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  1. Hillsborough’s budget preview: No new deputies or fire stations
    Earlier today• Hillsborough
    An early Hillsborough County budget forecast shows no funding for new fire stations nor additional deputies. Here, a Hillsborough County Fire Rescue fire engine is pictured at the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Brandon in 2018. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  2. Tampa Bay area pets looking for forever homes
    Earlier today• Pets
    Cova and Mufasa are two of many animals available for adoption.
  3. Pets are being returned to Tampa Bay shelters after pandemic adoption boom
    Earlier today• Pets
    This time last year, the Hillsborough County Animal Shelter, shown here, and others were getting emptied as people sought comfort in the pandemic. But in the past month or so, as people begin to return to work and school, shelters are reporting a spike in pets being returned.
  5. For Taco Bus founder Rene Valenzuela, a delicious second act
    Earlier today• Food
    Taco Bus founder Rene Valenzuela poses for a portrait at his taco truck Rene's Mexican Kitchen in Tampa.
  6. Tampa’s Rome Yard bid hearing has both sides crying foul
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Officials from the city of Tampa, Related Group and Invictus Development LLC attend a protest hearing about the Rome Yard bid Wednesday.
  7. DeSantis signs landmark Florida sea level rise bills into law
    Yesterday• Politics
    House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R- Palm Harbor, far left, and Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Spring Hill, far right, listen as Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his address during the joint session of the Florida Legislature at the Capitol in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
  8. Tampa chemical trucking company sold to CSX in ‘game-changer’ shipping deal
    Yesterday• Business
    Tampa's Quality Carriers is being sold to the CSX Corp., creating a sprawling new multimodal liquid chemical shipping network.
  9. A year after ‘Tiger King’, what’s Carole Baskin up to? A Q&A with the Big Cat Rescue founder.
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Carole Baskin with Dutchess the tiger at Big Cat Rescue in 2020.
  10. Tampa’s Malfunction Junction fix could come sooner than expected
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Traffic backups like this one at Interstate 275 and I-4 near downtown Tampa could be eased via a $140 million state construction project to add lanes and improve safety. [Times (2008)]
  11. Charge dropped against Hillsborough foster mom accused of abuse
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Longtime foster mother Amanda Gary, 43, of Wimauma, left, becomes emotional while recalling her experiences while being charged with aggravated child abuse in 2018 during a press conference at her attorney’s office on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Tampa. This week, the state dropped the charges against Gary. At right is Gary’s boyfriend, Bill Burnes, 49, of Wimauma.
  12. Ana Cruz toured Tampa with Related CEO, but they didn’t talk Rome Yard business, she says
    May 11• Politics
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor waves as she exits the polls after she cast her ballot in person during early voting at Amalie Arena, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 in Tampa. On right is Castor's partner Ana Cruz. Also present was Castor's son Seely Bevan. After talking with reporters, Castor took photos with the Stanley Cup, won by the Tampa Bay Lightning, that was on site at Thunder Alley for people to see.
  13. Developer plans shops, dining, fitness center for Tampa vacant land
    May 11• Real Estate
    The land at the southwest corner of W Waters and N Himes Avenues in Tampa that is slated to be the site of a new marketplace.
  14. Hillsborough School Board approves financial plan, but divisions remain
    May 11• Education
    Hillsborough County school superintendent Addison Davis is pictured at left and on the video display as he addresses the School Board on April 23. His performance was among the topics discussed at a board meeting Tuesday.
  15. Dunkin’ customer died after employee punched him, Tampa police say
    May 11• Crime
    Corey Ellis Pujols, 27, was arrested Friday on a charge of aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person. Pujols was working at a Dunkin' store in a Tampa gas station on May 4 when he punched a 77-year-old man, causing the man to fall and hit his head, according to a police report. The man died in the hospital three days later. The report says Pujol told police he punched the man after he called Pujols a racial slur.
  16. Gibsonton shooting suspect arrested in Alabama, deputies say
    May 11• Crime
    Angel Hernandez-Tellez, 29, has been arrested in Alabama in connection with a shooting on Sunday that critically injured a man in Gibsonton.
  17. Ex-Bloomingdale teacher who secretly taped students sentenced to 15 years in prison
    May 10• Crime
    Mark Ackett, 52, a former Bloomingdale high teacher is pictured during a sentencing hearing. Ackett faces life in prison for secretly videotaping 125 victims as they undressed at the high school.
  18. Woman accused of second fatal drunk driving crash to stay jailed
    May 10• Hillsborough
    A destroyed Hyundai Elantra sits in the parking lot of Gator Ford off Interstate 4 following an April 25 crash that left one dead and three injured. Jennifer Carvajal faces charges that include DUI manslaughter related to the crash.
  19. Gasparilla Music Festival will return Oct. 1-3
    May 10• Entertainment
    Brandi Carlile performed at the last Gasparilla Music Festival on March 7, 2020.
  20. Bill Maher returns to Clearwater, Justin Bieber pushes Tampa show to 2022
    May 10• Entertainment
    Bill Maher from HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" will perform at Ruth Eckerd Hall in June.
  21. Hillsborough schools avert state takeover with $101 million in bailout funds
    May 10• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County School Superintendent Addison Davis addresses the school board during a special meeting of the Hillsborough County School Board, at the Hillsborough County School Board auditorium, 900 E Kennedy Boulevard, on Friday, April 23, 2021 in Tampa.
  22. Hillsborough sales tax refund pitched to court
    May 10• Transportation
    Government lawyers are suggesting a plan to reimburse the public for the penny on the dollar sales tax paid for 27 months before the Florida Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. TIMES (2018)
  23. Deputies search for suspect in Gibsonton shooting
    May 10• Crime
    Angel Hernandez-Tellez, 29, is wanted in connection with a shooting that critically injured a man on Lula Street in Gibsonton early Sunday.
  24. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: May 10-16
    May 10• Life & Culture
    Collard greens will be available for free to festival visitors at the Tampa Bay Collard Green Festival at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum in St. Petersburg on May 15.
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