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  1. Once facing life in prison, Tampa man gets time served in fatal fentanyl case
    1 hour ago• Crime
    The Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse in downtown Tampa. [Times]
  2. Florida adds more than 1,200 coronavirus cases as death toll approaches 2,500
    2 hours ago• Health
    Feeding Tampa Bay volunteers carry boxes of food into waiting cars during a mega-pantry drive-through operation at the State College of Florida on Tuesday. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
  3. A hurricane during the pandemic would be bad. The economic crisis will make things worse.
    4 hours ago• Hurricane
    Volunteers work quickly, handing boxes of food off to one another to place in the trunks and backseats of the long line of vehicles driving through for a mega-pantry operation operated by Feeding Tampa Bay on May 26 at the State College of Florida in Bradenton. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
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  5. Virus slows tax collections, but Hillsborough school AC projects still on track
    4 hours ago• Breaking News
    Tax collections are down because of the pandemic, but "we’re definitely going to have enough money for the projects planned in summer 2020,” said Chris Farkas, chief of operations for Hillsborough County schools. [Times (2018)]
  6. Reopening Florida universities will take ‘shared responsibility,’ education leaders say
    5 hours ago• Health
    The Florida Board of Governors approved a set of guidelines Thursday as a first step toward a fall reopening of campuses, including the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  7. HIllsborough preserves land along bike trail
    5 hours ago• Hillsborough
    The Upper Tampa Bay Trail trailhead in Lutz. is shown here. Hillsborough County commissioners unanimously approved a $1 million purchase of 5.7 acres of land that straddles the trail south of Ehrlich Road in Tampa. [C.T. Bowen]
  8. Former Ray Matt Joyce launching fitness empire in Tampa
    Earlier today• Arts & Entertainment
    Matt Joyce at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg during his time with the Tampa Bay Rays.
  9. After reopening, Florida hasn’t seen a spike in coronavirus cases. Are we in the clear?
    Yesterday• Health
    People walk around Sparkman Wharf in Tampa on Memorial Day. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  10. Death of George Floyd draws quick condemnation from Tampa Bay’s top cops
    Yesterday• Crime
    People gather at a Minneapolis police precinct during a protest for George Floyd on Tuesday. Four Minneapolis officers involved in the Monday arrest of the black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving. [RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII | AP]
  11. Tranzact adding 240 insurance sales jobs in Tampa
    Yesterday• Business
    Tranzact, which has been in Tampa for a little more than a decade, employs about 250 people who usually work out of an office on W Waters Avenue near the Veterans Expressway. It is looking to hire 240 more. (Google street view) [Google street view]
  12. Increase in coronavirus cases worries Hillsborough County emergency board
    Yesterday• Health
    The Hillsborough Emergency Policy Group in April [C.T. BOWEN | Times]
  13. Hillsborough deputy hit by car while chasing teen shoplifting suspect
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Detective Leonard Stoll was featured in a 2013 video highlighting efforts by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office to hire veterans. Stoll, a former Marine, was a patrol deputy at the time. [Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (2013)]
  14. Bayshore’s first condo tower in 15 years completed, residents moving in to million-dollar units
    Yesterday• Real Estate
    The inside of Virage, a luxury condo tower on Bayshore Boulevard with units starting at $1 million. [(Courtesy of Ascentia Development Group)]
  15. Nearly 1 in 4 American workers has filed an unemployment claim
    Yesterday• Business
    Aurora Ortega picks up an unemployment form at a Miami-Dade County library last month. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) [LYNNE SLADKY | AP]
  16. The pandemic took their livelihoods, but not their spirit
    Yesterday• Business
    Eric Carrasquillo, 35, the general manager of Butter's Burgers, 777 N Ashley Drive, Tampa, on Tuesday. Butter's Burgers bar and restaurant opened March 13th, just days before it would be forced to close because of the pandemic. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  17. Tampa Bay religious organizations grapple with reopening for public worship
    Yesterday• News
    As the country reopens, faith groups are taking different routes to a return to public worship. Here, at Bethel Community Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, the Rev. Manuel L. Sykes is shown preaching from a makeshift stage on the church's property. [CHRIS ZUPPA | Chris Zuppa]
  18. Bystanders can’t save man from burning car in Lutz; death investigation underway
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Bystanders couldn't rescue a man from inside this burning car Wednesday in a Lutz parking lot in the 3900 block of Van Dyke Road, according to deputies. [Hillsborough County Fire Rescue]
  19. Tampa sees alarming surge in violent crime; leaders discuss guns, gangs, solutions
    Yesterday• Crime
    The Tampa Police department headquarters on 411 N. Franklin Street. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  20. USF classes will return to campus in August, go back online after Thanksgiving break
    Yesterday• Education
    USF officials announced Wednesday that fall classes will start in-person, then move online again after students and faculty travel for Thanksgiving break. [URSO, CHRIS | Times (2019)]
  21. In Hillsborough County, driving test to get your license is about to go remote
    Yesterday• Health
    Driving Test Examiner Ed Prebel, 58, poses at the test track in Brandon after training for the new remote driving tests that start Monday. Instead of climbing into cars with people who must pass a driving test to get a license, examiners will stand outside and communicate with drivers via hands-free cell phones. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
  22. Florida coronavirus death toll hits 2,400
    Yesterday• Health
    People stroll through Sparkman Wharf in Tampa Bay on Memorial Day. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  23. Florida, other states should act to minimize fraud in jobless aid, feds say
    May 27• Business
    A U.S. Department of Labor assistant inspector general said this week that states should take more steps to make sure that Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which was created to help displaced independent contractors and gig workers like rideshare drivers, is not paid to fraudulent applicants. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, 2013)
  24. Tampa debuts same-day permitting processes
    May 27• Tampa
    Tampa has debuted a fast-track permitting system. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
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