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Hillsborough commissioners again split 4-3 to back up to $5 million a year for ZooTampa through 2041. The zoo must match it, and a final vote is expected Oct. 21.
Isaias is still aimed at the northern Gulf Coast, but forecasters now expect tides 1 to 3 feet above normal from Citrus County to Pinellas on Friday. Here’s what that means, plus the fuel and cruise picture.
Six schools now head to the Oct. 13 closure vote. Sexton gets more time, and Tarpon Springs would get two K-8 schools after parents pushed an alternative.
Isaias is expected to strengthen quickly and reach the northern Gulf Coast late Friday. Tampa Bay is outside the cone but faces more rain, rough Gulf water and high rip current risk.
A wrecking company filed to demolish the 1926 Mirasol after council denied a hotel conversion. The city has 28 days to decide whether historic preservation review kicks in.
The National Hurricane Center now gives a southwestern Gulf system a 70% chance of development. Before then, a stalled front could bring Tampa Bay 2 to 4 inches of rain.
Hillsborough mosquito officials say dengue cases are rising so fast they need outside agencies, more helicopters and treatment across the whole county. Here’s who’s helping, where they’re spraying and what to do at home.
A motorist pulled over for a man waving a flashlight near Main Street and Grovewood early Sept. 29; HCSO says Franklin Windham, 32, fired five rounds into the car and faces attempted murder.
With early voting opening Oct. 19, SPLC warned Pinellas that seven majority-white early voting sites and none in South St. Pete may violate voting-rights law. NAACP plans free rides.
Annual beach and boat passes rose Oct. 1. On Dec. 1, daily parking at Fort De Soto, Sand Key and Fred Howard shifts to $3.50 an hour (max $12) as Pinellas seeks nearly $3 million a year.
On Nov. 3, St. Petersburg voters will decide whether to authorize up to $600 million in general obligation bonds to speed SPAR wastewater, drinking water and flood-protection upgrades.
Pinellas residents can drop off up to four tires for free at the Solid Waste Disposal Complex through Oct. 30 to cut standing-water breeding sites for dengue mosquitoes.
Three Lee County Mosquito Control helicopters staged at Tampa Executive Airport Wednesday morning to help Hillsborough aerial treatments amid a dengue outbreak centered on the county.
A 65-year-old Pinellas Park motorcyclist died after a dark Mercedes SUV turned in front of him early Sunday at 4th St. N and 9th Ave. N and fled. Police released video Monday.
HCFR demonstrated a first-in-the-nation drone program Monday that will fly whole blood to trauma scenes in minutes. Live ops expected in October from Stations 9 and 37.
David Christopher Wilson Jr., 22, vanished Friday on a work test drive of an 18-foot Carolina Skiff. PCSO recovered his body Sunday; the death appears accidental pending autopsy.
A civilian without base access breached MacDill’s Dale Mabry Gate perimeter Saturday, violently engaged security officers, and was detained. Both the suspect and an officer had non-life-threatening injuries.
Chief Mike Loux said first responders fell ill after taking Richard Charles, 30, into custody at Oasis at Bayside. Narcan revived one officer; the substance is still unknown.
