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  1. New plans unveiled for Water Street’s second phase
    • Real Estate
    A new mixed-use building is coming to Tampa's Water Street as part of the second-phase of the project.
  2. Shorebirds find refuge in Tampa port, seeking safety from climate threats
    • News
    A royal tern holds its chick at 3D Island in Hillsborough Bay.
  3. Tampa Bay airports working to comply with Florida’s weather modification ban
    • Environment
    A Delta Air Lines passenger jet taxis away from a gate at Tampa International Airport in 2024. All public-use airports in Florida will be required to file monthly reports concerning weather modification, per a new state law.
  5. Florida reduces competency requirements for school media specialists
    • Education
    Some of the books that Florida pulled from school libraries in May 2023. After another recent uproar over books, the state changed requirements for media specialists.
  6. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor presents nearly $2 billion budget
    • Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor presented a nearly $2 billion recommended budget to the Tampa City Council on Thursday.
  7. This big, pink coffee cup on wheels is slinging drinks around Tampa and beyond
    • Food News
    Amr Sharaki, 29, of Westchase, offers a menu to Raegan Gautreau, 26, who visited the The Big Coffee Cup Cafe mobile espresso bar with her baby, four-month-old Murphie Gautreau, during a stop at the Cypress Grand Apartments on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Tampa.
  8. Investors snapped up Tampa Bay homes damaged by hurricanes Helene and Milton
    • Real Estate
    An aerial drone view looking west from Gulf Blvd towards the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in St. Pete Beach. On left is 77th Ave, in center is 78th Ave, on right is 79th Ave, with Gulf Blvd pictured at bottom. Several storm damaged homes on this block have sold since last hurricane season.
  9. Ybor Harbor could be home to a Rays stadium instead of women’s soccer
    • Tampa
    A land use map shows where a 32,000-seat stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays would fit in Ybor Harbor in July 2023. According to Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, the owner of that land, Darryl Shaw, is again open to accommodating a new Rays stadium on the site.
  10. Peanut farm that sought 700 acres of Florida state forest withdraws plan
    • Environment
    Katherine Sayler, a biologist and Southeast representative with the nonprofit Defenders of Wildlife, hiked the Ellaville tract of the Twin Rivers State Forest on March 7, and documented this gopher tortoise burrow on the property. State wildlife officials led a gopher tortoise population count on this land in April 2017 and they found as many as 440 tortoises. This piece of land was part of a land swap proposal that would have been traded to a peanut farming operation.
  11. Pennsylvania man threatened to behead Tampa General Hospital CEO, feds say
    • Crime
    A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday on a federal cyberharassment charge for threats he made against John Couris, president and chief executive officer of the Florida Health Sciences Center, which includes Tampa General Hospital, pictured above in June, authorities said.
  12. Trial postponed for Tampa student accused in newborn’s death
    • Crime
    Brianna Moore attends a pretrial hearing in Tampa on Nov. 1, 2024. Moore, who is accused of causing the death of her newborn in a University of Tampa dorm room, will face trial next spring.
  13. Faculty hope new USF president will protect academic freedom
    • Education
    A meeting seeking input in the qualities of the the next president for USF lasted a little than half an hour.
  14. Tampa District 5 residents fear lack of representation in budget process
    • Tampa
    Tampa City Council members listen to Tampa Mayor Jane Castor as she presents her budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year on July 18, 2024, at Tampa City Hall. Mayor Castor will present next year's proposed budget on Thursday.
  15. Federal prosecutors tout charges for Tampa ‘Glock Boys’ gang
    • Crime
    U.S. Attorney Greg Kehoe, pictured here in April, announced indictments Tuesday against members of what he described as a violent West Tampa gang.
  16. Plant City sees rare flash flooding. More rain is on the way for Tampa Bay.
    • Weather
    A boat travels through a rainstorm off Veterans Memorial Marina Park in July 2024. A low pressure system moving west across Florida this week is expected to bring up to 4 inches of rain in areas of Tampa Bay.
  17. The Rays could have a new owner by September. Here’s what local officials think.
    • Politics
    Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg is on track to sell the team by September to Patrick Zalupski, a Jacksonville-based developer, The Athletic reported Monday.
  18. Private investors want to make the USF area a tech hub. Will it work?
    • Business
    Jonathan Davila, president and co-founder of Vu Studios, speaks to Cesar Hernandez, co-founder of Tampa Knowledge Fund, in front of an image of Fowler Avenue's big-box stores and parking lots. The pair are united behind a vision of a revitalized University area, with more tech employers and housing. The road before them is a long one.
  19. The most personal care at this Tampa children’s hospital isn’t billed
    • Health
    Lindsay Yeager, 41, left, with her daughter Sienna, 4, as their Nurse Navigator Natalie Jackson offers up a toy as she helps to soothe Sienna during a check up with their doctor at the pediatric heart services at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital pediatric cardiology clinic.
  20. 18 years after Tampa college student reported rape, a plea yields probation
    • Crime
    Authorities in 2007 released these surveillance images of a suspect in a reported rape of a University of Tampa student. In 2021, genetic genealogy analysis of DNA evidence led to the arrest of Jared Vaughn. Vaughn denied that what occurred was not consensual. Last week, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated battery with great bodily harm.
  21. Sayfollah Musallet built a business in Tampa. He was killed in the West Bank
    • Breaking News
    Hesam Musallet, uncle to Sayfollah Musallet, reacts, after he speaks to reporters about his nephew during a press conference at the CAIR-Florida Tampa Office on Monday, July 14, 2025, in Tampa.
  22. Stuart Sternberg to sell Rays to group led by Jacksonville developer, report says
    • Rays
    Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg mingles on the field ahead of a game against the Colorado Rockies in March at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa.
  23. Top Florida House Democrat says she’s running for state Senate
    • Politics
    House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, announced she is running for state Senate.
  24. How much do local fireworks displays cost? We look at the numbers
    • Life & Culture
    Clearwater's fireworks explode over Clearwater Harbor next to the Memorial Causeway in 2018. The city spent $50,000 on its fireworks show in 2025.
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