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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.
Plant City sees rare flash flooding. More rain is on the way for Tampa Bay.
In a small pocket of far eastern Hillsborough County, nearly a foot of rain fell in six hours.
Spotted sitting with MLB commissioner: Rays pursuer Patrick Zalupski
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred neither outright confirms nor denies reports of a Rays sale, but “I have no reason to quibble with or dispute the reports that are out there.”
A deal to purchase the team from Stuart Sternberg is in place, with a September closing possible. But Sternberg would remain in control until the season ends.
The most personal care at this Tampa children’s hospital isn’t billed
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.
Nurse navigators at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital give free medical and emotional support to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Cuts keep coming to Pinellas County schools
Pinellas County Schools Superintendent Kevin Hendrick has warned school board members that cuts to programs and positions are coming as state and federal funds shrink for the coming year.
‘Some of the functions we did will cease to exist,’ superintendent Kevin Hendrick said.
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.
Tampa District 5 residents fear lack of representation in budget process
The district’s former representative, Gwen Henderson, died last month.
Florida puts man to death for killing 2 outside bar in 1993
Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke in 2023. A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed at the prison Tuesday evening, the 26th person put to death in the U.S. this year.
Michael Bernard Bell, 54, was the eighth person put to death this year in Florida, which has executed more people than any other state so far.
Pass-a-Grille’s Berkeley Beach Club hotel and restaurant sold to new owners
Pass-a-Grille's Berkeley Beach Club has been sold to new owners.
The boutique hotel remains open, but the Dewey restaurant has been shuttered since last year’s storms.
Federal prosecutors tout charges for Tampa ‘Glock Boys’ gang
U.S. Attorney Greg Kehoe, pictured here in April, announced indictments Tuesday against members of what he described as a violent West Tampa gang.
U.S. Attorney Greg Kehoe announced the indictment of five members of what he called a violent enterprise responsible for shootings and financial fraud.

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The Rays' Jonathan Aranda reacts after missing a homer during a swing-off tiebreaker at the All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Atlanta.
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred neither outright confirms nor denies reports of a Rays sale, but “I have no reason to quibble with or dispute the reports that are out there.”
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Fans watch from the stands at Steinbrenner Field on the Rays' opening day on March 28.
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The Rays' Jonathan Aranda and his family wore red, green or white on the All-Star red carpet so together they represented the three colors of the flag of their native Mexico.
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A cluster of oranges grows in a grove in Sebring earlier this year.
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Anthony Sleiman, a conservation photographer who documents the night sky over the Florida Everglades, said he took this photo around midnight on July 1. The glow of the state's new immigration detention facility, Alligator Alcatraz, can be seen nearby. Big Cypress National Preserve was named the nation's first "dark sky" preserve in 2016.
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