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  1. Multiple people dead in Plant City after train collides with car
    4 hours ago• Hillsborough
    Breaking news card for crime *** delete and write caption ****
  2. Florida’s minimum wage is set to increase this month
    Yesterday• Politics
    The Fight for $15 campaign hosted a rally outside of St. Petersburg City Hall in November 2016 and called for a hike in minimum wage.
  3. Hurricane Idalia caused Florida agriculture losses between $78M and $371M, per estimate
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    A road cuts through a flooded area south of Perry, Fla., following the passage of Hurricane Idalia, on Aug. 30, 2023. Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with producers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation rigs and fences.
  5. What a ‘climate insurance bubble’ could mean for Florida prices
    Yesterday• Business
    Aerial footage shows a partially submerged home in October 2022, the result of Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm.
  6. Navigating Puerto Rico’s recovery after Hurricane Maria
    Yesterday• Politics
    Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Pierluisi meets with supporters at an event hosted by the Hillsborough County Democratic Caucus of Florida at the Cuban Club on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Ybor City.
  7. Yes, you can get a burger and fries for less than $78 at Newark airport | Fact check
    Yesterday• Business
    A delayed traveler sleeps on the floor near the United Airlines ticket desk at Terminal C in Newark International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
  8. What to know as another possible government shutdown nears
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks from the chamber to his office just after House Republicans failed to advance their own defense bill for second time in a week, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.
  9. East Hillsborough County developer has top role in RFK Jr. campaign
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    John and Kay Sullivan outside the Winthrop Town Centre they developed in Riverview. [Times (2013)]
  10. Detectives search for 21-year-old in Wimauma homicide investigation
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  11. DeSantis, citing China ties, drops 4 private school campuses from voucher programs
    Yesterday• Education
    Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.
  12. Tampa Bay’s top Halloween and fall events, from festivals to ghost tours
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    Halloween is just around the corner as evidenced by this array of carved pumpkins displayed in the front yard of a Tampa area home .
  13. New Rays stadium will add 1,200 affordable housing units. Is it enough?
    Yesterday• Business
    This artists rendering provided by Hines shows a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays in the Historic Gas Plant District in St. Petersburg. The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays put the finishing touches Tuesday on plans for a new 30,000-seat ballpark in St. Petersburg as part of a $6.5 billion development project that includes affordable housing, retail, bars and restaurants and a Black history museum.
  14. St. Pete Beach cafe is closing after 10 years. Is Starbucks the reason?
    Yesterday• Business
    Meryl Roy, of St. Pete Beach, leaves Cafe’ Soleil French Bakery & Deli with a fresh iced coffee and pateries on Thursday, Sep 21, 2023, at the Dolphin Village shopping plaza at St. Pete Beach.
  15. In Clearwater, mayor’s race will headline a crowded March election
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    City Council member Kathleen Beckman, left, and Bruce Rector, general counsel for a sports facilities firm, will face off in the March 19 Clearwater mayoral race.
  16. Tampa counselor who lost partner to murder found dead in house fire
    Yesterday• Tampa
    A makeshift memorial for Dan Kane stands in the yard of his property on East Crenshaw Street in Tampa's Old Seminole Heights on Wednesday, Sept. 20 as a backhoe removes rubble of Kane's house, which caught fire two days earlier. First responders found Kane dead inside the burning home.
  17. Pinellas deputies investigating if person’s death involved alligator
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Deputies with the Pinellas County Sherriff’s Office are investigating if a death near Largo involved an alligator. An aerial photo from Spectrum Bay News 9 shows officials gathered around a large alligator. Blood at the scene has been blurred out in this photo.
  18. Hillsborough schools data breach exposed information on over 250 students
    Yesterday• Education
    From Hillsborough County school district headquarters in downtown Tampa on Friday, officials said a recent data breach exposed protected information on dozens students.
  19. Arrest made after man shot to death following confrontation in Tampa
    Yesterday• Crime
    Tampa Police arrested 37-year-old Alberto Rodriguez Stephenson on Sept. 22, 2023, in connection with the murder of a man who was shot and killed earlier that same day at the intersection of E. Busch Boulevard and N. Connechusett Road.
  20. Part of Tyrone Square Mall sells for $37.8M
    Yesterday• Business
    Hitchcock's Green Market at Tyrone Square Mall on July 30, 2020, in St. Petersburg. The grocery store closed in 2022, and the space could soon become an Aldi's. Seritage Growth Properties sold its stake in the mall Thursday.
  21. Times journalist Lucy Morgan left lasting legacy of reporters she mentored
    Yesterday• News
    A severed telephone cable forced the New Port Richey bureau to set up shop in a nearby motel for several hours. Lucy Morgan (on phone) and Nancy Godfrey kept the makeshift newsroom operating while other staffers worked in the phoneless bureau.
  22. Amazon rolling out ads for Prime Video, will charge monthly fee to go ad-free
    Yesterday• Business
    Amazon's Prime Video streaming app on an iPad is seen in Baltimore on March 19, 2018. Amazon says that it will start charging $2.99 per month in order for users in the U.S. to watch Prime Video shows and movies ad-free starting in early 2024.
  23. Hillsborough County whacks fund for affordable housing amid crisis
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County Commissioner Donna Cameron Cepeda, who lived in subsidized housing before she was elected to the board last year, voted with a majority of commissioners to cut affordable housing spending this week and divert the money to other needs.
  24. DeSantis falls back into 2024 GOP pack, no longer clear second place to Trump
    Yesterday• Politics
    Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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