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  1. King State’s St. Petersburg location, with coffee and beer and food, is opening soon
    4 hours ago• Food
    Apple Snyder prepares a coffee drink at King State Coffee's Tampa location in 2020. King State's St. Petersburg location opens with full food and bar service on Dec. 12.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. St. Pete Beach cafe finds new home after Starbucks, lease dispute
    Dec. 1• Business
    Lauren Chezaud, owner of Cafe’ Soleil French Bakery & Deli, serves coffees to customers Sheryl Arbo, of St. Pete Beach, right, and Emily Hagan, of St. Pete Beach, on Thursday, Sep 21, 2023, at the cafe at St. Pete Beach.
  9. Sonata, the new restaurant at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater, is open
    Dec. 1• Food News
    Charred calamari with jicama, roasted corn, chorizo, cilantro, yuzu and edamame is on the menu at Sonata, the new restaurant at St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater.
  10. Nurses rally outside HCA West Florida’s Tampa office
    Dec. 1• Health
    Nurses chant while holding signs during a rally outside of HCA’s West Florida Division Office Thursday in Tampa.
  11. In memoriam: Jimmy Buffett the businessman
    Dec. 1• Business
    Jimmy Buffett performed at Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on June 6, 2017.
  12. Dear Penny: Am I responsible for my estranged husband’s debt?
    Dec. 1• Business
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  13. Viniks give $1.5M to Florida Aquarium in Tampa for major expansion
    Dec. 1• Business
    The Florida Aquarium in Tampa is working on a major expansion.
  14. St. Petersburg First Friday block party is canceled indefinitely
    Nov. 30• Entertainment
    Crowds gather on Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg at a 2022 First Friday block party. The monthly block party has been going on for more than 20 years on Central Avenue, but organizers are in search of sponsors to continue.
  15. YouTube star MrBeast came to Tampa, suited up for Buccaneers game
    Nov. 30• TV
    Jimmy Donaldson, better known as YouTube star MrBeast leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers onto the field for their Oct. 22 game against the Atlanta Falcons.
  16. Miami venue settles with Florida over drag show, will pay $5,000 fine
    Nov. 29• Politics
    A publicity image for the "A Drag Queen Christmas" show.
  17. Thief hid in St. Petersburg antique shop until closing, then stole $18K in goods
    Nov. 29• Crime
    St. Petersburg police are trying to identify a man who hid in an antique shop until after it closed, then crawled around the store and stole items valued at about $18,000. Much of the caper was captured on surveillance video.
  18. Jeff Bezos’ superyacht is in Florida. It’s so big it has to anchor at a seaport.
    Nov. 29• Business
    View of a yacht, reportedly being built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, on the wharf in Zwijndrecht, near Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  19. Gas prices in Florida have fallen or remained steady for weeks. Here’s why.
    Nov. 29• Business
    As of Tuesday, the national average for gas prices stood just below $3.25, according to AAA. That’s down 25 cents from a month ago, and it’s 30 cents less than this time last year.
  20. Temple Terrace Publix recalls 11 beef products for ‘potential of plastic material’
    Nov. 29• Business
    A Temple Terrace Publix has recalled 11 beef products because of a "potential of plastic material."
  21. A nursing reboot: Jobs are on the rise in Florida
    Nov. 29• Business
    Medical Assistant Cassandra Ross prepares Natalie Rosales, 7, to receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, while Nurse Jordan Dierksheide holds her arm during a vaccination event hosted by Enterprising Latinas at Wimauma Opportunity Center in Wimauma on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Vacancy rates for hospital RNs have dropped from 21% in 2022 to 13% in 2023, and turnover dropped from 32% to 20% over the same period.
  22. Orlando’s Pop-Tart Bowl has an edible mascot. But what flavor is it?
    Nov. 28• Sports
    The Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando is touting what it calls an edible mascot.
  23. Tampa Bay charities struggle to retain holiday season volunteers
    Nov. 28• Community News
    Volunteer Rose Munoz sorts through items at Feeding Tampa Bay Tuesday in Tampa.
  24. What is it like at St. Pete’s Derby Lane 3 years after greyhound racing ended?
    Nov. 28• Entertainment
    An aerial drone view of the former dog racing track and score board at Derby Lane, 10490 Gandy Blvd. N. Almost three years after greyhound racing ended, the track is now filled in with grass and is remarkably well tended to.
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