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  1. Gasparilla Music Festival to return in 2026 at a new Tampa venue
    • Music News
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  2. This Florida port is the busiest in the world for cruises
    • Florida
    Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas arrives at Port Canaveral on Aug. 9, 2025. The company’s second Icon-class ship is the world’s largest cruise ship.
  3. Check out 19 new murals across St. Petersburg
    • Entertainment
    An aerial drone view as artist Taylor Smith, aka Dreamweaver, works on her mural as she paints the alley side of the Vernis Bowling building, 696 1st Ave N, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in St. Petersburg. The SHINE Mural Festival is celebrating its 11th year.
  5. Airports will soon charge you $45 if you don’t have this ID. What to know
    • Travel
    Travelers wait in line before going through the renovated TSA Checkpoint 2 at Miami International Airport
  6. See which cruise lines are offering deals this holiday season
    • Travel
    Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas arrives at Port Canaveral on Aug. 9. The company’s second Icon-class ship is the world’s largest cruise ship.
  7. Florida Strawberry Festival adds Joan Jett, Ginuwine and others to 2026 lineup
    • Music News
    Joan Jett opened for the Who in 2015 in Tampa.
  8. Florida fantasy reigns at Lucy Sparrow’s 13,000-item felt store in St. Pete
    • Visual Arts
    British artist Lucy Sparrow speaks to a reporter during a media event for Lucy Sparrow's Quick Shop, a 13,000-item installation inspired by Florida roadside attractions, citrus labels and produce, at FloridaRAMA on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in St. Petersburg.
  9. 30 reasons to be thankful in Tampa Bay | Column
    • Viewpoints
    Take time to find a moment of thanks this season. Maybe a frolic through the fountains at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa?
  10. Inside the 12,000-photo quest to document Tampa’s last cigar factories
    • History
    Drew Newman, great-grandson of J.C. Newman Cigar Co.'s founder, on left, and Zack Wittman, journalist and documentary photographer, pictured with their new photo book at J.C. Newman Cigar Co. factory, 2701 N 16th St, on Friday, Nov. 14, in Tampa. The two were photographed in the American Room as cigar rolling was taking place.
  11. Peek inside Green Light Cinema’s new St. Petersburg lounge and restaurant
    • Movies
    Green Light Cinema owner Mike Hazlett poses at the new Green Light Lounge + Kitchen in St. Petersburg.
  12. In Tarpon Springs, shoppers fuel a waterfront economy
    • Life & Culture
    Visitors stroll past shops at the Sponge Docks on Dodecanese Boulevard on Friday in Tarpon Springs. The area’s economy still leans on a blend of heritage and hospitality more than a century after Greek sponge divers transformed the town at the mouth of the Anclote River into the center of Florida’s sponge industry.
  13. Creator of Tampa’s 50,000-item viral felt grocery store to return with new shop
    • Shopping
    British artist Lucy Sparrow poses for a portrait at "Tampa Fresh Foods" in Water Street Tampa on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The exhibition, presented by the Vinik Family Foundation and Art Production fund, was an immersive art experience of a grocery store made from felt. Sparrow returns to Tampa Bay this month with a new exhibit at FloridaRama in St. Petersburg.
  14. Senate approves bill to end the shutdown, sending it to the House
    • Politics
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks to his private office after speaking to reporters about a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, 2026, at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
  15. Will there be a surge in car rentals amid air travel disruptions?
    • Transportation
    Travelers walk inside Tampa International Airport's Rental Car Center on Friday, March 19, 2021. IVY CEBALLO | Times (2021)
  16. Cruise lines’ newest and biggest ships launch from Florida port this winter season
    • Florida
    Port Canaveral
  17. US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights for a second straight day largely due to government shutdown
    • Transportation
    Travelers walk by a blank flight information board located in front of the security checkpoint at Dallas Love Field airport in Dallas on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025.
  18. Tampa airport reports dozens of flight cancellations, more than 100 delays
    • Transportation
    Travelers waiting for flights with an airplanes parked at the gate at airside E at Tampa International Airport on Friday. The FAA has decided to scale back flights at busy airports, including Tampa.
  19. In Mt. Dora, hitting the pause button | Column
    • Viewpoints
    Mt. Dora is northwest of Orlando.
  20. Take in the sights of the season at Gallagher’s Pumpkin Patch
    • Entertainment
    Genoa Fedyszyn from St. Petersburg looks for the perfect pumpkin to carve into a jack-o'-lantern with her husband and their 2-year-old daughter at Gallagher’s Pumpkins and Christmas Trees, 7401 Fourth St. N., on Monday in St. Petersburg.
  21. How St. Petersburg’s Old Northeast preps for over 4,000 trick-or-treaters
    • Entertainment
    A home is decorated with spiderwebs in the Historic Old Northeast neighborhood, which is known for its elaborate Halloween decor, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in St. Petersburg.
  22. Dunedin’s Casa Tina celebrates Día de Muertos
    • Photos
    A crowd gathers holding puppets during a Día de los Muertos procession Saturday in Dunedin.
  23. In Tampa, Doechii turned her hometown concert into a hip-hop classroom
    • Music Reviews
    Grammy winning artist Doechii performs for her home town crowd at the Yuengling Center during her Live From the Swamp Tour on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 in Tampa.
  24. Record number of people expected on cruises in 2026. Florida is a hot spot
    • Florida
    An aerial view of the Cunard cruise ship Queen Elizabeth, docked at PortMiami on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Miami. The vessel arrived around 6 a.m. and will be based in Miami for six months, offering voyages to the Caribbean.
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