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  1. Tampa startup Slide buys 91,400 homeowners policies from UPC Insurance
    4 hours ago• Business
    Homes in the Palmetto Palms Mobile Home Park in Fort Myers showed significant damage sustained during Hurricane Ian on Sep 29.
  2. Tampa’s Glazer Children’s Museum unboxes giant dinosaur skull for upcoming exhibit
    4 hours ago• Life & Culture
    Fossil restorers Elia Smaniotto, of Trieste, Italy, left, and Tomas Stark, of Sezana, Slovenia, remove the skull of Big John from a crate on Wednesday at the Glazer Children's Museum in Tampa. The complete triceratops skeleton will be the center of an exhibit opening Memorial Day weekend.
  3. Pinellas school district faces pushback over its ban of ‘The Bluest Eye’
    5 hours ago• Education
    Dan Evans, chief academic officer for Pinellas County Schools, tells school board members why the district removed the Toni Morrison novel "The Bluest Eye" from all high schools during a board meeting on Jan. 24.
  5. Pedestrian critically injured in downtown St. Petersburg after getting hit by bus
    Earlier today• St. Petersburg
    A pedestrian was critically injured Wednesday morning after she was hit by a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus in downtown St. Petersburg, city police reported.
  6. Feeding Tampa Bay breaks ground at site of new headquarters
    Earlier today• Hillsborough
    Thomas Mantz, the president and chief executive officer of Feeding Tampa Bay, speaks about the nonprofit’s new expanded headquarters along Causeway Boulevard on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Tampa.
  7. Anclote apartment developer ready for construction, but city says hold on
    Earlier today• Pinellas
    Outlined in red, the 74-acre site of the proposed Anclote Harbor apartment complex touches the Anclote River to the north and U.S. 19 to the west. The project's Texas-based developer is pressing the city of Tarpon Springs for permits to begin construction, having won a court battle with a citizens group.
  8. Tampa, Hillsborough receive $39.7 million in US aid to make roads safer
    Earlier today• Transportation
    The city of Tampa previously improved the bike lane with better visual graphics for bike safety on Platt Street in Tampa. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced two grants totaling $39.7 million would be coming to Tampa and Hillsborough County to improve road safety. [Times 2015]
  9. Largo apartment complex sells for $76.7 million
    Earlier today• Business
    The Boulevard, a 260-unit apartment complex at 2098 Seminole Blvd. in Largo, sold Jan. 20 to the Connor Group, an Ohio real estate investment firm, for $76.7 million.
  10. What readers think of Pinellas schools’ attack on ‘The Bluest Eye’
    Earlier today• Opinion
    A copy of Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" inside a Little Free Library in Crystal Beach on Jan. 26.
  11. E-bike boom: Rad Power Bikes selects St. Petersburg for first southern U.S. store
    Earlier today• Transportation
    Rad Power Bikes' new Warehouse Arts District store, at 2400 5th Ave. S, just off the Pinellas Trail.
  12. Pinellas deputy accused of having inappropriate relations with women he met on calls
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    A Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputy has resigned after he was accused of having inappropriate relationships with women he met on calls, according to an internal affairs report made public by the agency this week. This photo shows a deputy vehicle being used to block traffic in September.
  13. Dense fog clouded commutes in Tampa Bay on Tuesday. Will it return Wednesday?
    Yesterday• Local Weather
    Mike Kinnard, of Palm Harbor, deploys a pair of rigs while pursuing his quarry — blacktip sharks and spotted sea bass — off the shallows of the Dunedin Causeway on Tuesday, Jan 31, 2023, where a dense fog advisory remained in place through 10 a.m., blanketing Pinellas, Polk, and portions of Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Manatee counties as a ridge of high pressure continues to dominate weather conditions over Florida, keeping multiple upper-level disturbances from sliding into the area through most of the week, according to the National Weather Service in Ruskin.
  14. Pinellas death row prisoner, focus of Netflix’s ‘Girl in the Picture,’ dies
    Yesterday• 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.
  15. Florida expands campaign to help reduce accidental baby deaths
    Yesterday• 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.
  16. Hillsborough to sue over $2.4 million CareerSource debt
    Yesterday• 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.
  17. Man riding electric bicycle killed in St. Petersburg crash, police say
    Yesterday• 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.
  18. Tampa Bay leaders condemn fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis
    Jan. 30• Crime
    Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday.
  19. Here’s what they’re saying about Mayor Ken Welch’s pick to redevelop the Trop
    Jan. 30• 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.
  20. Clearwater residents may get refunds for 6 months the city failed to recycle
    Jan. 30• 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.
  21. Tampa Bay area pets available for adoption
    Jan. 30• Pets
    Butterfinger and Marcus are two of many animals hoping to find "fur"ever homes.
  22. Pinellas nonprofit’s financial chief got, kept job amid fraud investigation
    Jan. 30• 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.
  23. 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]
  24. ‘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.
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