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  1. Bitten by relative, Tampa Bay man infected with flesh-eating bacteria
    1 hour ago• Health
    HCA Florida Healthcare general surgeon and wound care specialist Fritz Brink, left, and patient Donnie Adams. Brink operated on Adams leg to remove flesh eating bacteria that could have claimed his life.
  2. Hillsborough deputies seek public’s help in fatal Riverview pedestrian crash
    1 hour ago• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough deputies are asking for the public's help as they investigate the death of a woman who was struck Tuesday morning while trying to cross Big Bend Road.
  3. 2 get prison in Tampa racketeering case tied to shootings at strip club, International Plaza
    1 hour ago• Crime
    Keaujay Hornsby, left, and Kareem Spann were both sentenced to federal prison this week.
  5. Legislator with no higher education experience tapped to lead South Florida State College
    1 hour ago• Politics
    Florida Rep. Fred Hawkins watches during an Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee hearing in a legislative session, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  6. Long waits for visas affecting international tourism, Visit Florida says
    2 hours ago• Business
    People enjoy warm, dry weather on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in St. Pete Beach.
  7. Florida has banned social-emotional learning. Schools still use it.
    4 hours ago• Education
    This a page from "Social Studies Alive! Me and My World," a kindergarten text that was rejected by the Florida Department of Education. This student exercise appears to teach empathy, a value included in the now-controversial discipline of social emotional learning.
  8. Tampa’s historic Jackson house is crumbling. Can it survive a hurricane?
    4 hours ago• History
    The Jackson House, a historic segregation-era boarding home for Black visitors, decays in downtown Tampa.
  9. In new Tampa Seminole Heights shop, old items get a new life
    5 hours ago• Business
    Lot Twenty9 is a new small business located in Seminole Heights, Tampa that focuses on reusing, recycling and refurbishing different items like furniture, kitchen utensils and decorations.
  10. Here are 4 things to watch as Pinellas’ challenging budget season starts
    5 hours ago• Pinellas
    Pinellas County Administrator Barry Burton said this year's budget season is "not a time to be adding. We're just trying to keep our head above water."
  11. Drew Street safety overhaul will continue without costly trial run
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    Drivers negotiate Drew Street between Highland Avenue and Betty Lane Wednesday, April 5, 2023 in Clearwater.
  12. LGBTQ+ advocate shares her hopes, concerns at Suncoast Tiger Bay Club
    Yesterday• Community News
    Nadine Smith speaks to the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club at the St. Petersburg Museum of History on Wednesday.
  13. White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor in Ocala is arrested
    Yesterday• Crime
    A protester holds a poster of Ajike Owens at the Marion County Courthouse in Ocala on Tuesday, demanding the arrest of a woman who shot and killed Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four, on Friday. Deputies on Tuesday arrested Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, on multiple charges including manslaughter with a firearm.
  14. DeSantis calls for multistate partnership as he visits southern border
    Yesterday• Politics
    “There is no reason why we can’t be working with Texas or why we can’t work with Arizona, at the local level or at the state level,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday in Sierra Vista, Ariz.
  15. Hillsborough educators now are calling ‘social-emotional learning’ something else
    Yesterday• Education
    Student mental health services have been a priority in recent years, in part to prevent violence on campus. These resource cards were made available in the last school year at Hillsborough's middle and high schools.
  16. Wide disagreement reigns in trial of deputy accused of not stopping Parkland killer
    Yesterday• Crime
    Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh speaks with his client, former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School School Resource Officer Scot Peterson, prior to opening statements in Peterson's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday.
  17. What are the weird pyramids along the Skyway Bridge?
    Yesterday• Transportation
    The pyramids, called wave attenuation devices, seek to reduce coastal erosion.
  18. Hillsborough to again consider expanded county commission
    Yesterday• Politics
    Hillsborough County Commissioner Michael Owen is proposing expanding the county commission to nine, single-member district seats. Voters would need to approve the charter change.
  19. Hillsborough balks at renewed PACE home-energy loans
    Yesterday• News
    Solar panels on Ruskin homes purchased with PACE loans.
  20. Visit St. Pete-Clearwater CEO leaves county tourism agency
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    A view of Clearwater Beach on Friday, Mar 10, 2023, off Pinellas County.
  21. Florida property insurance costs rising faster than any other state
    Yesterday• Business
    A man moves through gulf water flowing through a broken section of Pine Island Road on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Matlacha, Fla. following Hurricane Ian.
  22. How Caitlin Clark helped get me through a health scare
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    A small stroke briefly robbed Roy Peter Clark of his words.
  23. Toni Says: Get ready - it’s hurricane season
    Yesterday• Business
    In this Aug. 29, 2017 photo, water from Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods from floodwaters brought on by Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston. Nasty hurricanes that cause billions of dollars in damage are hitting more often.
  24. Florida-based Moms for Liberty labeled ‘extremist’ in new report
    Yesterday• Education
    Moms for Liberty sells merchandise with its message at its 2022 national convention in Tampa. The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled the organization an "anti-government extremist group" in its latest report.
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