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A new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in Ybor City could cost over $798.9 million – if it were to get built. The Tampa Sports Authority retained...
Pinellas County Schools (PCS) is looking for help from the local business community and area organizations to make a difference in a child’s life by becoming...
Situated on a low-lying strip of land jutting into Tampa Bay, MacDill Air Force Base is uniquely susceptible to extreme weather events and sea-level rise that...
In 2019, Michael Bloomberg personally awarded St. Peterburg $2.5 million for its role in combating climate change; when former Mayor Rick Kriseman took office in 2014,...
For the second time in as many visits, Canadian intellectual Jordan Peterson packed the Mahaffey Theater Feb. 2. The appearance was in support of his latest...
St. Petersburg is down to its last at-bat to provide a permanent home for the Rays, and as promised throughout his campaign and first month in...
With hundreds of major universities around the country offering esports scholarships, and thousands of professional gamers taking home prize pools in the millions, Tampa Bay’s first...
Since approving a resolution to explore the legality of declaring a housing state of emergency during the last St. Petersburg City Council meeting of 2021, council...
He sought donations of old basketball jerseys, shoes and other sports memorabilia from his alma mater. He collected yearbooks, photographs, old newspapers, diplomas and awards, anything...
The Tampa Bay Watch group has recently come under fire by commercial St. Pete Pier tenants, accusing the nonprofit marine education group of conducting commercial activities...
