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  1. Trash Wolf prowls the streets of Tampa Bay. Who is he?
    2 hours ago• Environment
    Mateo Smith, 43, better know as the Trash Wolf, works to pick up litter on 54th Avenue on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023 in Lealman. He figures he has collected over 5,000 pounds of litter.
  2. Struggling to make ends meet, teachers look to leave Florida
    2 hours ago• Education
    Pinellas County English teacher Philip Belcastro is one of several Florida teachers looking to leave the state.
  3. Tour this historic Tampa home made of cigar boxes on Saturday
    3 hours ago• History
    The exterior of the Leiman House in Tampa.
  5. Sunshine Skyway suicide ends remarkable 19-month run without one
    3 hours ago• Transportation
    Traffic streams southbound over the Sunshine Skyway bridge in July 2021, shortly after suicide prevention fencing was completed. The Skyway on Tuesday saw its first suicide in 19 months, a remarkable stretch for a bridge that had averaged about one suicide per month before the fencing was erected.
  6. For decades, a Florida woman had no sense of smell. Can she get it back?
    4 hours ago• Health
    Barbara Walker revels in the aroma of Nina’s Wood Fired Pizza while on a smelling adventure at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival in March in Dade City. After decades without a sense of smell, she has devoted herself to trying to train her ability back.
  7. Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg says Florida vintage car restorer stole $125K from him
    Earlier today• Florida
    Max Weinberg plays the drums, left, while Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform during The River Tour on Sept. 7, 2016, in Philadelphia. Weinberg is suing the owners of a Florida car restoration company, saying they stole $125,000 by falsely promising they could deliver a like-new 1957 Mercedes-Benz he could display at top-level shows and then using his money for personal expenses.
  8. Miami venue settles with Florida over drag show, will pay $5,000 fine
    Yesterday• Politics
    A publicity image for the "A Drag Queen Christmas" show.
  9. Thief hid in St. Petersburg antique shop until closing, then stole $18K in stuff
    Yesterday• Crime
    St. Petersburg police are trying to identify a man who hid in an antique shop until after it closed, then crawled around the store and stole items valued at about $18,000. Much of the caper was captured on surveillance video.
  10. Pinellas transit authority overhaul bill advances, with smaller scope
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    The SunRunner — stopped in St. Pete Beach in August — has been touted as one of many recent successes by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. But Republican lawmakers have been critical of the agency, and a bill that would cut its board of directors by nearly a third will advance to the state Legislature after a vote by local lawmakers Wednesday.
  11. Festivus: Share your complaints and grievances for 2023
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    The alternative holiday known as Festivus can be traced to the classic 1997 episode of "Seinfeld" called "The Strike." [Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television Inc.]
  12. Jeff Bezos’ superyacht is in Florida. It’s so big it has to anchor at a seaport.
    Yesterday• Business
    View of a yacht, reportedly being built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, on the wharf in Zwijndrecht, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  13. Gas prices in Florida have fallen or remained steady for weeks. Here’s why.
    Yesterday• Business
    As of Tuesday, the national average for gas prices stood just below $3.25, according to AAA. That’s down 25 cents from a month ago, and it’s 30 cents less than this time last year.
  14. California vs. Florida: Why are people moving from one state to the other?
    Yesterday• Politics
    In this July 12, 2020, file photo, visitors sit on a bench on the pier in Santa Monica, Calif.
  15. Supervisor at Hillsborough home construction site fatally stabbed during robbery, deputies say
    Yesterday• Crime
    The Easthaven residential development off Harney Road east of Tampa is pictured in a Google image from February. A Thonotosassa man, Ja’Quan Javontae Glymp, was arrested Sunday on a first-degree murder charge in connection to the fatal stabbing and suspected robbery of a worker at a townhome under construction in the neighborhood Saturday morning. records show.
  16. $50 drug deal yields manslaughter convictions in Tampa overdose deaths
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Jose Alberto Marti and Melissa Christine Hanna pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday for providing the drugs that caused two fatal overdoses in 2020.
  17. Transgender teen who prompted Florida school shakeup had been suing for 2 years
    Yesterday• Education
    Broward Schools Superintendent Peter Licata.
  18. Temple Terrace Publix recalls 11 beef products for ‘potential of plastic material’
    Yesterday• Business
    A Temple Terrace Publix has recalled 11 beef products because of a "potential of plastic material."
  19. Hillsborough to keep cold weather shelters open Wednesday night as temps plunge
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Richard Cost, 51, naps on a cot at Hyde Park United Methodist Church a designated cold weather shelter Wednesday in Tampa.
  20. Fan punched trying to get photo with rapper Nardo Wick outside Tampa’s Club Skye
    Yesterday• Crime
    Tampa police are seeking the public’s help after people “who appear to be affiliated” with a performer punched a man who approached the artist to get a photo outside of Club Skye early Monday morning.
  21. In Clearwater, Michael Jackson’s test photos from ‘Thriller’ are up for auction
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    At Clearwater's Blackwell Auctions on Dec. 9, 2023, this photo will be offered for sale. It was taken by Dick Zimmerman, and is an original Polaroid test photo of Michael Jackson taken less than a minute before the photographer shot the version of the pose that producer Quincy Jones recommended for the legendary ‘Thriller’ LP’s cover.
  22. A nursing reboot: Jobs are on the rise in Florida
    Yesterday• Business
    Medical Assistant Cassandra Ross prepares Natalie Rosales, 7, to receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, while Nurse Jordan Dierksheide holds her arm during a vaccination event hosted by Enterprising Latinas at Wimauma Opportunity Center in Wimauma on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Vacancy rates for hospital RNs have dropped from 21% in 2022 to 13% in 2023, and turnover dropped from 32% to 20% over the same period.
  23. Concerns rise over hostilities at Florida schools as war in Israel grows
    Yesterday• Education
    Palestinians flee to northern Gaza as Israeli tanks block the Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Complaints about discrimination at schools have grown as the war has continued.
  24. Plant City’s summer was record hot. What could that mean for strawberries?
    Yesterday• Local Weather
    Customers shop at Parkesdale Market in Plant City on a steamy afternoon in September. Plant City demolished heat records this summer.
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