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  1. Archaeologists begin search for African American graves in Clearwater
    Jan. 21• Clearwater
    Muhammad Abdur-Rahim points out the location of a former African American cemetery in the old Clearwater Heights neighborhood, where he grew up. Archaeologists have begun surveying the land using ground penetrating radar. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times]
    Marked graves were moved in the 1950s, records show. But unmarked graves may have been left behind.
  2. Are lengthy prison sentences discriminatory? | Editorial
    Jan. 17• Opinion
    Jomari DeLeon, is pictured at at Gadsden Correctional Facility in Quincy, Florida August 7, 2019. Jomari is three years into a 15-year sentence for drug trafficking. She sold 48 tablets of prescription tablets over two days to an undercover officer. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
    Women, Hispanics and residents from smaller counties are disproportionately serving long drug sentences that are no longer in place.
  3. Fire causes $1 million in damage to Oldsmar mansion
    Jan. 7• Pinellas
    A severe fire Sunday night left a two-story, nearly 10,000 square foot Oldsmar home with about $1 million in damage. Tom Jamison, the East Lake Fire Rescue Fire Chief, said. [East Lake Fire Rescue]
    The fire burned for nearly three hours.
  4. Epiphany 2020: Visits from Greek prime minister, new archbishop buoy crowd
    Jan. 6• Pinellas
    Hunter Sakadales, 18, of Tarpon Springs emerges with the cross at Epiphany on Monday. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | TImes]
    Hunter Sakadales, 18, retrieved the cross from Spring Bayou as 25,000 watched, including the highest-ranking official from Greece to ever attend Epiphany.
  5. 50 things to know about the Tampa Bay area’s forgotten cemeteries
    Dec. 31, 2019• Hillsborough
    Archaeologists say Zion Cemetery likely was full when it disappeared in the late 1920s. This map of Zion was filed with the Hillsborough County Clerk when Zion was established on Feb. 20, 1901. The cemetery on North Florida Avenue contained 98 plots, each 20 feet wide and with room for about eight graves. That's a total of about 800 graves. There was also a potters field on the north end of the cemetery for people who couldn't afford a coffin. [HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CLERK'S OFFI | Hillsborough County Clerk's offi]
    To catch you up on what’s happened, here are answers to questions about all the burial grounds that have come to light in 2019.
  6. Words, music: A celebration of Kwanzaa
    Dec. 28, 2019• Pinellas
    Ava Calvin, 5, participates in a unity dance during the First Night of Kwanzaa in St. Petersburg ceremony on Thursday evening. [BOYZELL HOSEY | Tampa Bay Times]
    In St. Petersburg, community gathers for annual tradition.
  7. ‘He never stopped smiling.’ Vigil held for 15-year-old who died in Tampa officer’s home.
    Dec. 17, 2019• Hillsborough
    Unidentified mourners gather for a candlelight vigil in memory of Bradley Hulett, 15, held at Park Square Plaza in the Fish Hawk Ranch community in Lithia, Florida on Monday, December 16, 2019. Hulett was fatally shot at the home of a Tampa Police Officer last Friday according the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
    Bradley Hulett, 15, was fatally shot inside a Lithia home on Dec. 13. He was remembered Monday evening.
  8. An autistic child melts down. An officer makes a decision. A family suffers the consequences.
    Dec. 8, 2019• Special Reports
    Staci Plonsky holds art from her autistic son, A.J. Plonsky, depicting his memory of being taken by the school resource officer to a mental health facility under Florida's Baker Act law. The incident took place on A.J's first day of middle school. Photo taken November 17, 2019. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
    A mental health law is being used more frequently across Florida on children who are not mentally ill.
  9. We rode Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney, open Thursday
    Dec. 4, 2019• Arts & Entertainment
    Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge new attraction, Rise of the Resistance, at Disney's Hollywood Studios on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 in Lake Buena Vista. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
    The stakes are high for Rise of the Resistance after Disney got mixed reviews for opening its new Star Wars land before its marquee attraction was open.
  10. What it’s like in the ‘world’s largest Christmas maze’ at Tropicana Field
    Nov. 26, 2019• Arts & Entertainment
    There's an 80-foot lighted pine Christmas tree at the center of the maze at Enchant Christmas at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
    Enchant Christmas can be crowded, overwhelming and expensive. But it’s also dazzling.
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