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  1. St. Petersburg, Hillsborough net extra US aid for housing
    Yesterday• 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]
  2. New St. Petersburg City Council committee focuses on jobs and economy
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg City Council member Ed Montanari will serve as the chairperson of a new economic development-focused committee.
  3. Times arts reporter Maggie Duffy wins MUSE Award
    Yesterday• 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.
  5. Raymond James’s chief economist: Soft landing to inflation still in play
    Yesterday• Business
    Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg hired Eugenio Aleman as its new chief economist in 2022.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. How St. Pete’s Woodson Museum became central to Tropicana Field’s redevelopment
    Jan. 25• St. Petersburg
    “To think what may be on our horizon makes me that much prouder,” says Terri Lipsey Scott, executive director of the Woodson African American Museum of Florida, shown at the museum in St. Petersburg on Jan. 13. Two proposals for the Tropicana Field site envision a place for a new Woodson Museum.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.”
  12. Ron DeSantis, appearing in Idaho ads, calls for a constitutional convention
    Jan. 24• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis has been in ads on the radio and on Fox News urging Idahoans to call for a convention of the states to amend the U.S. Constitution. “The members of Congress will never vote to limit their own power," he says. "That’s why we need states to step up and take action.
  13. Pinellas man accused of killing 2 moms sentenced to life in prison for robbery
    Jan. 24• Crime
    Tyron Jackasal, 22, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for an armed robbery. He has been accused in the shooting deaths of two moms in 2021, though one of the cases has been dropped.
  14. Tropicana Field bidder pledges to give back to the community. Can they deliver?
    Jan. 24• St. Petersburg
    A rendering of 50 Plus 1 Sports' plan to redevelop St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field as the Historic Gas Plant District.
  15. Gasparilla parade will have four generations of one family this year
    Jan. 24• Life & Culture
    Four generations show what it's like to toss beads from the Royal Float of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. From left are Hudson Clarke (Bryan Clarke's 10-year-old son and a royal page), Richard S. Clarke Sr., 95, Richard S. Clarke Jr., 69, and Bryan T. Clarke, 38, a Tampa veterinarian. They will all participate in the Gasparilla parade Jan. 28.
  16. Guide to Tampa’s 2023 Gasparilla pirate parade: parking, schedule, more
    Jan. 24• Life & Culture
    Thousands of ravelers cheer and wave during the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates along Bayshore Boulevard in 2022 in Tampa. This year's parade is Jan. 28.
  17. Tampa man accused of killing man whose body was found in Pinellas retention pond
    Jan. 23• Crime
    Amjad Namrouti, 28, has been arrested in connection to the death of 42-year-old Jamie Hobdy of Tampa, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.
  18. USF selects new provost, ending a monthslong search
    Jan. 23• Education
    Prasant Mohapatra, vice chancellor for the University of California, Davis, was named the next provost of the University of South Florida.
  19. Tampa Bay Water settles pipeline route to south Hillsborough
    Jan. 23• Environment
    Tampa Bay Water, the regional water supplier, finalized a planned 26-mile pipeline route to carry water from its surface treatment facility in Brandon, shown here, to a Hillsborough County treatment plant in Lithia and then on to southern Hillsborough County.
  20. Florida gas prices go up 15 cents in a week
    Jan. 23• Business
    A gas pump is seen at a Walmart Fuel Station Monday, July 18, 2022 in Palm Harbor. Gas prices in are on a downward trend. The average price for a gallon of fuel in Florida hit $4.27 per gallon on Sunday, according to AAA, The Auto Club Group.
  21. Get to know the developer who wants to renovate the Trop, not tear it down
    Jan. 23• St. Petersburg
    A rendering of the Tropicana Field redevelopment plan proposed by Restoration Associates. The team has provided an option to renovate the 33-year-old ballpark.
  22. Clearwater aquarium ‘heartbroken’ over death of Hemingway the dolphin
    Jan. 23• Life & Culture
    Hemingway, a dolphin at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, was estimated to be about 37 years old. He was found stranded off Fiesta Key in July 2019.
  23. An Airbnb for boats and 5 other ways to set sail around Tampa Bay
    Jan. 23• Outdoors
    Boat renters drive off with a boat owned by Rory Conforti at the Seminole Boat Ramp on Jan. 15, 2023, in Clearwater. Conforti owns several boats, which he rents through GetMyBoat, a boat rental and water experience marketplace similar to Airbnb.
  24. Immigration influx tests newcomers and organizations in Tampa
    Jan. 23• Hillsborough
    Cubans gathering in front of Lutheran Services, in Tampa on Jan. 10, 2023. The arrival of the new immigrants is reflected in the demand for general information and social services.
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