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  1. Migrant farmworkers came to Florida for stability. They found danger.
    Dec. 27, 2024• Investigations
    Migrant farmworkers harvest watermelons in Chiefland on May 30. The workers, who were staying at a Days Inn hotel in Gainesville, were bused more than an hour to a farm in Levy County where they spent the day working in the fields from sunrise to sunset before returning to the hotel.
  2. Nearly a year into the housing experiment, residents feel transformed
    Dec. 19, 2024• St. Petersburg
    Amanda Moral, in center, in background, raises her hands to the sky as she harmonizes with fellow residents as they sing songs of praise and worship during a Thanksgiving celebration at the Innovare apartments in downtown St. Petersburg on Nov. 25. On left is Walter Sloan, and on right is Kalin Stokes.
  3. Florida workers died in the heat. Their deaths were kept from authorities
    Dec. 14, 2024• Investigations
    An aerial drone view as workers head to their vehicles just after sunrise to start their workday at the headquarters of TruScapes Industries Inc. in Bradenton. A 31-year-old temporary laborer died of heatstroke while working for the company in 2022.
  5. At the housing experiment, tension grows between formerly homeless and ‘regulars’
    Nov. 14, 2024• St. Petersburg
    Marie Morey, lead property specialist, left, shows Laquida Carter and her friend George Weeks the view from the living room window as Laquida becomes a new resident on the affordable housing side at the Innovare apartments on Oct. 1 in St. Petersburg. Laquida, who is moving from Lakeland, has been on the waiting list for Innovare for over nine months.
  6. More hurricanes are slamming the Gulf Coast. Is this the new normal?
    Nov. 3, 2024• Hurricane
    Manufactured homes were destroyed by Hurricane Milton on Manasota Key in October. Milton was the latest major hurricane to make landfall in the gulf as part of an unprecedented eight-year streak of storms.
  7. After hurricanes, a Gulfport counselor gathers a group to process traumas
    Oct. 31, 2024• Hurricane
    Gulfport's first hurricane trauma support group met in a little building between the dog parks. Ten people came to Monday's session to talk about trauma they had experienced during the storms.
  8. Amid Florida hurricane wreckage, young love prevails
    Oct. 16, 2024• Hurricane
    Against all odds, Jasmine Alvarado and Riley Hannan were married five days after a hurricane tore through their community, upending the backyard wedding they'd planned and destroying their home. "I knew we would make it work one way or another," Hannan said.
  9. 13 days, 2 hurricanes, and incalculable anxiety in Tampa Bay
    Oct. 12, 2024• Hurricane
    Julian Lugo, 7, crosses the flooded street in front of his house Friday near Lake Maggiore in St. Petersburg after Hurricane Milton hit south of Tampa Bay.
  10. After one disaster, a small-town mayor braces for another in Hurricane Milton
    Oct. 9, 2024• Hurricane
    Sam Henderson, 53, has served as Gulport's mayor for more than 12 years. When he saw what Hurricane Helene had done to his waterfront town, he felt sick. Since then, he has barely slept. This week he's been preparing for another storm as Hurricane Milton spins toward the town's shores.
  11. From a homeless shelter to college, a Florida teen makes a new start
    Sept. 30, 2024• Narratives
    Malesa Chance, the house staff supervisor, left, gives Kenneisah Cummings, 18, a big goodbye hug after packing her mentor's car. Cummings' mentor, Kimberley McDaniel, right, was driving her to her new dorm at Florida SouthWestern State College.
  12. As Helene tore into Pinellas, a makeshift rescue crew rode into the storm
    Sept. 29, 2024• Hurricane
    Gary Forbes, 70, of Redington Shores, front, was rescued from his home during Hurricane Helene. From back left, his rescue crew: Mitchell Birchard, 35, of Seminole (with 2-year-old son Crew); Daniel Demint, 50, of St. Petersburg; Hayden Flynn, 16, of Seminole; Fred Craig, 50, of Seminole; and Torin Fitzgibbon, 29, of Largo.
