was arrested Monday in a July crash on State Road 54 in Zephyrhills that claimed the lives of two women. [Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office]")
Zephyrhills man arrested on DUI manslaughter charges in 2018 crash that killed two women
Editorial cartoons for Tuesday from Times wire services
![Hugh Jackman stars in the film “The Greatest Showman,” which was a box office hit. [NIKO TAVERNISE | Twentieth Century Fox]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629836/AR/0/AR-190629836.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Hugh Jackman stars in the film “The Greatest Showman,” which was a box office hit. [NIKO TAVERNISE | Twentieth Century Fox]")
From sing-alongs to a Hugh Jackman tour, how did ‘Greatest Showman’ get so huge?
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For starters: Rays open three-game series in Minnesota with Snell on the mound
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![In early 2018, signs popped up around Ybor City in the area where the Tampa Bay Rays announced plans to build a stadium. Those plans appear to be dead now that the team is talking about splitting its season between St. Petersburg and Montreal. [MARC TOPKIN | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/306259766/AR/0/AR-306259766.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "In early 2018, signs popped up around Ybor City in the area where the Tampa Bay Rays announced plans to build a stadium. Those plans appear to be dead now that the team is talking about splitting its season between St. Petersburg and Montreal. [MARC TOPKIN | Times]")
In Tampa, officials watch the Rays’ Montreal plan unfold from the bench
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![“You’re going into your fifth year, you’re not the rookie anymore,” Bucs quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen said of Jameis Winston. “It’s time. Stuff really should show up now. [BILL KOSTROUN | Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/306259881/AR/0/AR-306259881.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "“You’re going into your fifth year, you’re not the rookie anymore,” Bucs quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen said of Jameis Winston. “It’s time. Stuff really should show up now. [BILL KOSTROUN | Associated Press]")
Why the Jameis Winston-Peyton Manning comparison is a bad one
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Arts & Entertainment
Tributes to Michael Jackson flow on 10th death anniversary
![The Used will headline the inaugural Disrupt Festival on Wednesday at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa. [Courtesy of Meghan Thompson via Big Picture Media]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/190629846/AR/0/AR-190629846.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Used will headline the inaugural Disrupt Festival on Wednesday at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa. [Courtesy of Meghan Thompson via Big Picture Media]")
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![In this 2018 photo, Luis Miguel performs at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Latin pop artist will stop by Tampa’s Amalie Arena next week. [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190619/ARTICLE/190619610/AR/0/AR-190619610.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "In this 2018 photo, Luis Miguel performs at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Latin pop artist will stop by Tampa’s Amalie Arena next week. [Associated Press]")
Tampa Bay’s top concert picks: Luis Miguel, Disrupt Festival, Todd Rundgren
![On Tuesday, Luis Miguel, shown here at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 2018, will take over Amalie Arena in Tampa. [Charles Sykes/Invision/AP]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190624/ARTICLE/190629915/AR/0/AR-190629915.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "On Tuesday, Luis Miguel, shown here at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 2018, will take over Amalie Arena in Tampa. [Charles Sykes/Invision/AP]")
Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Tuesday, June 25
![The Hungry Greek, recently opened in downtown Tampa, discounts its gyros to $4.99 every Tuesday. Need we say more? [Chris Fasick]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190624/ARTICLE/190629917/AR/0/AR-190629917.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Hungry Greek, recently opened in downtown Tampa, discounts its gyros to $4.99 every Tuesday. Need we say more? [Chris Fasick]")
Tampa Bay restaurant and bar openings: Hungry Greek in downtown Tampa, Safety Harbor's Nona Slice House
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![On Sunday, the Department of Defense Warrior Games continue in Tampa with track and field events, a wheelchair tennis tournament and time trial cycling. [ALLIE GOULDING | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190621/ARTICLE/190629956/AR/0/AR-190629956.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "On Sunday, the Department of Defense Warrior Games continue in Tampa with track and field events, a wheelchair tennis tournament and time trial cycling. [ALLIE GOULDING | Times]")
Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Sunday, June 23