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  1. 21 Tampa Bay coffee shops to visit for National Coffee Day
    1 hour ago• Food
    Apple Snyder prepares a coffee drink using gloves, at King State Coffee on Thursday, June 25, 2020 in Tampa.
  2. Mayor Ken Welch’s ‘full circle’ story to keep Rays in St. Petersburg
    2 hours ago• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch is pictured ahead of his ceremonial pitch for Tampa Bay Rays' game against the Los Angeles Angels at Tropicana Field on Wednesday.
  3. Rays fans, here’s where to get parties and yard signs in Tampa Bay this weekend
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Raymond waves a flag after the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Sept. 6. The team will be giving out yard signs and car flags and other swag this weekend to gear up for the post season.
  5. St. Petersburg hires first Chief Equity Officer
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    Lakeeta Davis holds her son Rashad Keaton, 2, as she speaks with Lenice Emanuel, CEO of YWCA of Tampa Bay. Emanuel was in that role from 2010 to 2015 and was recently hired as the city of St. Petersburg's first chief equity officer. [KATHLEEN FLYNN Times]
  6. Some Tampa Bay fall festivals canceled due to labor, migrant worker shortage
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Rides light up the night at the 2012 festival at St. Paul's Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. The festival has been going on for more than 40 years but had to cancel this year.
  7. Southbound lanes of Howard Frankland back open after 3-vehicle crash
    Yesterday• Transportation
    Traffic was backed up in the southbound lanes of the Howard Frankland Bridge after a crash Tuesday morning. All lanes are now open.
  8. Hulk Hogan gets married in Pinellas County at a church near the beach
    Yesterday• TV
    Tampa native Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, married yoga instructor Sky Daily on Friday at at Indian Rocks Baptist Church.
  9. Howl-O-Scream returns to Busch Gardens, this time with creepy clowns
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Scare actors roam the grounds of Busch Gardens in Tampa during the 2017 Howl-O-Scream event. There are five haunted houses this year, including a new one called D.H. Baggum’s Circus of Fear with creepy clowns and a menacing midway.
  10. 1 dead in St. Petersburg house fire
    Sept. 25• Breaking News
    St. Petersburg Fire Rescue is investigating a house fire in the 4700 block of 12th Ave. N on Sunday. One person was found dead inside the home.
  11. Motorcyclist dead, driver injured after St. Petersburg crash
    Sept. 24• Breaking News
    Keith Thibodaux, driving the motorcycle, was pronounced dead at the scene by rescue personnel. The crash occurred less than two weeks before is 60th birthday.
  12. Luna accuses FDA of ‘hiding what’s in our food’
    Sept. 24• Pinellas
    Anna Paulina Luna, who represents Pinellas County in Congress, is questioning whether a loosening of food labeling requirements during the pandemic presents a risk to the public.
  13. What St. Petersburg, Pinellas elected leaders say about the Rays deal
    Sept. 24• St. Petersburg
    Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long shakes her fists in excitement at Tropicana Field Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in St. Petersburg. The Rays announced an agreement for a new ballpark to be built in St. Petersburg.
  14. For the Rays, St. Petersburg never seemed like the answer. What changed?
    Sept. 24• St. Petersburg
    Raymond wears a “We are St. Pete” shirt before St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch throws the ceremonial first pitch before the Tampa Bay Rays-Los Angeles Angels game at Tropicana Field on Wednesday.
  15. New Rays stadium will add 1,200 affordable housing units. Is it enough?
    Sept. 23• Business
    This artists rendering provided by Hines shows a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays in the Historic Gas Plant District in St. Petersburg. The playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays put the finishing touches Tuesday on plans for a new 30,000-seat ballpark in St. Petersburg as part of a $6.5 billion development project that includes affordable housing, retail, bars and restaurants and a Black history museum.
  16. St. Pete Beach cafe is closing after 10 years. Is Starbucks the reason?
    Sept. 23• Business
    Meryl Roy of St. Pete Beach leaves Cafe’ Soleil French Bakery & Deli with a fresh iced coffee and pastries on Thursday at the Dolphin Village shopping plaza at St. Pete Beach.
  17. Part of Tyrone Square Mall sells for $37.8M
    Sept. 22• Business
    Hitchcock's Green Market at Tyrone Square Mall on July 30, 2020, in St. Petersburg. The grocery store closed in 2022, and the space could soon become an Aldi's. Seritage Growth Properties sold its stake in the mall Thursday.
  18. Times journalist Lucy Morgan left lasting legacy of reporters she mentored
    Sept. 22• News
    A severed telephone cable forced the New Port Richey bureau to set up shop in a nearby motel for several hours. Lucy Morgan (on phone) and Nancy Godfrey kept the makeshift newsroom operating while other staffers worked in the phoneless bureau.
  19. How parking at Rays games could be affected during ballpark construction
    Sept. 22• Business
    This rendering of the new Rays stadium shows the parking plan in place for opening day set for 2028.
  20. Pinellas trolley driver attacked by stranger near St. Pete Pier, police said
    Sept. 21• Crime
    A Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority driver was taken to an area hospital by ambulance after he was attacked by a man he didn’t know while getting onto his parked trolley at the end of his break shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, the St. Petersburg Police Department said Thursday. The driver, who was not named, suffered injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening, the agency said.
  21. Attorneys for All Children’s make hospital’s case in ‘Maya’ lawsuit
    Sept. 21• Health
    Maya, Kyle and Jack Kowalski leave the South Coutny Courthouse in Venice, Florida on Thursday afternoon at the conclusion of the first day of their civil lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.
  22. Florida reacts to death of Times journalist Lucy Morgan
    Sept. 21• Politics
    Lucy Morgan in 1981.
  23. Dunedin guide: Explore the Pinellas Trail and beyond, by bike or on foot
    Sept. 21• Life & Culture
    Canadian Maurice Harquail of Ottawa gets a couple of pecks on his cheeks from friends Heidi Watson, left, and Kerry Kinsalla, both of Port Richey, while attending Flanagan's Irish Pub's 2015 St. Patrick's Day Street Festival on Tuesday in downtown Dunedin. The annual party is celebrated with live music, bagpipers, Irish step dancers, traditional Irish food and beer.
  24. Lucy Morgan, Pulitzer-winning force of Florida journalism, dies at 82
    Sept. 21• Politics
    Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Lucy Morgan seen here in the 1980s multi-tasking.
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