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Gasparilla Music Festival 2026 lineup: Mt. Joy, Two Friends, Gov’t Mule coming to Tampa in April www.cltampa.com/music-2/gasp...
Gasparilla Music Festival 2026 lineup: Mt. Joy, Two Friends, Gov’t Mule coming to Tampa in April
Mt. Joy Gasparilla Music Festival’s return has a soundtrack. Indie-rock band Mt. Joy, college party guys Two Friends, and jam-rock icon Gov’t Mule are
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January 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Gasparilla Music Festival 2026 lineup: Mt. Joy, Two Friends, Gov’t Mule coming to Tampa in April www.cltampa.com/music-2/gasp...
Curiosity Club of Seminole Heights brings knowledge to the coffee table www.cltampa.com/arts/curiosi...
Curiosity Club of Seminole Heights brings knowledge to the coffee table
Every month, the club shines an eclectic spotlight on a variety of topics and lessons at Corner Club Tampa, a dive-bar-turned cafe that welcomes all to its casual venue.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Curiosity Club of Seminole Heights brings knowledge to the coffee table www.cltampa.com/arts/curiosi...
Letters: Hillsborough College is ready to play ball with the Rays, but are students getting shut out of the deal? www.cltampa.com/news/letters...
Letters: Hillsborough College is ready to play ball with the Rays, but are students getting shut out of the deal?
Hillsborough College in Tampa, Florida on November 2025. Spring brings the same optimism to newly minted Hillsborough College as it does for the Tampa Bay
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January 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Letters: Hillsborough College is ready to play ball with the Rays, but are students getting shut out of the deal? www.cltampa.com/news/letters...
The bill proposed after a shooting at FSU no longer lets professors and TAs open carry on state campuses.
Campus carry bill shifts to other security measures
HB 757 addresses classroom door lock requirements, expands a statewide program of arming trained K-12 school staff into colleges and universities, and formulates active-shooter plans and threat-assess...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The bill proposed after a shooting at FSU no longer lets professors and TAs open carry on state campuses.
An independent senator called the legislation “crap,” a Democrat deemed it “unjust,” and a Republican voted “no.”
Bill eliminating insanity defense scrapes through first committee stop
SB 1326 would require Florida judges to sentence offenders found guilty who intended to commit their crimes to prison, even if the accused couldn’t tell whether their actions were right or wrong. It w...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:11 PM
An independent senator called the legislation “crap,” a Democrat deemed it “unjust,” and a Republican voted “no.”
Trump endorsed him for re-election in November.
Sarasota U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan leaving Congress after 20 years
Buchanan, who has represented the Sarasota area and other parts of Southwest Florida for nearly 20 years, announced Tuesday that he will not run for re-election in November.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Trump endorsed him for re-election in November.
Tampa firefighters are trading “stop, drop, and roll” for the 5Ds: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.
Cinco de Dodgeball tradition honors late Tampa firefighter this spring
The event raises funds for the Matthew T. Bunch Foundation, which the museum established in 2017, two years after 27-year-old Bunch died following his eight-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Tampa firefighters are trading “stop, drop, and roll” for the 5Ds: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.
Democratic socialist Richie Floyd, St. Pete’s youngest councilperson, officially launches re-election campaign www.cltampa.com/news/democra...
Democratic socialist Richie Floyd, St. Pete’s youngest councilperson, officially launches re-election campaign
Richie (L) and Miranda Floyd at Bananas Records in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 24, 2025. A sizzling socialist campaign in the ruby-red Sunshine State
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January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Democratic socialist Richie Floyd, St. Pete’s youngest councilperson, officially launches re-election campaign www.cltampa.com/news/democra...
Smart & Safe Florida must submit at least 880,062 valid signatures statewide and meet congressional district signature thresholds by Feb. 1 to put the issue on the ballot.
