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After defeat, Tampa lawmakers vow to push abandoned Black cemeteries bill in...
“There may be over 3,000 abandoned African American cemeteries across the state, sites forgotten and cruelly erased by history." The state senator who proposed a bill to catalog and restore abandoned...
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Florida wants to shield officials in lawsuit accusing state of overusing...
The lawsuit contends that the department has overused solitary confinement, including for inmates diagnosed with mental illnesses. The state asked a federal judge Wednesday to shield Department of...
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Applications are now open for Hillsborough County driver's license...
The license restoration event takes place in May. Applications are open for "Operation Green Light," an event geared towards restoring suspended drivers licenses. The event, hosted annually by the...
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Florida fines Tampa Medicaid payment vendor nearly $9.1 million over billing...
Florida fined its largest Medicaid payment vendor nearly $9.1 million over software problems that delayed payments for nearly three months for tens of thousands of health-care claims for the state's...
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Florida judge is expected to uphold law that requires a 24 hour waiting...
A Leon County circuit judge indicated Wednesday she will uphold a 2015 state law that would require women to wait 24 hours before having abortions, opponents of the law said.
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Despite loose steel wires, the Selmon Extension will reopen today and is safe...
After inspectors discovered loose steel wires earlier this week, the Selmon Extension has been deemed safe by officials, and will reopen for traffic later this evening. The Tampa Hillsborough...
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Hillsborough County man dead after driving into 11-foot alligator
A 59-year-old Hillsborough County man died last night after his vehicle struck an 11-foot alligator laying in the road. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, John Hopkins car struck...
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Who stole tons of valuable ammunition brass from Army’s top helicopter gun...
The thief, wearing camouflage gear and gloves, crept through the woods onto the Army base in southern Alabama where most of the U.S. military's helicopter pilots train.
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'Couldn't agree more': Tampa Bay Rays' Taylor Walls supports DeSantis'...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis didn't make many new friends — outside of the hooting rube-o-sphere he calls his base — when he decided to declare a new winner in a women's college swimming race because the...
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Tampa's Cypress Point and Picnic Island beaches have been closed for over a...
Tampa's Cypress Point and Picnic Island beaches are under a no swim advisory due to increased levels of enterococci bacteria, in other words poop water. Enterococci bacteria is often composed of...
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St. Pete-based Instagram star YungBBQ talks pop culture, Gen-Z humor and...
Driving through south St. Pete, you might see a young woman equipped with a speaker, a stool and a phone hard at work in the middle of the street. And that work usually involves energetic dancing,...
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People in Orlando love moving to Tampa, says report
If it seems like everyone is moving to Tampa, it might be true.
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After 'misleading' Tampa Bay Times article, St. Pete housing advocates say...
Members of a local housing rights group say a "misleading" story from the Tampa Bay Times has been incorrect for nearly a week and is causing confusion. On March 18, a Times article titled "St....
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Florida manatees are on the move, and officials are asking boaters to stay alert
Manatee experts are pointing to concerns about boating collisions as the struggling sea cows migrate from an unorthodox feeding area in the Indian River Lagoon.
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After Dingfelder lawsuit, Tampa City Council asks for more legal protections...
On March 24, Tampa councilmen motioned to have a city attorney investigate bringing more legal protection to council if they are sued under a public records law. The motion comes in the wake of former...
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Don’t Kale Me Crazy officially opens at Midtown Tampa today, and they're...
Kale Me Crazy, a new and extra punny juice bar and super food cafe, is now open at the Midtown Tampa development. The chain's second Florida location aims to provide “real food” to its clientele, and...
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Singer-songwriter Teddy Swims headlines a sold-out show at the Orpheum
According to a Rolling Stone profile of the Atlanta-based rapper, “Swims” is an acronym for “Someone Who Isn’t Me Sometimes.” See that as you will, but Teddy—who just released "Tough Love" this...
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Guitarist Damon Fowler celebrates his birthday at Skipper's Smokehouse this...
Brandon-born Damon Fowler could have been an honorary Allman Brother, having been a permanent member of the late Butch Trucks’ band.
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David Kibby and Peter Nuffer play Tempus Projects''Living Room Concert'...
If you regularly support local music, you’ve been in David Kibby or Peter Nuffer’s presence before.
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Tampa's American Legion Seminole Post 111 hosts a punk gig this weekend
Rutterkin just celebrated the October 2021 release of its debut album with a major release party.
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