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  1. Pinellas death row prisoner, focus of Netflix’s ‘Girl in the Picture,’ dies
    13 minutes ago• Pinellas
    A poster assembled by St. Petersburg police shows Franklin Delano Floyd and several aliases he is known to have used. Floyd died last week after 20 years on Florida's death row.
  2. Florida expands campaign to help reduce accidental baby deaths
    3 hours ago• Health
    Stephanie Calvert, with Sunstar Paramedics, left, pauses to visit with St. Petersburg Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedic Josh Burch and his 7-month-old son, Kane, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, at the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County in Clearwater. That's where officials gathered to announce the expansion of locally-born Sleep Baby Safely campaign to eight counties across the state.
  3. Hillsborough to sue over $2.4 million CareerSource debt
    4 hours ago• Business
    Hillsborough County plans to sue an insurance carrier to try to recoup $2.48 million it fronted CareerSource Tampa Bay to repay the U.S. Department of Labor over misspending identified in a federal audit.
  5. Man riding electric bicycle killed in St. Petersburg crash, police say
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    A 39-year-old man riding an electric bicycle died after he collided with an SUV at a St. Petersburg intersection on Monday, police said.
  6. Tampa Bay leaders condemn fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis
    Yesterday• Crime
    Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday.
  7. Here’s what they’re saying about Mayor Ken Welch’s pick to redevelop the Trop
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch gives his 2023 State of the City address on the steps of City Hall on Monday. During the speech, Welch announced he'd be backing a plan by the Tampa Bay Rays and global development firm Hines to redevelop the city's 86-acre Tropicana Field site.
  8. Clearwater residents may get refunds for 6 months the city failed to recycle
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    A look at the Pinellas County Resource Recovery Facility, where recycled materials from Clearwater residents were processed for six months rather than being taken to the Waste Management facility in Ybor City.
  9. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Yesterday• Pets
    Butterfinger and Marcus are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  10. Pinellas nonprofit’s financial chief got, kept job amid fraud investigation
    Yesterday• Crime
    Wendy Merson is accused of scheming to defraud Windmoor Healthcare of Clearwater, where she worked as chief executive officer from 2006-2018. Merson was more recently the chief financial officer at Pinellas County nonprofit Directions for Living.
  11. St. Petersburg, Hillsborough net extra US aid for housing
    Jan. 27• Hillsborough
    The U.S. Department of Treasury is sending an additional $6.5 million to the Tampa Bay area to help families facing evictions. [SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN | Times]
  12. ‘The Bluest Eye’ is the latest victim of Florida’s thought police
    Jan. 27• Opinion
    A copy of Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" inside a book box in Dunedin on Jan. 26, 2023. Pinellas County school officials have removed the book from all high schools.
  13. Wildlife officials propose new rules for anglers at Skyway pier to curb bird deaths
    Jan. 26• Environment
    Anglers fish along the North Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier in November. Wildlife officials are considering new rules to prevent seabird entanglements at the pier.
  14. Pinellas’ big mental health connection plans coming soon, officials say
    Jan. 26• Pinellas
    Pinellas County commissioner Kathleen Peters, pictured during a commission meeting in 2022, has been among the officials pushing for improvements to the local mental healthcare system. Some of those — including a call-center program that aims to make it easier for those in need to get appointments — are close to fruition.
  15. Times arts reporter Maggie Duffy wins MUSE Award
    Jan. 26• Arts
    Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times arts and music reporter, is shown here when she recently took part in the "Dream Tapestry" interactive experience at the Dali Museum. She won this year's MUSE Award for literary arts from the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance.
  16. Raymond James’s chief economist: Soft landing to inflation still in play
    Jan. 26• Business
    Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg hired Eugenio Aleman as its new chief economist in 2022.
  17. Hillsborough real estate broker accused of using fraudulent deeds to sell properties he didn’t own
    Jan. 26• Crime
    Michael Bogsted was arrested at his Plant City home on Tuesday after authorities say he tried to sell or mortgage several properties that didn’t belong to him. He faces a charge of scheme to defraud.
  18. Pinellas decides on a name for its new middle school in St. Petersburg
    Jan. 25• Education
    An architect's rendering shows the outdoor recreation features planned for Pinellas County’s newest middle school, a partnership between the school district and the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg. The school board voted on Jan. 24, 2023, to name the new campus Mangrove Bay Middle School, after the neighborhood that surrounds it.
  19. Florida enrollment in Affordable Care Act surpasses 3 million
    Jan. 25• Health
    Florida leads the nation in number of residents who enrolled in the Affordable Care Act coverage for 2023. Seen here is U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa.
  20. Busch Gardens says drop ride Falcon’s Fury will reopen this spring
    Jan. 25• Theme Parks
    The Falcon's Fury drop tower ride at Bush Gardens opened in 2014. It was closed "out of an abundance of caution" after a fatal accident on a similar ride in Orlando last March, and it hasn't reopened since.
  21. SunRunner expansion? A new bus stop could be coming to St. Pete Pier
    Jan. 25• Transportation
    The SunRunner parked at the 1st Avenue N & 5th Street N station during a media preview on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 in St. Petersburg. The SunRunner is the Bus-Rapid-Transit service that will take riders from downtown St. Pete to St. Pete Beach with limited stops.
  22. Pinellas schools remove book by prize-winning author Toni Morrison
    Jan. 25• Education
    "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, shown here with two other frequently challenged books, has been removed from circulation and lessons in all Pinellas County public schools.
  23. How Brian Auld, Rays’ man about town, built support for team’s Trop plan
    Jan. 25• Business
    “One of the lessons we learned very early on in the process was, trying to tell the community what it needs is a losing proposition,” Rays president Brian Auld said. “But if you really listen and you explain what assets you have as a big-league ballclub, you can really make a difference.”
  24. Florida plans to ‘curb’ diversity efforts at colleges, universities, Nunez says
    Jan. 24• Education
    Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez addresses the state Board of Governors on Tuesday in Miami, where she discussed the state’s plans for higher education in the legislative session that begins March 7.
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