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Study: Tampa is the best city in the US to retire

Home prices in Tampa, while rising, are doing so modestly. The median price for a home in the bay area is about $193,000, up 13.7 percent from last year, according to the online real estate guide Trulia. That's significantly below the national median ... >> view original

Jameis Winston starts fast, Mike Evans injured in Bucs' win

TAMPA, Fla. -- Jameis Winston's second preseason start went much better than his first. The Tampa Bay rookie quarterback can thank Doug Martin and an opportunistic defense for that. Martin carried four times for 52 yards, including a 30-yard gain, on ... >> view original

Silver Airways grounds two boys flying to Tampa after visit with grandma

TAMPA, FL (WFLA) – Hayden and Holden Metcalf, ages 11 and 13, had never flown anywhere without their parents until they journeyed to Tallahassee to spend a week with their grandmother August 6th. Their father Ken Metcalf was on his way to Tampa ... >> view original

Sinkhole will cause road closure on USF Tampa campus

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – University of South Florida Police say a sinkhole measuring 3 feet wide on the surface has opened up on Sycamore Drive on the Tampa campus. USF Tampa sinkhole. The sinkhole appears to be much larger underground, University ... >> view original

Insane Clown Posse coming to the Orpheum in Tampa

Gathering of the Juggalos aside, this is a band that once headlined Tampa's Ice Palace (no, seriously), so to fall back to a smaller club like the Orpheum is pretty significant. Guess demon-clown-painted rap-metal doesn't move the needle like it once did. >> view original

Tampa Bay lawmakers featured in anti-Medicaid expansion ad

Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg; House Majority Leader Dana Young, R-Tampa; Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-Land O'Lakes; Rep. Chris Latvala, R-Clearwater; Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor; Rep. Larry Ahern, R-Seminole; and Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa. >> view original

New residences rising to challenge of more liveable downtown Tampa

A planning team was brought in by the city to develop the InVision Tampa Center City Plan, which was approved as a blueprint for the downtown area in 2013. It called for liveable places, connected people and the proverbial live-work-play community. >> view original

Watch LSU alum Russell Shepard catch a touchdown in Tampa Bay's preseason game

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Russell Shepard (89) pulls in a 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mike Glennon during the second quarter of an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, in Tampa, ... >> view original

Tampa magnet schools will take 99 students from Brandon's McLane

TAMPA — Nearly 100 students who were zoned to attend Brandon's McLane Middle School have been placed into east Tampa magnet schools instead, part of an effort to reduce the extensive busing that led to longstanding problems at McLane. >> view original

State expands program to audit hospitals, citing concerns about Medicaid fraud

Another 100 Florida hospitals — 17 of which are in the Tampa Bay area — will be audited by the state to determine whether they're receiving more in Medicaid payments than legally allowed, Gov. Rick Scott said Monday. >> view original