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  1. Jury deliberates in case of Riverview man accused of killing daughter, 13
    Yesterday• Crime
    Nahshon Shannon, right, looks on during his murder trial at Hillsborough County Courthouse in Tampa last week. Shannon is charged with murdering his 13-year-old daughter Janessa Shannon, in 2017.
  2. Rays fans, here’s where to get parties and yard signs in Tampa Bay this weekend
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Raymond waves a flag after the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Sept. 6. The team will be giving out yard signs and car flags and other swag this weekend to gear up for the post season.
  3. Some Tampa Bay fall festivals canceled due to labor, migrant worker shortage
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Rides light up the night at the 2012 festival at St. Paul's Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. The festival has been going on for more than 40 years but had to cancel this year.
  5. Man who jumped into Busch Gardens gator exhibit enters pretrial intervention
    Yesterday• Crime
    The entrance to Busch Gardens at the corner of Busch Boulevard and McKinley Drive in Tampa is pictured in in a Google image from 2022. A 20-year-old Louisiana man who was arrested after police said he jumped into the park's alligator exhibit in June will avoid criminal conviction if he completes the terms of a pre-trial intervention agreement approved last week.
  6. Southbound lanes of Howard Frankland back open after 3-vehicle crash
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Traffic was backed up in the southbound lanes of the Howard Frankland Bridge after a crash Tuesday morning. All lanes are now open.
  7. Morgan Wallen will return to Tampa during his 2024 stadium tour
    Yesterday• Music News
    In this June 5, 2019, file photo, Morgan Wallen arrives at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn.
  8. Hulk Hogan gets married in Pinellas County at a church near the beach
    Yesterday• TV
    Tampa native Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, married yoga instructor Sky Daily on Friday at at Indian Rocks Baptist Church.
  9. Concert review: Lana Del Rey’s dazzling first Tampa show made up for lost time
    Yesterday• Music Reviews
    A surprise performance of "Florida Kilos," requested by fans, made Lana Del Rey's Tampa concert stand out during her fall 2023 tour.
  10. Tampa Police investigating circumstances of NFL star Mike Williams’ death
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tierney Lyle made many trips to visit former Bucs player Mike Williams in the hospital with their daughter, Mya, who Lyle says shares her father's athletic talent.
  11. Family members mourn after train, SUV collide in Hillsborough, killing 6
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Leticia Hernandez, right, niece of Jose G. Hernandez who died alongside his wife and three children in a train collision on Saturday, receives a hug from women paying their respects at the site of the crash, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 in Plant City, Fla. The weekend crash between a train and a sports-utility vehicle that killed six people in Florida happened at a private road crossing where little more than a sign or two is required, no crossing gates, no flashing lights, no sound. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
  12. Howl-O-Scream returns to Busch Gardens, this time with creepy clowns
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Scare actors roam the grounds of Busch Gardens in Tampa during the 2017 Howl-O-Scream event. There are five haunted houses this year, including a new one called D.H. Baggum’s Circus of Fear with creepy clowns and a menacing midway.
  13. Tampa trolley to remain free of charge for riders
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Connie Cosme, 57, of Carrollwood, adjusts the trolley pole on a streetcar on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Tampa. Cosme has worked for the TECO Line Streetcar System since its inception. A new grant will keep the trolley free for riders for the coming year.
  14. In Hillsborough school board races, book challenges are an early focus
    Yesterday• Education
    Amanda Darrow with the Utah Pride Center poses on Dec. 16, 2021, with books that have been the subject of parent complaints in Salt Lake City. As the nationwide surge in book challenges continues, the issue has already become a major discussion point in the 2024 races for Hillsborough County School Board.
  15. From haircuts to toothaches, she’s helped see to Tampa’s homeless
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Jethro Slone, left, chats with the Rev. Vicki Walker, minister of outreach at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, during a Sunday meal for homeless people.
  16. South Tampa guide: How to explore this swanky neighborhood on any budget
    Yesterday• Guides
    Bianco di Ampeleia, 2017, from Tuscany in Italy, is pure into a glass at Cru Cellars on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 in Tampa.
  17. Tampa razed this Black community. Soon, its remnants will be landmarks.
    Sept. 25• Tampa
    “It is not only the right thing to do. It is actually long overdue," said council member Gwen Henderson on the two remaining houses from the Scrub, downtown Tampa’s pioneering Black neighborhood, becoming local historical landmarks.
  18. Is hot water hurting seagrass recovery in Tampa Bay? A new study aims to find out.
    Sept. 25• Environment
    Sheila Scolaro, 31, a community programs scientist for the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, holds a PVC pipe as she works to attach a temperature data logger in the Old Tampa Bay near Safety Harbor on Aug. 25. The estuary program has launched a five-year study to determine if warmer water temperatures are hurting seagrasses’ chance to recover.
  19. Tampa police investigating after man found dead at apartment complex
    Sept. 24• Breaking News
    Officers responded to Scruggs Manor on N 22nd Street at approximately 3:15 a.m., after receiving reports that a man had died at the apartment complex.
  20. ‘Devastating’: Train and car collide in Hillsborough, killing six
    Sept. 24• Hillsborough
    The scene of a fatality collision between a train and vehicle at a railroad crossing in Plant City Saturday, Sept. 23.
  21. East Hillsborough County developer has top role in RFK Jr. campaign
    Sept. 23• Hillsborough
    John and Kay Sullivan outside the Winthrop Town Centre they developed in Riverview. [Times (2013)]
  22. Detectives search for 21-year-old in Wimauma homicide investigation
    Sept. 23• Hillsborough
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  23. Tampa counselor who lost partner to murder found dead in house fire
    Sept. 23• Tampa
    A makeshift memorial for Dan Kane stands in the yard of his property on East Crenshaw Street in Tampa's Old Seminole Heights as a backhoe removes rubble of Kane's house, which caught fire two days earlier. First responders found Kane dead inside the burning home.
  24. Hillsborough schools data breach exposed information on over 250 students
    Sept. 22• Education
    From Hillsborough County school district headquarters in downtown Tampa on Friday, officials said a recent data breach exposed protected information on dozens students.
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