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  2. Supporters wearing "#StrattonStays" T-shirts cheer when Hernando County Superintendent John Stratton appears on stage during a heavily attended school board meeting on Tuesday in Brooksville. One of many superintendents who have faced challenges recently, Stratton narrowly survived an effort to oust him at the meeting.
  3. A sailboat remains moored in the shallows at low tide on the shore of the Anclote River on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, where developer Morgan Group has received approval to build 404 apartments on a 74-acre site.
  4. Health advocacy groups say Florida is failing to protect children from losing Medicaid coverage as the state undertakes a review of the program's 5 million recipients following the end of the public health emergency.
  5. A pair of American bald eagle chicks sit in their nest atop a cellular communications tower Tuesday at U.S. 19 North near Drew Street in Clearwater.
  6. Tyaire Turner, top left, Joshua Ashley, top right, Terrell Markee Jackson, bottom left, and Scott Laracuente, bottom right, are each facing one charge of first-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Brent Alley, who was shot to death on April 29.
  7. Pinellas sheriff's deputies say a man was seen passed out at the helm of a fishing boat that was barreling toward a public Pinellas County beach on Tuesday.
  8. Curtis Stokes, chairperson of the Tampa Bay History Center board of trustees, looks at items on display before the ribbon-cutting ceremony as he walks through the new permanent Black history exhibit at the center. The new exhibit, Travails and Triumphs, chronicles over 500 years of Black history in the Tampa Bay area.
  9. Dev Shah, 14, from Largo, Fla., lifts the trophy next to Scripps CEO Adam Symson after Shah won the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals on Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md.
  10. St. Petersburg police are seen at the Tru by Hilton hotel, 1650 Central Ave., on May 1 after a shooting there left two people injured. Police on Thursday announced that Bryton Dunbar, 31, has been arrested on three attempted murder charges in connection to the shooting.
  11. Former Pinellas County deputy Marquis Fitzgerald, 31, was arrested Wednesday and was released from jail after paying a $10,000 bail, jail records show.
  12. The University of South Florida was invited this week to join the Association of American Universities, a feat described as a major milestone by school officials.
  13. Dev Shah, 14, from Largo, competes during the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md.
  14. From left, Glenn Danzig, Lionel Richie, Post Malone, Beyoncé, Madonna, Kenny Loggins and Eric Church all have upcoming concerts in the Tampa Bay area.
  15. Pro-Ron DeSantis merchandise is sold outside First Baptist North Spartanburg church in Spartanburg, S.C., during an appearance there by Florida's governor on April 19. The appearance was part of DeSantis' first public trip to the early voting state before he kicked off his 2024 Republican presidential bid.
  16. David Lee, a neighborhood organizer in Lealman, points out a pile of trash where Joe's Creek flows through Raymond H. Neri Community Park. Lee and others have complained about inconsistent and sloppy garbage pickup service since a new company, Coastal Waste & Recycling, took over the service in the area.
  17. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, left, and Pinellas Park police Chief Michael Haworth provide an update after an officer shot and killed a man while responding to a domestic dispute.
  18. A pair of American bald eagle chicks sit in their nest atop a cell tower on Tuesday at US Hwy 19 N near Drew Street in Clearwater. The tower is across the street from BayCare Ballpark.
  19. The Las Vegas Sands casino company was behind a Florida petition drive to expand gaming in the state.
  20. Employees at the Paradise Grille work to tie up umbrellas as a storm rolls in on Pass-a-Grille Beach on Wednesday.
  21. Members of 1199SEIU Florida, which represents more than 10,000 health care workers at 19 HCA hospitals across the state, voted overwhelmingly for the action.
  22. The quarter-mile-long rainbow flag being rolled up at the end of the Pride in Paradise Parade, with hundreds of people carrying the flag down the street in 2022.
  23. As of an 8 a.m. update Wednesday, the National Weather Service expects an area of thunderstorms to bring heavy rainfall to the Tampa Bay-area this week.
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