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  1. Gasparilla Music Festival 2025 postponed; organizers cite ‘financial strain’
    42 minutes ago• Music
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  2. FEMA hotel assistance ends for some next week. Guests are confused.
    4 hours ago• Business
    Barb Adams looks out of the balcony window of her second-floor temporary home at the Bilmar Beach Resort, 10650 Gulf Blvd, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Treasure Island. Barb had just found out from the hotel front desk that her FEMA voucher had been extended until Jan. 28.
  3. Steve Martin and Martin Short postpone Clearwater show due to California fires
    Earlier today• Life & Culture
    In this June 8, 2017 file photo, Steve Martin, left, and Martin Short appear at the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute to Diane Keaton in Los Angeles. Steve Martin and Martin Short have postponed their Florida tour dates on Jan. 10 and 11 due to the wildfires devastating Southern California.
  5. Florida principal poses as officer — and Shaq’s cousin — to evade ticket, FHP says
    Earlier today• Florida
    A Florida principal has been arrested on charges that he impersonated an officer during a traffic stop to try to get out of a ticket.
  6. Westbound lanes of I-4 in Plant City reopen after morning crash
    Earlier today• Hillsborough
    The driver of a Hyundai minivan, right, was heading west on Interstate 4 near the Thonotosassa Road exit in Plant City on Thursday morning, failed to halt for stopped traffic and crashed into the back of the Chevy Tahoe, center, and then into the back of the Chevy Silverado, left, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
  7. What killed the bobcat found hanging from a Safety Harbor tree? It remains a mystery.
    Earlier today• Environment
    Aaron Tonry, a volunteer tree climber, retrieved a dead bobcat from a tree in the Timberview Drive area of Safety Harbor on May 2. Florida Fish and Wildlife confirmed on Monday that it will necropsy the animal to find out its cause of death.
  8. Schools seek added security as shootings rise nationally
    Earlier today• Education
    Students line up outside Hollywood Hills High School in Hollywood, Fla., on the first day of school in Broward County, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.
  9. Is my flight safe? Stowaways on planes raise worries about aviation security.
    Yesterday• Transportation
    A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 takes off from Tampa International Airport on May 15, 2014.
  10. Florida cancels transgender activist’s new ID after changed gender label
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends a rally on Saturday, Jan 13, 2024, at the Never Back Down super PAC headquarters in West Des Moines, IA.
  11. Clearwater man pleads guilty to vandalizing Florida pride mural, apologizes in court
    Yesterday• Crime
    Dylan Reese Brewer turns to apologize in a West Palm Beach courtroom on Wednesday. Brewer accepted a plea deal for defacing a pride mural on a downtown Delray Beach intersection in February 2024. His attorney, Scott Sale, looks on.
  12. Board accepts Pinellas Suncoast fire chief’s resignation
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Embattled Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue District Chief Jeffrey Davidson attended a meeting of the district’s Board of Commissioners to decide his fate at Belleair Beach City Hall on Jan 2.
  13. Florida marijuana case could change police searches of vehicles
    Yesterday• Crime
    A marijuana plant is seen at a medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., March 22, 2019.
  14. Tampa police identify man who was found dead in McKay Bay
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa police have identified the man who was found dead in McKay Bay on Monday afternoon.
  15. Tampa Bay’s top home sales of 2024: see the luxury listings
    Yesterday• Real Estate
    104 Ladoga Ave. in Tampa was the most expensive home sold in Tampa Bay in 2024.
  16. Grand jury COVID probe requested by DeSantis finds no evidence of criminal activity
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the Tampa Electric Company offices in Tampa.
  17. Florida school board chair upended by comments at Moms for Liberty event
    Yesterday• Education
    The chairperson of the Volusia County school board has resigned her role amid criticism of comments she made at a Moms for Liberty event.
  18. For sale in St. Petersburg: pirate ship, gently used
    Yesterday• Bizarre News
    This unnamed pirate captain is part of the ship for sale at 16th Avenue North in St. Petersburg.
  19. Florida sheriff placed on Brady list of law officers deemed untrustworthy
    Yesterday• Florida
    Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez answers questions from the media following his swearing-in ceremony outside the Osceola County Historical Courthouse in downtown Kissimmee, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.
  20. Listening better, fighting less and asking more in 2025 | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    This year, here's to quieting down and letting people have the floor.
  21. Worrell returns as Orange-Osceola state attorney while grand jury decision looms
    Yesterday• Politics
    Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is sworn in by state Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis, D-Ocoee, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.
  22. Tampa officials pledge extra vigilance for Gasparilla after New Orleans attack
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor is flanked by public safely officials as she discusses safety plans for the Gasparilla 2025 events during a press conference outside of the Tampa Convention Center on Jan. 7, 2025.
  23. Meta ending third-party fact-checking partnership with US partners
    Yesterday• Politics
    Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 22, 2023.
  24. Matt Gaetz: ‘I am starting to think about running for governor’
    Jan. 7• Politics
    Then-U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R- Fla., speaks onstage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee.
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