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  1. Florida has banned social-emotional learning. Schools still use it.
    1 hour 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.
  2. Can Tampa’s historic Jackson House survive hurricane season?
    2 hours ago• History
    The Jackson House, a historic segregation-era boarding home for Black visitors, decays in downtown Tampa.
  3. In new Tampa Seminole Heights shop, old items get a new life
    2 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.
  5. Here are 4 things to watch as Pinellas’ challenging budget season starts
    2 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."
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. What are the weird pyramids along the Skyway Bridge?
    Yesterday• Transportation
    The pyramids, called wave attenuation devices, seek to reduce coastal erosion.
  13. 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.
  14. Hillsborough balks at renewed PACE home-energy loans
    Yesterday• News
    Solar panels on Ruskin homes purchased with PACE loans.
  15. Visit St. Pete-Clearwater CEO leaves county tourism agency
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    A view of Clearwater Beach on Friday, Mar 10, 2023, off Pinellas County.
  16. 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.
  17. How Caitlin Clark helped get me through a health scare
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    A small stroke briefly robbed Roy Peter Clark of his words.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Tampa Bay at higher risk of mpox outbreak, CDC warns
    Yesterday• Health
    A health care worker administers the mpox vaccine at the Pride Center at Equality Park in Wilton Manors in July 2022. A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis states that Hillsborough and Pinellas counties have close to a 50% chance of an mpox outbreak this summer, based on low immunity rates among the population.
  21. Could this Tampa Publix be a blueprint for future stores?
    Yesterday• Business
    Outside the Publix at 3617 W Gandy Blvd. in Tampa, the first of Publix's prototype stores the brand is focusing on as it steers away from GreenWise Markets.
  22. Tampa Bay man arrested in fatal shooting in Hillsborough, deputies say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Hillsborough County authorities investigate a fatal shooting that happened in the 12100 block of Nebraska Avenue around 7 p.m. Friday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday night that suspect Joel Elkanah Jr., 25, has turned himself in to face a first-degree murder charge. The Sheriff's Office did not provide any identifying information about the person Elkanah is accused of shooting multiple times.
  23. Pinellas teen who won National Spelling Bee comes home to Tampa Bay
    Yesterday• Education
    Dev Shah, 14, from Largo, arrives at Tampa International Airport on Tuesday after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee outside of Washington, D.C.
  24. New principals to lead Hillsborough schools
    Yesterday• Education
    Forest Hills Elementary School in Tampa will have a new principal on July 1: Michelle Soto, the school's former assistant principal.
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