Recreational pot advocates lose court battle a week ahead of petition deadline
An appeals court has rejected a challenge to directives by Secretary of State Cord Byrd to invalidate more than 70,000 petition signatures.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Smart & Safe Florida must submit at least 880,062 valid signatures statewide and meet congressional district signature thresholds by Feb. 1 to put the issue on the ballot.
“The Reproductive Freedom Act would ensure all Floridians can access the full range of reproductive health care options, without the government looking over their shoulders in the exam room,” House Democratic Leader and HB 1151 sponsor Fentrice Driskell said.
Tampa Rep. Fentrice Driskell sponsors bill to revive abortion access
Called the Reproductive Freedom Act, the bills were filed on the 53rd anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in the United States. It wa...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
“The Reproductive Freedom Act would ensure all Floridians can access the full range of reproductive health care options, without the government looking over their shoulders in the exam room,” House Democratic Leader and HB 1151 sponsor Fentrice Driskell said.
BeatsNChill producer series brings Oakland rapper MG to Ybor City www.cltampa.com/music-2/beat...
BeatsNChill producer series brings Oakland rapper MG to Ybor City
MG Tampa’s BeatsNChill, basically the place where any producer wants to be, gets the clique back together at its unofficial clubhouse for a set with
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January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
BeatsNChill producer series brings Oakland rapper MG to Ybor City www.cltampa.com/music-2/beat...
St. Pete bands stage Thursday benefit for photographer recovering from cancer www.cltampa.com/music-2/st-p...
St. Pete bands stage Thursday benefit for photographer recovering from cancer
Pleasures plays The Bends in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 31, 2020. The 600 Block’s rock and roll heyday might’ve never been captured on film if it
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January 21, 2026 at 12:31 AM
St. Pete bands stage Thursday benefit for photographer recovering from cancer www.cltampa.com/music-2/st-p...
Alligator Records' Southern Avenue plays Tampa on Wednesday www.cltampa.com/music-2/alli...
Alligator Records' Southern Avenue plays Tampa on Wednesday
Southern Avenue Blues imprint Alligator Records was well represented on last week’s live music offering (Brother John Kattke played St. Pete last Sunday),
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January 20, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Alligator Records' Southern Avenue plays Tampa on Wednesday www.cltampa.com/music-2/alli...
Vigil for Tampa man killed in West Bank interrupted by Christian content creators [PHOTOS] www.cltampa.com/news/vigil-f...
Vigil for Tampa man killed in West Bank interrupted by Christian content creators [PHOTOS]
Mourners speak with Hillsborough County Sheriffs in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 11, 2026. Christian supremacist content creators shouted anti-Islam obscenities
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January 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Vigil for Tampa man killed in West Bank interrupted by Christian content creators [PHOTOS] www.cltampa.com/news/vigil-f...
Neighborhood cleanup? There’s a Gasparilla for that www.cltampa.com/news/neighbo...
Neighborhood cleanup? There’s a Gasparilla for that
In just under a year, Gasparilla Clean Team has hosted three cleanups across Tampa neighborhoods including Davis Islands, Seminole Heights (pictured) and
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January 20, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Neighborhood cleanup? There’s a Gasparilla for that www.cltampa.com/news/neighbo...
St. Pete City Councilman Richie Floyd launches re-election this weekend with record store party www.cltampa.com/news/st-pete...
St. Pete City Councilman Richie Floyd launches re-election this weekend with record store party
St. Petersburg City Council Members Richie Floyd (L) and Lisset Hanewicz. St. Petersburg City Councilman Richie Floyd is running for re-election, and to
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January 19, 2026 at 10:10 PM
St. Pete City Councilman Richie Floyd launches re-election this weekend with record store party www.cltampa.com/news/st-pete...
Hillsborough Commissioners Cepeda, Wostal, and Miller skip signing MLK Day commendation www.cltampa.com/news/hillsbo...
