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  1. Who is Gio Fucarino? Or John Ring Jr.? A Tampa player with a hidden past
    Earlier today• Tampa
    John Robert Ring Jr., left, at Mayor Jane Castor's campaign kickoff at the Hotel Haya in December. Ring had used an alias Giovanni "Gio" Fucarino to become a fixture in city politics in recent months. He was arrested recently for violating his sexual offender status.
  2. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus returns to Tampa, without animals
    Mar. 22• Entertainment
    An artist's rendering of a high wire act in the new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which returns without animals.
  3. There’s a new invasive mosquito species in Florida. Will this one spread disease?
    Mar. 22• Environment
    Culex lactator, a new mosquito species found in Florida, comes from a group of mosquito species that transmit the West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses. The mosquito species originates in Central America and northern South America, according to University of Florida researchers.
  5. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Mar. 20• Pets
    Zion would do best with lots of room to explore.
  6. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Mar. 20• Pets
    Chester and Mickey are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"-ever homes.
  7. Tampa’s River O’ Green Fest rescheduled
    Mar. 14• Life & Culture
    Tampa's annual River O'Green Fest has been rescheduled. (2018)
  8. In Iowa, DeSantis gets snowflake gift with ‘fascist’ hidden on it
    Mar. 12• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a framed snowflake that reads "fascist" in Iowa on Friday.
  9. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Mar. 6• Pets
    Chuck and Kahlua are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  10. Should T-shirts be allowed on The Villages’ golf courses?
    Mar. 1• Outdoors
    Sam Jelbert, left, Bob Larkin and Neil Pepper share a shot of Irish whiskey during a break in play while golfing at the Churchill Downs Executive Golf Course at The Villages on Monday. Exactly what golfers must wear in the world’s largest retirement community is up for debate.
  11. Meet the Tampa dentist who pulls cars with his teeth and makes ‘KGB molars’
    Feb. 27• Life & Culture
    Dentist Mike Foley pulls a car with his teeth at his residence in Tampa.
  12. A new roller rink is coming to the St. Pete Pier
    Feb. 24• Things To Do
    Roller skating comes to the St. Pete Pier beginning March 10.
  13. Tampa man opened first tattoo parlor in Las Vegas and San Fernando Valley
    Feb. 23• History
    Tony "Doc Dog" Baker poses for a portrait at his Las Vegas Tattoo Company in Ybor City. Doc Dog celebrates 60 years in the tattoo business with 20 years in Ybor City.
  14. How to celebrate Mardi Gras in the Tampa Bay area
    Feb. 21• Things To Do
    It's time for Mardi Gras and here is a list of a few ways Tampa Bay is celebrating.
  15. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Feb. 20• Pets
    Faith and Jax are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  16. A Tampa mobster was supposedly killed by a hitman. His son now says it was faked.
    Feb. 2• History
    Convicted drug smuggler Angelo Bedami holds a photograph of his father Joe Bedami Sr., a mobster and alleged Santo Trafficante hitman.
  17. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jan. 30• Pets
    Butterfinger and Marcus are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  18. Top Tampa Bay area events for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5
    Jan. 30• Things To Do
    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, pictured during a 2012 show in Tampa, will play Amalie Arena in Tampa on Wednesday.
  19. Researchers find invasive, airbreathing, frog-hunting fish along Florida’s Gulf Coast
    Jan. 27• Environment
    Researchers recently documented, then killed, a population of invasive, air-breathing goldline snakehead fish living in a pond in Manatee County.
  20. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jan. 23• Pets
    Juliette and Simbah are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  21. Pinellas County Animal Services resumes dog operations
    Jan. 18• Pets
    Pinellas County Animal Shelter has resumed dog operations. They await adoptions.
  22. A Florida taxidermist takes clients nobody else will: grieving pet owners
    Jan. 18• Pets
    Allison Doty, a 31-year-old pet taxidermist from Inverness, poses for a portrait at her home on Dec. 20, 2022. “There's a huge stigma around pet taxidermy,” Doty said. “I’m hoping to break that.”
  23. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jan. 16• Pets
    Kevin and Riddle are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  24. How rare was the orca stranding on a Florida beach? It’s the first on record.
    Jan. 12• Environment
    This photo provided by Flagler County Sheriff’s Office shows a stranded killer whale in Palm Coast on Wednesday.
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