Valspar Championship pumps $75M into Tampa Bay
For one week each March, Tampa Bay turns into a different kind of business. It becomes a global sports broadcast, a temporary hospitality district and a logistics operation that runs like a major civic event. The result is not symbolic. It is economic activity that shows up in room nights,...
Capybara fans meet residents of future habitat CapyCove
TAMPA, Fla. - The world's largest rodents seem to be popping up all over Tampa Bay, but like many other capybaras, the trio with CapyCove, seem to be welcomed by most. CapyCove is set to be a 1,700-square-foot outdoor capybara experience in St. Petersburg, opening in June. The semiaquatic animals will be around a...
15 Florida Restaurants The Senior Crowd Keeps Recommending
Picture this like a Golden Girls road trip, except I packed stretchy pants and an appetite that refused to mind its manners. I wandered across Florida, scribbling notes on napkins and chasing the places seasoned locals kept whispering about. The ones where menus read like love letters and the servers...
Photos: Protestors picket Border Patrol recruitment at St. Pete Carillon Hilton
A protest was held outside of the St. Petersburg Carillon Park Hilton hotel on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in response to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection recruitment event being held within. Around 100 protestors showed up blaring sirens from bullhorns, chanting, and holding signs criticizing the hotel and U.S. Immigration...
Immersive capybara experience in the Bay Area
The world's largest rodents seem to be popping up all over Tampa Bay, but like many other capybaras, the trio with CapyCove, seem to be welcomed by most.
Tampa, FL – Cold Case Arrest: Man Charged in 2022 Apartment Murder
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Tampa, FL – A years-old homicide investigation in Tampa reached a major turning point this week after deputies arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in 2022. According to the...
Weather Warning: Tampa Bay Area To Plunge From 70s To Freezing In 24 Hours
If you have outdoor plans for Saturday, lock them in. It looks like the Tampa Bay area is about to trade shorts for heavy coats in a span of just 24 hours. Saturday is shaping up to be the “calm before the storm,” offering a nearly perfect afternoon. We are looking at sunny skies and a high near 73 degrees, with a...
Foreclosures Rise Sharply Across Florida as Housing Costs Overwhelm Homeowners
Adjusting mortgage rates and depleted savings push thousands toward default in Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville. By Senior Staff Writer, Edmond Thorne for OmniCom MultiMedia. Florida News Network: Tallahassee —The dream of homeownership is slipping away for thousands of Florida families as foreclosure filings surge...
Dead Bob’s Has Another Expansion Coming: Dead Bob’s Waterfront Kitchen
Back in December, What Now reported on plans for Dead Bob’s to open a sister restaurant, Bob’s Side Piece. That project is moving along steadily, and Dead Bob’s owner Ben Scherlis—who is launching Bob’s Side Piece in partnership with Jim Breazeale of DeLosa’s Pizzeria—says its expected to open in mid-February in St....
Man arrested in Pinellas County in connection to $251K Louisiana school fraud
According to LBI, a school board employee was persuaded to, unwittingly, send an ACH payment to an out-of-state bank controlled by the perpetrator.
