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  1. Simeon Rice joins Ring, charitable cleats and more from Bucs-Cardinals
    • Bucs
    Bucs linebacker Anthony Nelson celebrates after he tackles Cardinals running back Bam Knight and forces a turnover on downs during the fourth quarter.
  2. Yarn meets java at St. Petersburg’s coziest new hangout
    • Things To Do
    The Common Thread offers a wide range of yarns, tools and accessories, while workshops cover knitting, crocheting, embroidery and advanced techniques like brioche stitching, sock knitting, rug tufting and needlepoint.
  3. Florida’s dreaded hurricane season that wasn’t | Column
    • Viewpoints
    A hurricane-damaged pier is pictured in Boca Ciega Bay in Gulfport. This year's quiet storm season should give us all pause.
  5. St. Petersburg’s annual Shopapalooza returns this weekend
    • Things To Do
    Shoppers browse for items at vendor booths during the Shopapalooza Festival at Vinoy Park on Nov. 25, 2023, in St. Petersburg. The annual tradition returns to the park this weekend.
  6. St. Petersburg’s $160M storm recovery program delayed by government shutdown
    • St. Petersburg
    Debris is piled on the curb on Overlook Drive Northeast, near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue Northeast, in St. Petersburg's Shore Acres neighborhood Oct. 22, 2024. The city's leadership planned to open applications for a $160 million storm recovery program this month. The federally funded initiative became another casualty of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. 
  7. Documentary highlights legendary St. Pete Boxing Club
    • Life & Culture
    Filmmaker Charlie King, a boxing aficionado and senior at St. Petersburg Catholic High School, wrote, directed, produced and edited “Successors of St. Pete: The St. Pete Boxing Club Story." It premiered Nov. 25 at The Beach Theatre and is available online.
  8. Clearwater scientists report record-breaking sea turtle nesting season
    • Environment
    A 3-day-old loggerhead sea turtle hatchling makes for the open Gulf in 2014. Scientists at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium reported a record-breaking sea turtle nesting season this year.
  9. Documentary tells St. Petersburg’s story through Albert Whitted Airport
    • St. Petersburg
    President Joe Biden arrives to Albert Whitted Airport in Marine One after surveying the damage from Hurricane Milton and Helene from the air on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024 in St. Petersburg. A new documentary, "One City, One Airport," tells Albert Whitted's story as campaigns arise every couple of years to get rid of the airport and use the waterfront for something else.
  10. PAC formed to promote Charlie Crist for St. Petersburg mayor
    • St. Petersburg
    Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist throws the ceremonial first pitch between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees on Aug. 20 in Tampa. A new political committee, St. Pete Shines, was registered this month in support of Crist's potential candidacy for mayor of St. Petersburg.
  11. What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving in Tampa Bay
    • Business
    Whole Foods will open for part of the day on Thanksgiving for last-minute shopping. Many other grocery stores in the Tampa Bay area will be closed.
  12. Florida fantasy reigns at Lucy Sparrow’s 13,000-item felt store in St. Pete
    • Visual Arts
    British artist Lucy Sparrow speaks to a reporter during a media event for Lucy Sparrow's Quick Shop, a 13,000-item installation inspired by Florida roadside attractions, citrus labels and produce, at FloridaRAMA on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in St. Petersburg.
  13. 30 reasons to be thankful in Tampa Bay | Column
    • Viewpoints
    Take time to find a moment of thanks this season. Maybe a frolic through the fountains at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa?
  14. St. Pete-Clearwater airport will ‘run out of parking,’ officials warn
    • Transportation
    Arriving travelers wait for transportation outside the main terminal at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport in 2021. Airport officials are warning local holiday travelers not to park at the increasingly popular facility or risk missing their flights.
  15. Bucs offensive line hands out Thanksgiving meals to families
    • Photos
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive tackle Lorenz Metz helps deliver a Thanksgiving pie to a family during the annual Turkey Time with the O-Line Tuesday in Tampa.
  16. These are the 20 best dishes I ate in 2025
    • Food
    Senior food and dining critic Helen Freund breaks down her favorite bites of 2025.
  17. Racing in Tampa Bay can be deadly. How big of a problem is it?
    • Crime
    A small memorial for Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt can be seen off of Bayshore Boulevard and West Knights Avenue in 2018. Reisinger-Raubenolt, 24, was struck while pushing her baby in a stroller on May 23, 2018. Investigators said the driver was racing.
  18. FDOT study used to scrap SunRunner lane ‘incomplete,’ ‘unfair’, experts say
    • Transportation
    A SunRunner bus drives by in a dedicated bus lane on Pasadena Avenue that has since been painted over by the state on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 in South Pasadena. The state cited an increase in crashes on the slice of Pasadena that had a dedicated bus lane.
  19. Debate over city-owned grocery stores stalls in St. Petersburg
    • St. Petersburg
    The former 39,900-square-foot grocery store space at Tangerine Plaza in St. Petersburg sits empty in 2021. City officials continue working to address persistent food insecurity issues in St. Petersburg’s southern neighborhoods, but reaching a consensus on potential solutions presents another challenge.
  20. St. Petersburg park expansion adds green space to Harbordale
    • St. Petersburg
    The city of St. Petersburg recently opened the expansion of Harbordale Park at Sixth Street and East Harbor Drive South. The expansion was the result of the city’s purchase of a derelict property blocking nearly the entire frontage of the park along East Harbor Road.
  21. Pinellas marina redevelopment withdrawn after local resistance
    • Pinellas
    A proposal to more than double the size of the Tierra Verde Hi & Dry Boat Storage was withdrawn by the developer on Friday.
  22. The St. Petersburg/Foot Locker HQ deal is dead. What went wrong?
    • Business
    Shoppers walk past a Foot Locker store at University Mall in Tampa on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
  23. Pinellas County paid Gandy mobile home residents to move. Where are they now?
    • Environment
    Workers are shown removing roofing materials from a mobile home slated for demolition at the Twin City Mobile Home Park on Gandy Boulevard in St. Petersburg on Oct. 29.
  24. ‘We are doing really well’ with Trop renovations, Rob Manfred says
    • Rays
    “Rays Up” banners line the road to the parking lot of the main entrance to Tropicana Field on Nov. 5 as workers continue to install panels on the stadium’s roof in preparation for the 2026 season.
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