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  1. Tampa man arrested, faces charges in shooting death at Shell gas station
    1 hour ago• Crime
    Derick P. Bowden, 24, was arrested Sunday and faces charges of first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to Hillsborough jail records.
  2. Hillsborough man accused of killing man with 1 fatal punch
    3 hours ago• Crime
    Rodolfo Regino Jr., 48, is facing a manslaughter charge after Hillsborough detectives say he punched a man during an altercation in a Ruskin gas station parking lot and the man died.
  3. Reports identify mystery recruiter tied to DeSantis migrant flights as Tampa woman
    4 hours ago• Politics
    The townhome located in the 5300 block of Bayshore Blvd. belonging to Perla Haydee Huerta pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Tampa. Huerta allegedly recruited migrants onto Gov. Ron DeSantis’ flights to Martha’s Vineyard from San Antonio in September.
  5. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Yesterday• Pets
    Bella and CheeChee are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  6. Canadian man gets 20 years for ransomware scheme that targeted Tampa company
    Yesterday• Crime
    Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday.
  7. Investment firm Baird moving Tampa office to Water Street Tampa
    Yesterday• Business
    Investment firm Baird will move its Tampa office from 201 N Franklin St. into Thousand and One, the new Water Street Tampa office tower at 1001 Water St.
  8. Large fire reported at Hillsborough County fish farm
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough Fire Rescue responded to a large fire at a fish farm in Plant City on Tuesday morning.
  9. A Plant City movie stars McKenna Grace, Dacre Montgomery, Jesse Williams
    Yesterday• Movies
    Mckenna Grace attends the ''Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' movie premiere on Nov. 15, 2021, at AMC Lincoln Square in New York.
  10. ‘Born of pure evil.’ Judge gives life sentence in Hillsborough kidnapping case
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Trevor Summers, the defendant, left, is escorted into the courtroom during his trial in August.
  11. Julie Schenecker returns to Tampa court, 11 years after killing her children
    Yesterday• Crime
    Julie Schenecker testifies in a Tampa courtroom Monday in a hearing on her request for a new trial. Schenecker was convicted in 2014 of murdering her two teenage children.
  12. Hurricane Ian tied to about 100 deaths in Florida, including 1 in Hillsborough
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    Members of the search and rescue team from Miami including Pasco, a black Labrador retriever, search the rubble for missing persons at Fort Myers Beach, two days after Hurricane Ian hit Florida's west coast as a Category 4 storm.
  13. Funeral honors life of Pinellas deputy killed in line of duty
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Officers salute Pinellas Deputy Michael Hartwick at his funeral at the Idlewild Baptist Church on Monday in Lutz. Hartwick died after being struck by a front loader while directing traffic away from road work on Sept. 22.
  14. Tampa Bay area first responders deploy to help after Hurricane Ian
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister speaks to reporters during a security briefing at the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office last month in Tampa. The sheriff's office was one of several local agencies to send help to southwest Florida after Hurricane Ian.
  15. Free and cheap things to do in Tampa Bay: free USF performances, train rides, fossil museum
    Yesterday• Shopping
    The University of South Florida has announced that college of arts performances are now free. The USF Jazztet will perform Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Barness Recital Hall.
  16. USF professor offers pandemic health advice for Halloween: ‘Treat it like the flu’
    Yesterday• Health
    Joan and Kevin DiMaggio dressed as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg on Halloween in 2021.
  17. Feds open first post-Ian recovery center in Tampa to apply for loans
    Oct. 2• Hurricane
    Damage caused by Hurricane Ian seen at Charlotte Sports Park located on the grounds of the Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training complex seen on Thursday. The U.S. Small Business Administration is opening the first of several recovery centers to help residents, businesses and nonprofits apply for loans.
  18. Selmon Expressway reversible lanes return to normal operation Monday
    Oct. 2• Transportation
    The Selmon Expressway West officially opened on Monday April 19, 2021. This view is from underneath the flyover on Gandy Blvd. eastbound.
  19. Thousands of Tampa Bay homes remain without power after Ian
    Oct. 2• Hurricane
    Duke Energy trucks are staged the parking lot at Tropicana Field in preparation for Hurricane Ian on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 in St. Petersburg.
  20. In 3 years, these 6 Tampa Bay companies grew like wildfire. Here’s how.
    Oct. 1• Business
    Amanda Tress, founder and CEO of the FASTer Way to Fat Loss, offers a high-five to pro trainer Haven Hennessey while recording a workout session on Sept. 6 at the company’s headquarters in Clearwater. Also participating, at left, is Tress' husband Brandon.
  21. Along the Alafia in southern Hillsborough County, neighbors watch the water rise
    Oct. 1• Hurricane
    Tony Simpson, of Valrico, right, helps his neighbor, Michael Zeman, get his vehicles and trailer out of a flooded road near the 4400 block of River Drive on Friday.
  22. Judge favors free speech arguments in Warren vs. DeSantis case
    Sep. 30• Florida
    State Attorney Andrew Warren, right, and Governor Ron DeSantis, left.
  23. Suspected generator explosion injures 2, 1 critically, in Pinellas Park
    Sep. 30• Hurricane
    Two men were injured, one critically, in what officials suspect was a generator explosion at a Pinellas Park home Thursday night.
  24. Power restored to more than half of 500,000 Tampa Bay customers who lost it in Ian
    Sep. 30• Hurricane
    Duke Energy trucks are staged the parking lot at Tropicana Field in preparation for Hurricane Ian on Wednesday in St. Petersburg.
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