  13. Tragedy struck for Catholic newlyweds. Months later, a miracle?
    Sept. 19, 2024• St. Petersburg
    Nathaniel and Mariana Kuhlman met at Franciscan University in Ohio, where they went to Mass together every day. Last October, they got married at St. Mary, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. "He made me feel like he was really seeing all of me," she said.
  14. Six months into St. Pete’s housing experiment, enforcing rules and measuring success
    Aug. 15, 2024• St. Petersburg
    Janet Stringfellow, CEO of Volunteers of America of Florida, talks with Innovare apartments resident Nicole Lines, left, as Lines tells her about an upcoming job interview on July 31 in St. Petersburg. Stringfellow was giving a tour of the facility to a group from Corinne’s Food Pantry, who are planning on starting a pantry at Innovare.
  15. FDA warns consumers not to use popular OPMS kratom product
    Aug. 2, 2024• Investigations
    O.P.M.S. (Optimized Plant Mediated Solutions) Liquid Kratom, in foreground, along with Green Vein Maeng Da Kratom Capsules in the background.
  16. Some thrive, some struggle as formerly homeless residents adapt to St. Pete apartments
    July 3, 2024• St. Petersburg
    Jojo, 8, loves the view from his new bedroom at the housing experiment. He and his mom, Kalin Stokes, 40, had spent the last year sleeping in her SUV. After five months in their new apartment, Kalin had set up an altar to her other two sons while Jojo built cardboard tracks to race Matchbox cars. Like other residents in the 50-unit complex, they were finding new routines and next steps.
  17. Debunking 3 Tampa Bay myths, from St. Petersburg’s name to that Pier bathroom
    June 13, 2024• History
    Clockwise from left: A pirate cutout at John’s Pass Marina [Times (1999)], St. Mary Our Lady of Grace Church [Times (1998)] and an undated photo of St. Petersburg founder Peter Demens from the Times archive.
  18. ‘I’m not getting $14 million’: 12 questions with Robert DuBoise, a ‘Marked Man’ freed from prison
    June 13, 2024• Crime
    Composite image of Robert DuBoise during his murder trial in 1985 and after his exoneration in spring of 2023.
  19. Before Tampa show, Carlos Santana talks protests, books and finding oneness
    June 3, 2024• Music Interviews
    Guitarist Carlos Santana, pictured during a June 2023 show in Highland Park, Ill., will be at Amalie Arena in Tampa on Sunday, June 16, for a concert with Counting Crows.
  20. 8 things to know about our series, The Marked Man
    June 3, 2024• Crime
    Composite image of Robert DuBoise during his murder trial in 1985 and after his exoneration in spring of 2023.
  21. Formerly homeless St. Pete residents mark milestones in housing experiment
    May 29, 2024• St. Petersburg
    Janet Stringfellow, CEO of Volunteers of America of Florida, celebrates with Walter Sloan before the monthly residents' meeting at Innovare apartments. Walter had been homeless for more than six years. In February, he moved into one of 25 downtown units rented to people who were living in shelters and on the streets. Here, he tells Janet about what he hopes to do next.
  22. The Marked Man
    May 29, 2024• Crime
    Tampa Bay Times
  23. Chappell Roan’s sold-out St. Petersburg concert was a queer pop supernova
    May 20, 2024• Music Reviews
    Chappell Roan sings during her sold-out show at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on Sunday during the Midwest Princess Tour. Tickets for the event originally cost $31.50 before fees, but resale prices soared to nearly $700 apiece by the week of the concert.
  24. A St. Petersburg housing experiment is 2 months old. Here’s how it’s going.
    May 9, 2024• St. Petersburg
    Amanda Moral, center, and her mom, Virginia, had lived in their car, then a shelter, for more than a year. In February, they moved into one of the 25 new apartments in downtown St. Petersburg that were given to homeless people. Amanda wants to go back to college "And get a job working from home," she said. "Now that I have a home."
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