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  1. ‘Spring Breakers’ movie turns 10. Here’s how Tampa Bay played a starring role.
    Mar. 16• Life & Culture
    Spring Breakers, written and directed by Harmony Korine and rated R, was largely filmed in Pinellas County.
  2. 100 years ago, this Tampa church was built with stones from the river
    Mar. 15• History
    Exterior view of the century old St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church pictured in Tampa.
  3. Florida Strawberry Festival approaching pre-pandemic crowds
    Mar. 7• Life & Culture
    People take in the festivities at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City on Thursday.
  5. Opening day at Plant City’s Florida Strawberry Festival: shortcakes, fried food and more
    Mar. 2• Kids & Family
    Contestants participate in the Deep Fried Strawberry Shortcake on a Stick Relay at the Florida Strawberry Festival on Thursday, in Plant City.
  6. NAACP wants reparations for Tampa’s Black cemeteries that governments “stole”
    Feb. 27• History
    Hillsborough County NAACP President Yvette Lewis speaks during an unveiling of a memorial and historical marker at Ridgewood Cemetery on the edge of King High School in Tampa on Monday.
  7. Sunken Gardens’ new sign debuts its nighttime look
    Feb. 24• Life & Culture
    The iconic sign at the historic Sunken Gardens is lit up after a new version which more closely resembles the original, was installed last week Thursday in St. Petersburg.
  8. Tampa man opened first tattoo parlor in Las Vegas and San Fernando Valley
    Feb. 23• History
    Tony "Doc Dog" Baker poses for a portrait at his Las Vegas Tattoo Company in Ybor City. Doc Dog celebrates 60 years in the tattoo business with 20 years in Ybor City.
  9. Still getting his kicks from Route 66
    Feb. 22• History
    In this Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, file photo, a car travels down historic Route 66 toward Albuquerque, N.M.
  10. Here’s the story behind Parkesdale Market’s famous Plant City strawberry shortcakes
    Feb. 22• Food
    Strawberry shortcakes are topped with whipped cream at Parkesdale Farm Market in Plant City.
  11. ‘Path of the Panther’ hits Florida theaters this week. We spoke with the film’s creators.
    Feb. 21• Environment
    One of many camera-trap photographs of a wild Florida panther captured by Carlton Ward Jr. You can watch "Path of the Panther" in theaters across Florida beginning Friday. The film will be released on Disney+ and the National Geographic Channel this spring.
  12. This is how Tampa lost a historic Black cemetery to a property flipper
    Feb. 21• History
    A 2020 aerial photo of Memorial Park Cemetery, the East Tampa segregation-era Black burial ground.
  13. Tampa Bay theater company will set up library of banned books in protest
    Feb. 19• Life & Culture
    The Banned Book Library at American Stage started Feb. 18.
  14. Tampa Bay woman found the boat she believes saved her father from Nazis; now it’s here
    Feb. 16• History
    Margot Benstock, left, and Irene Weiss, together with a scale model replica of a fishing boat on exhibit behind them at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg. Benstock's parents escaped the Holocaust by fleeing Denmark on fishing boats. She believes she found the boat that transported her father. She obtained it and donated it to the Florida Holocaust Museum.
  15. How to help earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey from Tampa Bay
    Feb. 15• Life & Culture
    Rescuers search for victims and survivors in the rubble of buildings in Turkey. International organizations are rushing to provide relief.
  16. Sunken Gardens is replacing its iconic sign. Here are 5 things to know about the project.
    Feb. 13• Life & Culture
    The sign that Sunken Gardens put up in 2003 changed some of the colors and the V-shaped chevron. This sign recently came down and is being replaced with one that more closely resembles the original.
  17. Ybor City cigar factory is being saved with conversion to apartments
    Feb. 13• History
    Robert Holsopple, a building contractor, left, and Charlie Hettinger, Water Tower Holdings managing partner, give a tour of the construction going on at the Perfecto Garcia Cigar Factory in Tampa.
  18. The big pink trumpet tree on Coffee Pot Bayou is in bloom. What’s its story?
    Feb. 9• Environment
    Alex Gomez, on left, takes a picture of a group of French Canadien cyclists in front of the pink trumpet tree in bloom on 23rd Ave. NE. and Coffee Pot Blvd NE on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 in St. Petersburg. Gomez, a local who lives part time in St. Petersburg, was helping out the group of eight cyclists from Nicolet, Quebec. The group is cycling though parts of the west coast of Florida and has already completed about 1000 kilometers.
  19. Is Tampa’s Italian Club looking for 1,200 missing bodies?
    Feb. 8• History
    Aerial of the lost College Hill Cemetery, which is now a parking lot for the Italian Club Cemetery.
  20. Guide to 2023 Florida State Fair’s weird food, fun rides, cute animals
    Feb. 8• Life & Culture
    Kids hang on to their ride at the 2022 Florida State Fair, which will return Feb. 9-20. It was founded more than 100 years ago and now sports the nation's largest midway.
  21. Two century-old downtown Tampa buildings have been demolished
    Feb. 6• History
    Demolition of downtown Tampa's former Tarr Furniture building began on Saturday.
  22. Hey Tampa, it’s The Knight Parade, not The Night Parade
    Feb. 6• History
    Members of the Krewe of Sant’ Yago pass out beads to people along Bayshore Boulevard during the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in Tampa. The krewe will host their signature event, The Krewe of the Knights of Sant’ Yago Illuminated Knight Parade, on Feb. 11.
  23. A Tampa mobster was supposedly killed by a hitman. His son now says it was faked.
    Feb. 2• History
    Convicted drug smuggler Angelo Bedami holds a photograph of his father Joe Bedami Sr., a mobster and alleged Santo Trafficante hitman.
  24. Tampa’s Glazer Children’s Museum unboxes giant dinosaur skull for upcoming exhibit
    Feb. 1• Life & Culture
    Fossil restorers Elia Smaniotto, of Trieste, Italy, left, and Tomas Stark, of Sezana, Slovenia, remove the skull of Big John from a crate on Wednesday at the Glazer Children's Museum in Tampa. The complete triceratops skeleton will be the center of an exhibit opening Memorial Day weekend.
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