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  1. Complaint against Hillsborough school superintendent alleges misspent money
    Yesterday• Education
    Hillsborough County school superintendent Addison Davis addresses the School Board on April 27 in Tampa. A parent's complaint to the state Inspector General's office alleges he has improperly spent public funds.
  2. Disney, Busch Gardens and other theme parks drop temperature screenings
    Yesterday• Theme Parks
    A guest has her temperature checked before entering SeaWorld as it reopens with new safety measures in place because of the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. The park had been closed since mid-March to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  3. At 16, she drove drunk and killed a man. At 24, cops say she did it again.
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Jennifer Carvajal, a Plant City teenager who pleaded no contest to DUI manslaughter appears at the Hillsborough County Courthouse in Tampa on Thursday, December 17, 2015.
  5. Tampa City Council pumps brakes on apartment ‘moratorium’
    Yesterday• News
    Tampa City Council member Orlando Gudes was unanimously elected City Council chairman on Thursday. He voted for a failed effort Thursday to pause apartment development in some areas of the city.
  6. Hillsborough School district continues to chip away at budget crisis
    Yesterday• Education
    Hillsborough County school superintendent Addison Davis during a School Board retreat on April 27 in Tampa. The district is continuing its work on a state-ordered fiscal recovery plan. The board expects to vote on the final document on May 11, when it is due.
  7. Big Cat Rescue’s Carole Baskin announces new cryptocurrency and NFTs. Here’s what that means.
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    Founder Carole Baskin walks the property at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa on Thursday, July 20, 2017. Big Cat Rescue is a nonprofit sanctuary committed to humane treatment of rescued anima
  8. SeaWorld, parent company of Busch Gardens, reports steady improvement in profits
    Yesterday• Business
    SeaWorld Entertainment, the Orlando-based parent company of Busch Gardens, beat Wall Street expectations in its first-quarter earnings report released this week.
  9. Tampa airport strikes car sharing deal, allowing for peer-to-peer rentals
    Yesterday• Business
    Travelers walk inside Tampa International Airport's Rental Car Center in Tampa, Florida, on March 19, 2021.
  10. 5 things to do with kids in Tampa Bay this week: April 26-May 3
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    The dachshund rescue group that would have put on the wiener dog races for Tampa's Riverfest has decided to go ahead and hold its own event. There will be races, raffles and adoptable dogs on hand for a day of long and low sausage-loving dogs.
  11. Tech company ID.me opening Tampa office, aims to bring 500 jobs
    Yesterday• Business
    ID.me's headquarters are in McLean, Va., but its just-announced office in Tampa will be like a "second home," according to an an announcement by the company.
  12. The show will go on at New Tampa Performing Arts Center
    May 5• Hillsborough
    A conceptual drawing, by FleischmaGarcia Architecture, of the proposed New Tampa Performing Arts Center on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard across from the main entrance to Hunter's Green. Wednesday, Hillsborough commissioners voted 5-2, for a $7.3 million construction contract to build the center.
  13. Hillsborough Commission to residents: COVID-19 safety is up to you
    May 5• Health
    Hillsborough County's ordinance protecting employees from work-place retribution if they choose to wear masks while on duty remains in effect and was not changed by Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order eliminating local face-mask requirements. Shown are workers at Poppo's Taqueria St. Petersburg.
  14. Judge to seal some statements made by Gibsonton teen charged with murder
    May 5• Crime
    Prosecutors are charging a teenage boy as an adult in the slaying of a Tampa man.
  15. USF professor who harnessed the power of cactuses is a top Florida inventor
    May 5• Education
    Norma Alcantar, 50, of Tampa, stands near a Prickly Pear cactus (opuntia ficus indica) at the USF botanical gardens Tuesday. A USF professor of chemical, biological and material engineering, Alcantar was inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of fame with 22 patents, with much of her work focused around using cactus plants for water filtration.
  16. From Studio 54 to Water Street: Ian Schrager talks new Tampa Edition hotel
    May 5• Business
    The Tampa Edition hotel and residences (center, with a 'Water Street' banner on the front side) topped out at 26 stories in February. It's slated to open by 2022.
  17. 5 notable shows and concerts coming to Tampa Bay soon
    May 5• Entertainment
    Jimmy Buffett, shown here in Tampa in 2017, will be at Amalie Arena on Dec. 4.
  18. Tampa’s Museum of Science and Industry chief to retire
    May 5• Hillsborough
    Julian Mackenzie, chief executive officer, of the Museum of Science and Industry, announced his retirement.
  19. Hillsborough School Board tries to clarify goals for superintendent
    May 4• Education
    Hillsborough County School Board member Melissa Snively during a retreat Tuesday to develop a corrective performance plan for superintendent Addison Davis.
  20. As Kforce downsizes its HQ, hybrid work in Tampa Bay enters a new era
    May 4• Business
    Kforce's is selling its headquarters at 1001 E Palm Ave. in Tampa for $24 million as it looks to downsize its real estate footprint and shift much of its workforce to a hybrid environment.
  21. Final Bayshore Boulevard case ends with dropped racing charge
    May 4• Tampa
    A small memorial for Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt, of Jermesville, Ohio, can be seen off of Bayshore Boulevard and West Knights Ave. Reisinger-Raubenolt, 24, was struck while pushing her baby in a stroller on Wednesday.
  22. Tampa activist Joe Robinson at center of Rome Yard controversy
    May 4• Tampa
    Joe Robinson (pointing to paper) , an engineer and lifelong West Tampa resident, talks with Leroy Moore of the Tampa Housing Authority about transportation projects planned for the West Tampa Community Redevelopment Area. The two took part in a listening and learning tour that the Florida Department of Transportation organized on Nov. 30, 2018.
  23. Riverview woman killed in crash on I-75 exit ramp in Tampa, troopers say
    May 4• Hillsborough
    A 78-year-old Riverview woman died Tuesday when her car veered off an Interstate 75 exit ramp in Tampa and crashed into a drainage ditch, troopers said.
  24. Hillsborough considers premier of New Tampa Performing Arts Center
    May 4• Hillsborough
    A conceptual drawing, by FleischmanGarcia Architecture, of the proposed New Tampa Performing Arts Center on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard across from the main entrance to Hunter's Green.
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