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  1. Florida Museum of Photographic Arts now open in new Ybor City space
    1 hour ago• Visual Arts
    The exhibition, "Icons of Black & White" is on display at the Florida Museum of Photographic Art at its new location in Ybor City, which opened in September 2023.
  2. St. Petersburg hires first Chief Equity Officer
    2 hours ago• St. Petersburg
    Lakeeta Davis holds her son Rashad Keaton, 2, as she speaks with Lenice Emanuel, CEO of YWCA of Tampa Bay. Emanuel was in that role from 2010 to 2015 and was recently hired as the city of St. Petersburg's first chief equity officer. [KATHLEEN FLYNN Times]
  3. Florida school voucher money is flowing again, but delays persist
    3 hours ago• Education
    Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, urges senators to support HB 1, expanding Florida's school voucher program, during floor debate on March 23. The measure later passed and was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, but many families are having problems getting their voucher money this fall.
  5. Some Tampa Bay fall festivals canceled due to labor, migrant worker shortage
    3 hours ago• Entertainment
    Rides light up the night at the 2012 festival at St. Paul's Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. The festival has been going on for more than 40 years but had to cancel this year.
  6. Man who jumped into Busch Gardens gator exhibit enters pre-trial intervention
    3 hours ago• Crime
    The entrance to Busch Gardens at the corner of Busch Boulevard and McKinley Drive in Tampa is pictured in in a Google image from 2022. A 20-year-old Louisiana man who was arrested after police said he jumped into the park's alligator exhibit in June will avoid criminal conviction if he completes the terms of a pre-trial intervention agreement approved last week.
  7. Tropical Storm Philippe pivots toward eastern Caribbean
    4 hours ago• Hurricane
    National Hurricane Center forecasters do not expect Philippe to change in strength in the coming days, though it could weaken into nothing more than a remnant low over the weekend.
  8. Southbound lanes of Howard Frankland back open after 3-vehicle crash
    5 hours ago• Transportation
    Traffic was backed up in the southbound lanes of the Howard Frankland Bridge after a crash Tuesday morning. All lanes are now open.
  9. Feds: Florida’s poor oversight of psychotropic meds put foster kids at risk
    5 hours ago• Health
    An audit of Florida's child welfare system found multiple cases of child welfare workers failing to follow state regulations on psychotropic or opioid medication use. Illustration by Oona Tempest with KFF Health News.
  10. Morgan Wallen will return to Tampa during his 2024 stadium tour
    5 hours ago• Music News
    In this June 5, 2019, file photo, Morgan Wallen arrives at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn.
  11. Hulk Hogan gets married in Pinellas County at a church near the beach
    5 hours ago• TV
    Tampa native Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, married yoga instructor Sky Daily on Friday at at Indian Rocks Baptist Church.
  12. See how Hurricane Idalia shifted shorelines of Pinellas barrier islands
    Earlier today• Environment
    A wave sweeps through a mat of mangrove roots, many of which showed signs of damage on Sept. 18 on Three Rooker Island off Pinellas County.
  13. Concert review: Lana Del Rey’s dazzling first Tampa show made up for lost time
    Earlier today• Music Reviews
    A surprise performance of "Florida Kilos," requested by fans, made Lana Del Rey's Tampa concert stand out during her fall 2023 tour. She sang at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Monday, September 25, 2023.
  14. Tampa Police investigating circumstances of NFL star Mike Williams’ death
    Earlier today• Tampa
    Tierney Lyle made many trips to visit former Bucs player Mike Williams in the hospital with their daughter, Mya, who Lyle says shares her father's athletic talent.
  15. Florida school board candidates make issue of library books
    Earlier today• Education
    As school board races gain steam across Florida, candidates are talking about what types of books belong in classrooms and libraries. "And Tango Makes Three" has been among the titles challenged in some districts.
  16. Judge refuses to block Florida law banning paycheck deductions for union dues
    Earlier today• Politics
    District Judge Mark Walker on Friday issued denied a preliminary injunction sought by the Florida Education Association, the United Faculty of Florida and unions representing employees of the Alachua County, Hernando County and Pinellas County school districts and the University of Florida.
  17. Family members mourn after train, SUV collide in Hillsborough, killing 6
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Leticia Hernandez, right, niece of Jose G. Hernandez who died alongside his wife and three children in a train collision on Saturday, receives a hug from women paying their respects at the site of the crash, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 in Plant City, Fla. The weekend crash between a train and a sports-utility vehicle that killed six people in Florida happened at a private road crossing where little more than a sign or two is required, no crossing gates, no flashing lights, no sound. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
  18. Howl-O-Scream returns to Busch Gardens, this time with creepy clowns
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Scare actors roam the grounds of Busch Gardens in Tampa during the 2017 Howl-O-Scream event. There are five haunted houses this year, including a new one called D.H. Baggum’s Circus of Fear with creepy clowns and a menacing midway.
  19. Tampa trolley to remain free of charge for riders
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Connie Cosme, 57, of Carrollwood, adjusts the trolley pole on a streetcar on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Tampa. Cosme has worked for the TECO Line Streetcar System since its inception. A new grant will keep the trolley free for riders for the coming year.
  20. Hurricane forecasters watching 3 systems in the tropics
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    National Hurricane Center forecasters are monitoring a trio of systems including Tropical Storm Philippe, a system off Africa that is likely to become a tropical depression by midweek and a low-pressure system that emerged Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico.
  21. In Tampa, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and De La Soul throw down at a pool party
    Yesterday• Music Reviews
    Wu-Tang Clan performs at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa on Sept. 24, 2023.
  22. In Hillsborough school board races, book challenges are an early focus
    Yesterday• Education
    Amanda Darrow with the Utah Pride Center poses on Dec. 16, 2021, with books that have been the subject of parent complaints in Salt Lake City. As the nationwide surge in book challenges continues, the issue has already become a major discussion point in the 2024 races for Hillsborough County School Board.
  23. DeSantis, Newsom set Nov. 30 debate with Sean Hannity in Georgia
    Yesterday• Politics
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown speaking in Sacramento, California in June 2022; and Gov. Ron DeSantis, shown speaking in Sioux Center, Iowa on May 13, will debate Nov. 30 on Fox News.
  24. ‘Sudden severe turbulence’ on JetBlue flight to Florida injures 8
    Yesterday• Florida
    A JetBlue flight from Ecuador to Fort Lauderdale hit extreme turbulence while landing in Florida on Monday, injuring seven passengers and a crew member, the airline said in a statement. This photo shows a JetBlue airplane at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York in 2017.
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