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Iris Rogers of Bradenton is overcome with emotion Wednesday while visiting a makeshift memorial at Bay to Bay Boulevard and Lois Avenue for two Plant High students killed in a motorcycle crash.
Road where Plant High students died is slated for fixes. When there’s money.
A traffic signal at Bay to Bay and Lois would cost $550,000, so temporary measures are under consideration. But there’s no money for them yet, either.
I-275 expansion work in Tampa to begin Monday
Drivers negotiate I-275 Thursday in Tampa. Work begins Monday to add new lanes to I-275 from north of the I-4 interchange to Hillsborough Avenue.
The $85.3 million project adds lanes from north of the I-4 interchange to Hillsborough Avenue.
Cross Bay Ferry sets sail between Tampa and St. Petersburg Oct. 21
Guests line up to board the Cross Bay Ferry docked at the Tampa Convention Center on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020 in Tampa. The season service returns Oct. 21, 2021.
The seasonal service runs through May 22, 2022.
Tampa airport sets express curbside check-in for flyers without checked bags
This rendering shows the interior of Tampa International Airport's Blue Express Curbside check-in area, which will be open to travelers without checked bags on Nov. 16.
Tampa International Airport’s Blue Express Curbside lanes will be open for travelers by Thanksgiving.

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  1. Closures on Morris Bridge Road due to 4-foot hole in roadway
    Yesterday• Pasco
    Road Closed
  2. Pinellas ‘DUI wolf pack’ this weekend dedicated to teen killed by impaired driver
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Sophie Delott, 17, was killed by an impaired driver while riding her bike over the Indian Rocks Beach Causeway Bridget in 2019. A 'DUI wolf pack' operation this weekend in Pinellas County is dedicated in her memory.
  3. 3 Daughters Brewing opens pub at St. Pete-Clearwater airport
    May 25• Business
    A rendering shows 3 Daughters Brewing's new pub at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. Announced in 2019, the bar and restaurant officially opened Wednesday.
  5. Hillsborough commissioners: Ferry could sail without Pinellas support
    May 25• Transportation
    The Cross Bay Ferry, Provincetown III is shown leaving the Vinoy Yacht Basin, Friday, January 11, 2019. Pinellas County has said it wants to renegotiate its annual subsidy to the service. Two Hillsborough County commissioners said this week the service should continue without Pinellas' involvement. TIMES (2019)
  6. Those spiking gas prices have Meals On Wheels hurting for volunteer drivers
    May 23• Transportation
    Hilda Santiago, 81, left, accepts food from Meals on Wheels volunteer Kitty Wallace, 75.
  7. Florida man lost $5,800 on a St. Petersburg bus. Strangers stepped in.
    May 17• Narratives
    An unidentified rider of Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority's Route 18 turns in Raymond Krug's belongings to the bus driver. Krug wished he knew who the woman was, so he could thank her. “There are still a few good people out there,” he said.
  8. U.S. traffic deaths surged to highest number in 16 years in 2021
    May 17• Transportation
    The scene of a fatality car crash in June 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years.
  9. Plane crash lands on Miami bridge, hits vehicle head-on; one dead
    May 15• Florida
    One was killed and five were injured on Saturday when a single-engine Cessna 172 plane made a crash landing on the Haulover bridge, struck a vehicle and then caught fire.
  10. Florida gas prices set another record high
    May 13• News
    Florida gas prices were above the national average, according AAA auto club, which cited a series of factors.
  11. Tampa City Council heeds concerns from gated community, nixes hotel
    May 13• Tampa
    Harbour Island residents who live behind private gates successfully lobbied Tampa City Council Thursday to reject a proposed hotel at the gates of their residential neighborhood.
  12. What’s at stake in the COVID mask mandate appeal
    May 12• Health
    U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle joined the federal bench in 2020 after being nominated by then-President Donald Trump.
  13. Pinellas County will explore lower taxpayer subsidy for Cross Bay Ferry
    May 10• Pinellas
    Guests line up to board the Cross Bay Ferry docked at the Tampa Convention Center in November 2020. Local governments have been subsidizing the ferry since its pilot season in 2017.
  14. A fatal Tampa police pursuit raises a question: When should cops chase?
    May 10• Crime
    An image from a Tampa Police Department video posted to Facebook shows the aftermath of a police pursuit on March 12 that ended with a stolen Nissan pickup crashing into a Honda Civic, killing 44-year-old Maria Del Carmen Torres. Tampa police Chief Mary O'Connor said the pursuit appeared to be in line with the department's policy because the truck was suspected of being used in at least one auto burglary.
  15. Scooter rider dies after going around crossing gate, hitting Florida Brightline train
    May 9• Florida
    A scooter driver died in Florida Saturday when she went around lowered crossing gates and struck a passing Brightline train. This is a photo of a Brightline train from 2019.
  16. Two killed, including Spring Hill woman, 19, in 4-vehicle crash
    May 7• Hernando
    Two people were killed, including a 19-year-old Spring Hill woman, in a four-vehicle collision in Sumter County on Friday, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
  17. St. Petersburg crash kills motorcyclist, 39
    May 7• Pinellas
    A 39-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday night in a crash on 38th Street North.
  18. How Florida space launches and FAA staff shortages are affecting Tampa’s airport
    May 5• Business
    A traveler checks out the departures monitors at Tampa International Airport. Airlines have canceled over 3500 flights over the weekend due to weather and staffing issues, Monday, April 4, 2022 in Tampa.
  19. Tampa man arrested on DUI manslaughter charge after crash kills Zephyrhills woman
    May 4• Pasco
    Michael Jones, 31, was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of DUI manslaughter and DUI with serious injury, the Florida Highway Patrol says.
  20. Teaching rookies the right way to ride a motorcycle
    May 4• Health
    Todd Wilson, a safety instructor with Tampa Motorcycle Training, poses for a portrait on April 26 in Wesley Chapel.
  21. Motorcyclist dies in Pinellas Park crash
    May 2• Breaking News
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
  22. Hillsborough to consider $20 million for sidewalk fixes
    May 2• Hillsborough
    The Hillsborough County Commission on Wednesday will consider allocating $20 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act toward sidewalks construction. Three-quarters of the money will be earmarked for low- and moderate-income areas.
  23. Diverging diamond interchange opens at I-75, State Road 56
    May 1• Transportation
    Traffic starts to build on the westbound lane of State Road 56 as the state opened the long-awaited diverging diamond Interchange at Interstate 75 and SR 56 on Sunday.
  24. 3 pedestrians hit, 1 killed in Valrico near elementary school, deputies say
    Apr. 29• Hillsborough
    The intersection of Culbreath Road and Natures Way Blvd. where a fatal crash took place Friday morning. The intersection is near Alafia Elementary School.
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