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  1. 14-year-old boy arrested in Ybor shooting now facing murder charges
    Earlier today• Crime
    Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw, Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez and the family of Harrison Boonstoppel discuss the arrest of a second suspected shooter in connection with a gunfight that took place in the 1600 block of East 7th Avenue in Ybor City on Oct. 29, killing Boonstoppel and a 14-year-old boy, during a Wednesday night news conference. Kadyn Michael Abney, 14, is facing a charge of second-degree murder with a firearm in the death of Boonstoppel, as well as charges of attempted aggravated battery and attempted murder, Bercaw said.
  2. Hillsborough again opens cold weather shelters as chilly temps arrive
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    An unnamed person makes their way to a cot with her belongings at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hillsborough County’s largest designated cold weather shelter on Nov. 29 in Tampa. Shelters are opening again on Wednesday in anticipation of another cold snap.
  3. Man who struck Hillsborough deputies with car is incompetent for trial, judge rules
    Yesterday• Crime
    In this image from body camera video, two Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies are seen on the ground as suspect Ralph Bouzy walks from his Nissan Altima after striking the deputies on Nov. 9 in Brandon. A judge on Wednesday declared Bouzy mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered that he should be committed to a secure facility for mental health treatment.
  5. 40 Tampa Bay concerts to check out in 2024
    Yesterday• Music
    Our 2024 Tampa Bay concert preview is here. Top row from left (all Times file photos): Billy Joel, Bad Bunny and Drake. Bottom row from left (all AP images): Morgan Wallen, Madonna and Joan Jett.
  6. DeSantis seeks to spend Hillsborough transportation sales tax funds
    Yesterday• Transportation
    “We certainly have more than enough transportation needs for that funding," Tampa Mayor Jane Castor told the Times on Tuesday.
  7. Freed from a Miami aquarium, Florida manatees Romeo and Juliet arrive at ZooTampa for care
    Yesterday• Environment
    Staff move Romeo, a manatee from the Miami Seaquarium, into a pool at ZooTampa on Tuesday.
  8. USF football stadium opening pushed back to 2027
    Yesterday• USF Bulls
    USF released new renderings of the university’s on-campus stadium during Tuesday's board of trustees meeting.
  9. USF President Rhea Law gets $300K bonus as trustees cite ‘banner year’
    Yesterday• Education
    Rhea Law, left, began 2023 with her inauguration as the University of South Florida's eighth president, a moment captured in this Jan. 19 photo. She ends the year with a $300,000 performance bonus awarded Tuesday by the university's board of trustees.
  10. Tampa doctor must pay $1.5 million for part in ‘Pain Hustlers’ scheme
    Yesterday• Health
    Chris Evans, left, Andy Garcia, center, and Emily Blunt starred in "Pain Hustlers," a movie based on the story of Insys Therapeutics, whose CEO and president, John Kapoor, was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for racketeering charges in 2020. Tampa pain management doctor Edward Lubin was one of those who participated in the scheme, according to a Department of Justice news release.
  11. When a Hillsborough middle school banned cell phones, here’s what happened
    Yesterday• Education
    Students get out of class to take a break for lunch at Webb Middle School on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Tampa.
  12. USF voices support for free speech amid dispute over pro-Palestinian group
    Yesterday• Education
    University of South Florida President Rhea Law, center, and USF board of trustees chairperson Will Weatherford, right, talk with reporters after Law was named president on March 22, 2022 in Tampa. On Tuesday, the two spoke about campus free speech controversies that have arisen since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
  13. The GTA 6 trailer shows pure Florida mayhem. Is Tampa in the game?
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Grand Theft Auto VI coming 2025 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
  14. ‘Walking Dead’ actor Chandler Riggs in movie shot at Tampa Gasparilla ship
    Yesterday• Movies
    From left, actor Augie Duke, actor and director Shane Brady, actor Collin Thompson, actor Chandler Riggs, and actor Owen Atlas are filmed by director of photography Evan Zissimopulos during a scene for “HACKED: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma" on Monday at the Jose Gasparilla II pirate ship on Bayshore Boulevard in downtown Tampa.
  15. Tampa Bay family competing for $50K on ABC’s ‘Great Christmas Light Fight’
    Dec. 5• TV
    The Burton Family Light show in Valrico is seen in 2022. The Burton family and their home will be seen in Season 11 of "The Great Christmas Light Fight."
  16. After 5 suicides in famed pro wrestling family, Tampa woman finds peace
    Dec. 5• History
    Nicole Gossett holds a photograph of her professional wrestling grandfather, Eddie Gossett, beating on another wrestler as her wrestling father, Mike Gossett, stands on the ring apron.
  17. Tampa teen gets 45 years in prison for shooting, killing 13-year-old
    Dec. 4• 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.
  18. Bigger Jimmy Buffett cruise ship will sail out of Tampa next year
    Dec. 4• 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.
  19. Motorcyclist, 17, dies in Riverview crash
    Dec. 3• Hillsborough
    A 17-year-old motorcyclist died following a crash with a car on Sunday morning in Riverview.
  20. Selmon Expressway reopens following fatal crash Saturday night
    Dec. 3• Hillsborough
    The Selmon Expressway reopened early Sunday after a Saturday night crash left one person dead.
  21. Tampa Bay police agencies expect policy changes after Marsy’s Law ruling
    Dec. 1• Politics
    Tampa police investigate on East Cluster Avenue in November 2019 after two officers fired at and fatally wounded a man who police said pointed a gun at them. The department is among law enforcement agencies in Tampa Bay and across the state that are grappling with how to amend their policies and procedures in the wake of Thursday’s sweeping Florida Supreme Court ruling on the victim rights measure known as Marsy’s Law.
  22. Tampa woman, 22, arrested on child sex charges after posing as 14-year-old, police say
    Dec. 1• Breaking News
    Alyssa Ann Zinger, of Tampa, was arrested on Nov. 24 on charges of of lewd or lascivious battery and lewd or lascivious molestation.
  23. Feds highlight Tampa mail carrier robberies in effort against crime trend
    Dec. 1• Crime
    Mail trucks at the post office located at Tampa International Airport in Tampa.
  24. How Florida’s members of Congress voted on ousting George Santos
    Dec. 1• Politics
    Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington.
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