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Everything to know about the traveling Totally Rad Vintage Fest, coming to Tampa this Fall
It’s July, it’s unreasonably hot outside, and asking anyone in this city to think about September while currently surviving feels borderline cruel. And yet, here we are, because Totally Rad […]
Appeals court crushes Florida’s ‘Stop Woke’ law championed by DeSantis
Instead of the state determining what will be taught in university classrooms, students must be free to hear and consider even officially disfavored ideas presented to them by professors, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. More than two years after oral arguments in a case…
Tampa Police Make Arrest in Fatal Shooting on West Main Street
Tampa Police Make Arrest in Fatal Shooting on West Main Street Jonee' L. Tue, 07/07/2026 - 06:48 pm TAMPA, FL (July 7, 2026) - The Tampa Police Department with the assistance of the U.S. Marshalls Fugitive Task Force arrested 30-year-old Roosevelt Harmon (DOB: 08/06/1995) in…
Foundation Awards CareerSource $50,000 To Support Youth Employment
CareerSource Tampa Bay (CSTB) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Community Foundation Tampa Bay to support Summer P.A.Y.S. (Preparing Area Youth for Success), a youth employment program serving more than 650 young people ages 15-24 this summer. CareerSource Tampa Bay was…
New Law Requires ECG Heart Screenings For Student Athletes
July 1 marks a major milestone in protecting Florida’s young athletes, as the Second Chance Act officially took effect statewide. Now, new student athletes?participating?in Florida high school sports must complete an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) heart screening before their…
Riverview Woman’s Club And Foundation Awards Scholarships
At an awards luncheon on June 10, the Riverview Woman’s Club and Foundation awarded scholarships to seven deserving area residents. Students were introduced to the membership, enjoyed a luncheon and were given a bubbles send-off for their success in their higher-education…
Lorenzo Is New St. Joseph’s South Patient Service Director
Riverview’s Hector Lorenzo is the new St. Joseph’s Hospital-South patient services director. As patient services director, Lorenzo is part of the Riverview hospital’s leadership team involved with planning, organization, policy development and priority-setting. He’ll oversee…
Two Teachers Named Finalists For Grammy Music Educator Award
Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) is proud to announce that two of its educators have been named quarterfinalists for the 2027 Grammy Music Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum. Ernesta Chicklowski of Roosevelt Elementary School in Tampa…
Tampa sunsets hold history and figures and they are living tributes to a vibrant and recovering industrial city
To live in Florida means daily encounters with a beauty you don’t deserve. And to live on the Gulf Coast means you have pictures of sunsets on your phone. The photos litter social media feeds. Pantone “sunset-of-the-year” rust and mauve, stopping time, with a surrealistically…
Hillsborough College Receives $120,000 Student Training Gift From Advance Auto Parts Foundation
The Hillsborough College (HC) Foundation has received a $120,000 donation from the?Advance Auto Parts Foundation?to support students in the college’s workforce programs, including the Automotive Service Technology and Diesel Systems Technician programs. The gift includes funding…
Bi-partisan group of former Florida politicians file lawsuit against property tax amendment
Florida’s bid to dramatically change its property tax system is being hit with another legal challenge, this one from a bipartisan duo of former elected officials who maintain a proposed constitutional amendment is full of “political platitudes” and not factual statements…
Federal appeals court rejects DeSantis’ suit against ‘woke’ college accreditation process, again
A federal appeals court affirmed Monday dismissal of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2023 challenge to the college accrediting process, which he believes enforces diversity and related interests he considers “woke.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected the state’s…