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SEC football predictions: Where we picked Florida, Georgia, Alabama
DALLAS — The Florida Gators will be better in Billy Napier’s third season. It just won’t show up much, if at all, in the standings. That’s my official preseason stance, as reflected in the SEC predicted order of finish I submitted this week as part of the conference’s media days. I put the Gators 12th in the new-look 16-team SEC.
UF’s Ben Sasse era is ending. Here are 5 ways it’ll be remembered.
University of Florida president Ben Sasse announced late Thursday that he will step down from his position after 19 months. The former Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska said the decision came after his wife, who has long suffered from health problems, was diagnosed with epilepsy. After a high-profile search, Sasse...
‘Everyone is shocked’: How Hillsborough officials nixed a teacher pay tax
It was supposed to be an unremarkable morning. Hillsborough Schools Superintendent Van Ayres would sit quietly in the audience as the County Commission placed two tax referendums on the November ballot. “A pass-through,” Ayres would later call it. They had expected the county commission to bless two measures: First,...
Environmental regulators warn they will deny permit to controversial Pasco landfill
The Hudson landfill operator sued earlier this year by the neighbor who has been challenging his business operation for more than a decade now faces an even bigger hurdle. This week the Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued a draft notice that it intends to change its mind about issuing a new permit for Coastal Landfill Disposal and instead deny the landfill’s permit extension.
Rays open critical stretch with ugly showing in loss to Yankees
NEW YORK — Rays baseball operations president Erik Neander made clear Friday afternoon how important playing well this weekend against the Yankees, and in ensuing series against the Blue Jays and Reds, would be in determining how active they will be at the July 30 trade deadline. With the...
Rays open post-break play against Yankees without Yandy Diaz
NEW YORK — The Rays opened one of their most important series of the season Friday night without one of their best players. First baseman/leadoff hitter Yandy Diaz did not travel with the team to New York on Thursday and was not available to play Friday against the Yankees due to what manager Kevin Cash said was “a personal matter.”
Are shark attacks on the rise in Florida this year? Here’s what the experts say.
A man was spearfishing along a reef off Key West when a bull shark swam up and bit him Monday. It’s just one of the latest in the string of shark attacks this summer. On July 8, a 14-year-old boy was training to be a lifeguard at Ponce Inlet and dove onto a shark, causing it to bite his right calf.
Sean Kingston and mother charged with wire fraud by federal grand jury
Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother have been charged by a federal grand jury in Miami with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal prosecutors announced Friday afternoon. Kingston, 34, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, and his mother, Janice Turner, 61, were arrested in May...
Group opposing legal weed amendment forms, staffed with DeSantis allies
A new political committee staffed with allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to oppose Amendment 3, which would allow adults in Florida to use marijuana recreationally. The committee, Vote No on 3, announced in a news release on Friday that they have the “full support of the Governor.”
Leaders debate $70M rebuild of Tampa’s Just Elementary, Stewart Middle
Architects and Hillsborough County Public Schools officials hosted a workshop Thursday to discuss plans for the $70 million reconstruction of the Just Elementary and Stewart Middle Magnet School in Tampa. The board shut down West Tampa’s Just Elementary in May 2023 due to low enrollment, poor academic scores and insufficient...
Tarpon Springs High teacher molested, battered student, police say
A Tarpon Springs High School math teacher was arrested Thursday after investigators determined he molested and battered a student, police said. The Tarpon Springs Police Department on Thursday learned that James Collins, 39, had been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student younger than 16, according to a news release.
Live updates: Internet outage disrupts systems around Tampa Bay
A major internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media outlets, stores and companies across the world, with problems continuing hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services. Around Tampa Bay, some stores are unable to process...
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