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  1. Artist rescued after getting stuck while painting Dunedin water tower mural
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    Artist Tom Stovall as he works to paint a mural of a turtle named Henry on the Dunedin Curlew Water Tower on Thursday, May 26, 2022 in Dunedin. The water tower was built in the 1960's and is 150 feet tall and holds 1 million gallons of water. Stovall is a large scale muralist who also painted the Crescent Lake Water tower. He started working on Henry in April and plans to complete phase one by mid June.
  2. Hurricane 2022: Don’t just rely on models, says Bay News 9′s Mike Clay | Column
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    Spectrum Bay News 9 Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay.
  3. Hurricane 2022: Know what to do before a storm hits Tampa Bay | Column
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    Sean Sullivan is executive director of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council.
  5. Pinellas ‘DUI wolf pack’ this weekend dedicated to teen killed by impaired driver
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Sophie Delott, 17, was killed by an impaired driver while riding her bike over the Indian Rocks Beach Causeway Bridget in 2019. A 'DUI wolf pack' operation this weekend in Pinellas County is dedicated in her memory.
  6. Tampa Bay’s new top federal prosecutor aims for bigger cases
    Yesterday• Florida
    U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Roger Handberg poses for a portrait in his Tampa office earlier this month. Five months into the job, Handberg aims to refocus on the cases he believes federal prosecutors are best equipped to handle.
  7. CDC finally confirms Tampa Bay is at ‘high’ risk of COVID-19
    Yesterday• Health
    Graduates attend the Class of 2022’s Hillsborough Virtual K-12 Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday at the Florida State Fairgrounds’ Expo Hall in Tampa. Federal guidelines recommend that all residents in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, regardless of health status, should wear a well-fitting mask in public indoor spaces.
  8. Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri talks school safety after Texas shooting
    Yesterday• Community News
    Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri was appointed to lead a statewide commission to investigate what led to the 2018 Parkland shooting and make recommendations to improve campus safety in Florida.
  9. Regal will have $2 family movies at theaters this summer
    Yesterday• Kids & Family
    Regal will feature kid favorites such as “The Lego Movie” for $2 on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings this summer. In the movie, Lego Batman is voiced by Will Arnett; Wyldstyle is voiced by Elizabeth Banks; and Emmet Brickowski is voiced by Chris Pratt.
  10. Hurricane 2022: Your pets need a plan for the storm, too | Column
    Yesterday• Hurricane
    James Barr is the chief medical officer of BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital.
  11. What’s it like to film 10 movies in 9 months in Tampa Bay? Ask this crew.
    Yesterday• Movies
    Tal Zentmeyer, 2nd AC, snaps a slate for a scene for the film "Baked With a Kiss" at Walsingham Park in Seminole.
  12. 3 things Florida has done to stop school shootings — and 3 ideas that haven’t happened
    Yesterday• Politics
    Lillie Perez, 11, holds a sign during a "March for Our Lives" protest for gun legislation and school safety on March 24, 2018, in Houston. Students and activists across the country planned events Saturday in conjunction with a Washington march spearheaded by teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where over a dozen people were killed in February 2018.
  13. 53% of Florida third-graders passed the state’s reading test this year
    May 25• Education
    The results of Florida's third-grade reading test, released Wednesday, will help educators determine where children found success and where they need more attention, officials say.
  14. Hurricane 2022: Protect your data and documents using your phone
    May 25• Hurricane
    This hurricane season, get the latest information about storms and how to get ready at tampabay.com/hurricane
  15. 3 Daughters Brewing opens pub at St. Pete-Clearwater airport
    May 25• Business
    A rendering shows 3 Daughters Brewing's new pub at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. Announced in 2019, the bar and restaurant officially opened Wednesday.
  16. Hurricane 2022: Protect your home and business before the storm
    May 25• Hurricane
    This hurricane season, get the latest information about storms and how to get ready at tampabay.com/hurricane
  17. Here’s what Tampa Bay school leaders are saying about the Texas shooting
    May 25• Education
    This March 2022 photo provided by Manny Renfro shows his grandson, Uziyah Garcia, while on spring break in San Angelo, Texas. The 8-year-old was among those killed in Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24 in Uvalde, Texas.
  18. Hurricane 2022: Checklists for building all kinds of storm kits
    May 25• Hurricane
    This hurricane season, get the latest information about storms and how to get ready at tampabay.com/hurricane
  19. Hillsborough commissioners: Ferry could sail without Pinellas support
    May 25• Transportation
    The Cross Bay Ferry, Provincetown III is shown leaving the Vinoy Yacht Basin, Friday, January 11, 2019. Pinellas County has said it wants to renegotiate its annual subsidy to the service. Two Hillsborough County commissioners said this week the service should continue without Pinellas' involvement. TIMES (2019)
  20. Expect to pay more to cut in line at theme parks this vacation season
    May 25• Theme Parks
    Signs around Universal Studios in Orlando encourage guests to "skip the regular lines" with its Universal Express Pass, which starts at $79.99, to skip the line at most popular attractions at least one time. Theme park experts say line-cutting fees are becoming more of an issue as the busy vacation season approaches.
  21. Is this the end of public COVID testing sites in Tampa Bay?
    May 24• Health
    Robert Dinwiddie of St. Petersburg gets his nose swabbed during a COVID-19 test at Tropicana Field on Feb. 7. The test site closed two weeks later, part of a wave of closures that has left both sides of Tampa Bay, for the time being, without a free, walk-up site.
  22. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    May 24• Pets
    Avery and Doc are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  23. Tampa Bay Times adds reporter Sam Ogozalek in Report for America position
    May 24• Community News
    Tampa Bay Times journalists Sam Ogozalek, left, and Hannah Critchfield are both fellows with Report for America.
  24. How the CDC’s COVID warning system fails Tampa Bay and Florida
    May 24• Health
    Meredith Mechanik, right, of Tampa, wears her mask as she browses through books at Tombolo Books, a bookstore at downtown St. Petersburg, on June 11, 2021. Residents in Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties should once again wear masks indoors due to rising levels of COVID-19, under federal guidelines.
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