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  1. 1 person dead after Tampa residential fire
    3 hours ago• Tampa
    Fire officials said one person died after a residential fire in West Tampa on Thursday morning. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  2. Florida Senate president unveils plan to expand health care access, add doctors
    6 hours ago• Politics
    Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, who is now Senate president, smiles as she stands on the dais during a legislative session at the Florida State Capitol, Monday, March 7, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  3. St. Petersburg police officer arrested on battery charge in Hillsborough
    Yesterday• Crime
    A St. Petersburg police officer was arrested Wednesday in Hillsborough County on a battery charge after he pushed a woman during an argument, records show.
  5. Tampa police make 3rd arrest in Ybor City shootings
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    The scene following an early morning shooting along Ybor City’s 7th Avenue in Tampa on Oct. 29.
  6. Pasco County and New Port Richey team up to fix blighted area
    Yesterday• Pasco
    Several years ago, the Pasco County Commission on Tuesday approved a $500,000 loan to West Pasco Habitat for Humanity to help finance the purchase and demolition of dilapidated properties on Van Doren Avenue and Leisure Lane near the city of New Port Richey. The project was sidetracked and now the county and the city of New Port Richey, which surrounds the neighborhood, are working together to fix ongoing blight in the area.
  7. Case of Bloomingdale High girl, 15, killed at Halloween party is cold. Cops seek help.
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Laci Mae Gilileo, pictured in a family photo provided by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, was fatally shot on Nov. 1, 2022, while attending a Halloween party at a house in Thonotosassa, according to the Sheriff's Office. Gilileo, 15, was a student at Bloomingdale High School.
  8. Rays will not change name, team president says
    Yesterday• Rays
    Rays president Brian Auld, right, and president Matt Silverman, second from right, at Tropicana Field in September. Auld said Thursday that the team will not change its name to the St. Petersburg Rays, despite recent discourse around the subject.
  9. How much did Tampa Bay’s GDP grow in 2022? New federal data explains
    Yesterday• Florida
    Golf cart tour customer Sybil Furman, of Reno, Nevada, inquires about the tallest buildings in Tampa’s skyline while on a golf cart tour of Tampa on Friday, May 19, 2023. Tampa Bay’s gross domestic product — a measurement of economic performance by totaling the value of goods and services — did slow last year compared to 2021, federal data released Thursday shows.
  10. Paul Lynch’s ‘Prophet Song’ a resounding warning
    Yesterday• Back To School
    Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize, poses for the media with his trophy following the presentation ceremony in London on Nov. 26, 2023. The Booker Prize is awarded to the best sustained work of fiction written in English and published in the UK and Ireland, in the opinion of the judges. Lynch won with his book "Prophet Song."
  11. How a massive moon sculpture landed at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater
    Yesterday• Visual Arts
    The Bill Edwards Foundation of the Arts collaborated with Imagine Museum to bring an art installation depicting the moon, by artist Luke Jerram, to the Mahaffey Theater pictured on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. The sculpture is made from a balloon-like material.
  12. St. Petersburg community benefits council chairperson resigns
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    Gypsy Gallardo makes a presentation on Nov. 28. Gallardo resigned from St. Petersburg's Community Benefits Advisory Council.
  13. Florida lawmakers consider annual fees for owners of electric vehicles
    Yesterday• Politics
    Tesla electric vehicles are seen at Tesla chargers on May 10 in Westlake, Calif. A Senate proposal would require electric vehicle owners to pay $200 registration fees to try to offset anticipated losses in gas tax dollars.
  14. Driver arrested in wrong-way Skyway crash that killed Uber driver, passenger
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    A Ford Mustang and Dodge Caravan are pictured on Interstate 275 near the northern end of the Sunshine Skyway bridge after the driver of the Mustang fled from the Florida Highway Patrol late Wednesday night, turned around at the top of the Skyway and drove north in the southbound lanes until crashing head-on into the Dodge.
  15. See a Tampa Bay pioneer Christmas at this historic village
    Yesterday• History
    Children walk past the John Overstreet House (circa mid-1860s), a two-story pioneer-era farmhouse constructed of native heart pine at the Pioneer Florida Museum & Village in Dade City.
  16. Did Florida influence changes to AP’s African American studies course?
    Yesterday• Education
    The College Board released the final framework for its AP African American studies course, including some changes that Florida Republican officials demanded if the course were to be taught in the state. The Rev. Al Sharpton demonstrated in Tallahassee against Gov. Ron DeSantis's rejection of the course in February.
  17. Hundreds died using kratom in Florida. It was touted as safe.
    Yesterday• Investigations
  18. How the Tampa Bay Times investigated the kratom industry
    Yesterday• Investigations
    A Times investigation found more than 580 fatal kratom-related overdoses in Florida.
  19. Pasco low-income seniors will get new homestead tax break
    Yesterday• Pasco
    The West Pasco Government Center houses the County Commission chambers.
  20. Sarasota school board chairperson calls on Bridget Ziegler to resign
    Yesterday• Education
    Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler faces mounting pressure to resign her post.
  21. 14-year-old boy arrested in Ybor shooting now facing murder charges
    Yesterday• Crime
    Tampa police Chief Lee Bercaw, Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez and the family of Harrison Boonstoppel discuss the arrest of a second suspected shooter in connection with a gunfight that took place in the 1600 block of East Seventh Avenue in Ybor City on Oct. 29, killing Boonstoppel and a 14-year-old boy.
  22. Pinellas deputies seize drugs, money and guns in St. Petersburg bust
    Yesterday• Crime
    Police investigate the scene at a home at 1760 17th St. S. on Tuesday in St. Petersburg.
  23. DeSantis, Haley and a fiery final 2023 GOP debate: Here are 4 takeaways
    Yesterday• Politics
    From left: Republican presidential candidates former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy appeared at a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday.
  24. DeSantis appointees accuse Disney district predecessors of cronyism; Disney calls them revisionist
    Yesterday• Politics
    Minnie and Mickey Mouse perform for guests during a musical show in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World on July 14 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district released a series of reports Wednesday justifying their takeover and accusing their Disney-controlled predecessors of being a part of “the most egregious exhibition of corporate cronyism in modern American history.” In a statement, Disney called the new reports “revisionist history.”
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