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  1. Pinellas panel agrees to keep ‘The Artivist’ in elementary schools
    Earlier today• Education
    Four Pinellas County parents sought to have 'The Artivist' by Nikkolas Smith removed from elementary schools, in part because of pages that referred to transgender children.
  2. St. Petersburg postal worker pleads guilty to stealing credit card from mail
    Earlier today• Crime
    A St. Petersburg postal carrier pleaded guilty to stealing a credit card from a customer on his assigned delivery route and using it to shop with his mother, federal prosecutors said.
  3. Rays: ‘We anticipate’ Pinellas Commission will approve stadium bonds
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Rays' Brian Auld, left, Matt Silverman, center, and St. Petersburg’s city Aministrator, Rob Gerdes, are pictured during a meeting of the Pinellas County Commission as they discuss taking out bonds to help finance a new $1.3 billion stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays, Nov. 19, 2024.
  5. Accused of misspending, Orange elections chief wrote 224 checks for $4.3M last weekend
    Yesterday• Florida
    Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean is shown in this file photo.
  6. The possible Donald Trump connection to the Florida state parks scandal
    Yesterday• Environment
    In this file photo, President Donald Trump waves to protesters while playing golf in 2019 at Trump Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland.
  7. After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands talk show on OANN
    Yesterday• Politics
    Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.
  8. Busch Gardens owes contractors more than $3 million for new attraction, per liens
    Yesterday• Business
    Guests go down a drop on Scorpion, a coaster that closed this year, at Busch Gardens on Saturday, Aug. 31 in Tampa. Contractors are alleging the theme park hasn't paid its bills for the construction of a new attraction.
  9. New USF study shows how junk food may be feeding cancerous colon tumors
    Yesterday• Health
    Ganesh Halade, associate professor in the USF Health Heart Institute in the Morsani College of Medicine, looks for trace amounts of fatty acids. Halade was part of a team led by University of South Florida Health and Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute that found a high percentage of fatty acids from ultra-processed foods in cancerous colorectal tumors.
  10. Sharks now associate scuba divers with food, prompting alert in Caribbean. Could it spread?
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    There are 17 shark species in Cayman waters and the most common are the Caribbean reef shark, nurse shark and hammerhead shark, experts say. This file photo shows a hammerhead. Sharks in the Caymans are associating people with food, prompting an alert.
  11. New York prosecutors charge suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing with murder
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Luigi Mangione is shown in this photo from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
  12. Westchase man charged with murder in mother’s death
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office vehicles are parked at a home in the 8000 block of Beaty Grove Drive in Tampa on Monday after Shambray Levey's body was found inside. Deputies arrested the Levy's son, Russell Antonio Moore, 36, on first degree murder and evidence tampering charges.
  13. In 1958, a man made 3 million pounds of snow in Tampa. Disaster followed.
    Yesterday• History
    Youths built snowmen during the Tampa Snow Show of 1958, an eight-day winter wonderland event that was marred with disaster.
  14. Florida GOP targets in-state tuition for ‘dreamers’
    Yesterday• Education
    Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, shown speaking at a press conference in May 2023, was among the Republican backers of a 2014 bill granting in-state tuition to "dreamers." A decade later, Republicans have proposed undoing the legislation.
  15. Florida adds restrictive prison policy on trans health care
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gaston Torque, 27, of St. Petersburg, who is carrying a transgender flag, listens to a speaker during a transgender day of remembrance vigil at Joe Chillura Courthouse Square hosted by PFLAG Tampa on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022.
  16. After marijuana measure’s failure, Florida’s hemp shops stand to benefit
    Yesterday• Business
    Nat Pudlak, left, helps Deandre Jonas, 24, of St. Petersburg, smokes a mix of Sunset Sherbet Delta 8 and CBD Sunset Sherbet Hybrid at Chillum Mushroom & Hemp Dispensary. Hemp shops like this one allow consumers to get high without a medical marijuana card.
  17. Prosecutors drop charges against ex-Florida lawmaker accused of forgery
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Rep. Carolina Amesty leaves the Orange County Jail in Orlando after being indicted on four felony charges on Aug. 29. A grand jury determined Amesty forged a man's signature on a document she notarized for her family-run school. State Attorney Andrew Bain's office is dropping the charges against Amesty, according to court filings.
  18. DeSantis-appointed state attorney says he won’t help elected replacement take office
    Yesterday• Elections
    Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain told employees Monday he doesn't think he can help his Democratic successor Monique Worrell's transition team.
  19. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred meets with officials ahead of Rays stadium vote
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks with members of the media during the annual MLB Media Day at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. IVY CEBALLO | Times
  20. A 15-year-old murder suspect escaped custody. Officials haven’t said how.
    Yesterday• Crime
    Tampa police said Jahmir Moore, 15, was captured Sunday night after he escaped from a juvenile detention facility.
  21. Protesters gather outside Florida agency to fight oil drilling near Apalachicola River
    Yesterday• Environment
    Xochitl Bervera, founder of the Apalachicola farm Water is Life Oysters, speaks to about 200 protesters outside the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s headquarters in Tallahassee on Monday.
  22. Hillsborough Democrat Susan Valdés switches to Republican Party
    Yesterday• Politics
    State Rep. Susan Valdés speaks to a crowd of more than a hundred people gathered during an Immigration Town Hall questions and answers session on May 11, 2023, in Tampa.
  23. Lt. Gov. Jeanette Núñez is one choice away from becoming governor. Who is she?
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez speaks as Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference to sign several bills related to public education and teacher pay, in Miami, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
  24. Man had gun, writings tying him to killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, police say
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    An NYPD police officer and K-9 dog search around a lake in Central Park, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in New York.
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