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  1. Lightning’s Victor Hedman plays 1,000th NHL game, joins elite company
    4 hours ago• Lightning
    Victor Hedman, along with his family, is presented with a silver stick by owner Jeff Vinik Monday at Amalie Arena after becoming the first Lightning defenseman and only the third player in franchise history to play in 1,000 career games.
  2. Many Florida GOP lawmakers stay mum on whether Ziegler should resign
    5 hours ago• Politics
    The Florida Capitol in Tallahassee.
  3. Families of 3 killed in Florida Dollar General store shooting file lawsuit
    Yesterday• Crime
    Law enforcement officials investigate a shooting at a Dollar General Store on Aug. 27, 2023 in Jacksonville.
  5. No presidential primary for Florida Democrats after party submits only Biden’s name
    Yesterday• Politics
    President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, speak after lighting the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, near the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington.
  6. No lettuce for Florida manatees this winter: Experts end feeding trial after two years
    Yesterday• Environment
    Florida wildlife biologists began feeding manatees after a record 1,100 animals died in 2021. After two winters of feeding, the state says there is enough seagrass to warrant ending the feeding trial this winter.
  7. Paddleboarding American tourist killed in shark attack in Bahamas
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A woman was killed in a shark attack in the Bahamas. This photo shows a bull shark in a California lagoon. Bull sharks are one of the shark species that live in the waters off the Bahamas.
  8. Tampa teen gets 45 years in prison for shooting, killing 13-year-old
    Yesterday• Crime
    Ja'Marion Strange sits at a defense table Friday before a judge sentenced him to 45 years in prison. A jury convicted Strange last month in the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Ty'Quahn Johnson in Tampa.
  9. Florida politicians want answers after FSU football’s playoff snub
    Yesterday• Politics
    U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is publicly calling for transparency from the College Football Playoff after Florida State was left out of the field.
  10. Bigger Jimmy Buffett cruise ship will sail out of Tampa next year
    Yesterday• Travel
    The cruise line Margaritaville at Sea has announced that Tampa will be the port of call for its next, much bigger cruise ship, the Islander, offering trips to Mexico and Key West.
  11. Building boom looming for Florida Keys? State considers easing decades-old growth limits
    Yesterday• Business
    Cars make their way down the Overseas Highways Seven Mile Bridge near Little Duck Key and Bahia Honda State Park on Monday, October 11, 2021. County officials say a replacement bridge could be built by 2030.
  12. DeSantis urges Florida Supreme Court to reject challenge to gambling deal
    Yesterday• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis and Marcellus Osceola Jr., chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, pose for a photo at a signing ceremony on Friday, April 23, 2021.
  13. Florida’s surgeon general bought a $1.6M Pinellas County home. Take a look.
    Yesterday• News
    The South Pasadena house purchased by Joseph Ladapo and his wife sits on a more than 7,000-square-foot lot. The sale was handled by SEASALT Properties.
  14. St. Petersburg man who served more than 20 years for murder faces child sex abuse charges
    Yesterday• Crime
    Xavier Javoris Love is facing charges of child sex abuse a year after he was released from prison after serving more than 20 years on a murder charge.
  15. Former US diplomat arrested in Florida, charged with serving as secret agent for Cuba
    Yesterday• Crime
    This image provided by the Justice Department and contained in the affidavit in support of a criminal complaint, shows Manuel Rocha during a meeting with a FBI undercover employee. The Justice Department says Rocha, a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba's intelligence services since at least 1981. Newly unsealed court papers allege that Manuel Rocha engaged in "clandestine activity" on Cuba's behalf for decades, including by meeting with Cuban intelligence operatives.
  16. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of Dec. 4-10
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    Crowds will gather along east bound Park Boulevard for the Pinellas Park Christmas parade Saturday night.
  17. Here’s how the Tampa Bay area is observing Hanukkah
    Yesterday• Things To Do
    ThunderBug will once again join in the Hanukkah festivities at Coachman Park in Clearwater This year, Hanukkah runs Dec. 7-14.
  18. Dense fog blanketing Tampa Bay, cold front coming midweek
    Yesterday• weather
    Fog blocks the sun in St. Petersburg on Monday morning. Portions of Tampa Bay were under a dense fog warning, with visibility one quarter of a mile or less, forecasters said.
  19. Does Florida’s GOP scandal impact the party’s education agenda?
    Yesterday• Education
    Florida Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler, shown at the Florida Freedom Summit in November, has said he will not resign while under investigation for a rape allegation that he denies. The case has implications for the right-leaning education agenda advanced by Ziegler's wife, a founder of Moms for Liberty.
  20. Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in $1.9B deal
    Yesterday• Business
    A Hawaiian Airlines plane taxis for position at Kahalui, Hawaii, on the island of Maui, in 2005. Alaska Air Group said Sunday that it agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines.
  21. Motorcyclist, 17, dies in Riverview crash
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    A 17-year-old motorcyclist died following a crash with a car on Sunday morning in Riverview.
  22. Selmon Expressway reopens following fatal crash Saturday night
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    The Selmon Expressway reopened early Sunday after a Saturday night crash left one person dead.
  23. U.S. warship, commercial ships attacked in Red Sea, Pentagon says
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney, shown here in Souda Bay, Greece, was attacked Sunday in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
  24. Final Kiss tour ends with band pledging to become digital avatars
    Yesterday• Music News
    Gene Simmons, left, Tommy Thayer and Paul Stanley of Kiss perform during the final night of the "Kiss Farewell Tour" on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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