Hillsborough Commissioners Cepeda, Wostal, and Miller skip signing MLK Day commendation
(L-R) Hillsborough County Commissioners Donna Cameron Cepeda, Joshua Wostal, and Christine Miller. The Hillsborough County Commission’s annual
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January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Hillsborough Commissioners Cepeda, Wostal, and Miller skip signing MLK Day commendation www.cltampa.com/news/hillsbo...
Morrissey just canceled his Tuesday concert in St. Pete www.cltampa.com/music-2/morr...
Morrissey just canceled his Tuesday concert in St. Pete
Morrissey at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 10, 2023. If you must go to work tomorrow, you must not be Morrissey. It’ happened, St.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Morrissey just canceled his Tuesday concert in St. Pete www.cltampa.com/music-2/morr...
Photos: Trippie Redd, Riff Raff and Waka Flocka Flame play Ybor City’s Cuban Club www.cltampa.com/music-2/phot...
Photos: Trippie Redd, Riff Raff and Waka Flocka Flame play Ybor City’s Cuban Club
Trippie Redd at Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 17, 2026. It’s a short drive to Tampa from Broward, and Ybor City’s Cuban Club welcomed one of
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January 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Photos: Trippie Redd, Riff Raff and Waka Flocka Flame play Ybor City’s Cuban Club www.cltampa.com/music-2/phot...
A group of current employees and two new partners completed the purchase on Thursday afternoon.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay has been sold, and is locally-owned for the first time since 2009
A vintage Creative Loafing Tampa Bay stand in April 2020. For the first time in 18 years, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay is locally-owned. On Thursday
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January 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
A group of current employees and two new partners completed the purchase on Thursday afternoon.
Photos: All the cool mother shuckers we saw at Tampa Oysterfest 2026 www.cltampa.com/food-drink/t...
Photos: All the cool mother shuckers we saw at Tampa Oysterfest 2026
Organizers shipped 20,000 oysters from Chesapeake Bay into Tampa last Saturday for the eighth annual Oyster Fest. With origins in the backyard of
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January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Photos: All the cool mother shuckers we saw at Tampa Oysterfest 2026 www.cltampa.com/food-drink/t...
Tampa's Jay Collins finally decides to run for governor www.cltampa.com/news/tampas-...
Tampa's Jay Collins finally decides to run for governor
Sen. Jay Collins (third from left) in Tallahassee, Florida on March 26, 2025. Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins announced his long-awaited bid for governor
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January 13, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tampa's Jay Collins finally decides to run for governor www.cltampa.com/news/tampas-...
‘Triumph’ documentary about Tampa’s 1960 Woolworth sit-in will screen again on MLK Day www.cltampa.com/news/triumph...
‘Triumph’ documentary about Tampa’s 1960 Woolworth sit-in will screen again on MLK Day
Last November at Tampa Theatre, surviving members of the group that staged the city’s 1960 Woolworth sit-in got a standing ovation. The audience had just
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January 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
‘Triumph’ documentary about Tampa’s 1960 Woolworth sit-in will screen again on MLK Day www.cltampa.com/news/triumph...
K-pop supergroup BTS is coming to Tampa this spring www.cltampa.com/music-2/k-po...
K-pop supergroup BTS is coming to Tampa this spring
President Joe Biden records a digital video with the K-pop singing group BTS on May 31, 2022, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
K-pop supergroup BTS is coming to Tampa this spring www.cltampa.com/music-2/k-po...
Owners of downtown Tampa Chinese food staple move and rebrand in new location just blocks away www.cltampa.com/food-drink/o...
Owners of downtown Tampa Chinese food staple move and rebrand in new location just blocks away
Xue Yun and Chao Lin at Sunset Lotus in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. For 18 years, Oriental Express was downtown Tampa’s go-to for quick Chinese food
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January 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Owners of downtown Tampa Chinese food staple move and rebrand in new location just blocks away www.cltampa.com/food-drink/o...