Monday, January 18, 2016

Tampa area forecast: Very chilly air rushes into region and other top stories.

  • Tampa area forecast: Very chilly air rushes into region

    Tampa area forecast: Very chilly air rushes into region
    Dry, chilly air has filled in behind the weekend storms that launched deadly tornadoes in the Tampa Bay area and preceded a cold front. Temperatures will remain several degrees below normal the next few days, the National Weather Service says. Morning temperatures today are in the upper 40s in Tampa, and a north-northeast breeze is making it feel 5 to 10 degree colder, the weather service says. Don’t look for the high today to get much past 60, and overnight lows will drop into t..
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  • Cost, size weigh against ConAgra land in downtown Tampa as Rays ...

    Cost, size weigh against ConAgra land in downtown Tampa as Rays ...
    TAMPA — As the focus intensifies on the Tampa Park Apartments as a potential Hillsborough stadium site for the Tampa Bay Rays, another once-much-talked-about site, the ConAgra flour mill, may be poised for a fade-out. The ConAgra mill does offer an appealing downtown Tampa location. And because it's in downtown's community redevelopment area, a ballpark there could be eligible for a portion of property taxes that are set aside for road and infrastructure projects to support new development. But ..
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  • MLK, Jr. Day parade information for Tampa, St. Pete

    MLK, Jr. Day parade information for Tampa, St. Pete
    In this Aug. 28, 1963 photo, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, gestures during his "I Have a Dream" speech as he addresses thousands of civil rights supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. onths before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech to hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington in 1963, he fine-tuned his civil rights message before a much smaller audience in North Carolina...
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  • Weezer releases new music, announces Tampa concert with Panic ...

    Weezer releases new music, announces Tampa concert with Panic ...
    TBO.com staff Published: January 18, 2016 Weezer is set to play a show in Tampa for the first time since 2005. The band will perform at the MidFlorida Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds on June 15 along with Panic! at the Disco and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness. Earlier this week, Weezer released its first new track since 2014, the single “King of the World,” and announced that its new, self-titled album, aka “The White Album,” will come out on April 1. Weezer has perform..
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  • Tampa Bay cold weather shelters

    Tampa Bay cold weather shelters
    (WFLA) – Cold weather shelters in Sarasota, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties will open their doors for the homeless and those who live in homes without adequate heat. The National Weather Service expects the wind chill factor to be near freezing in the next two days. Below is the specific information for the shelters by county. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY: –    Bethune Recreation Center, 5809 Edina St. in Wimauma. This shelter opens at 6 p.m. and is for adults. Phone: (813) 672-7881 –    Jackson Spri..
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  • Bolts notes: Confidence grows with every victory

    Bolts notes: Confidence grows with every victory
    TAMPA — Defined roles, desirable depth, balanced scoring ... this is the team Lightning fans have been wating for. A season marked by erratic play and an overcrowded trainer’s room is giving way to a January surge that has lifted Tampa Bay within striking distance of the Atlantic Division lead. “When you start stringing a few together, all of a sudden your confidence starts going,’’ coach Jon Cooper said after Sunday’s 3-1 triumph against Florida at Amalie Arena. “I don’t care what team you are..
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  • Tampa Bay Tornadoes: Damage Assessments Released

    Tampa Bay Tornadoes: Damage Assessments Released
    RUSKIN, FL — As people in Manatee and Sarasota counties begin the recovery process following the Sunday touchdown of tornadoes in both Florida communities, the National Weather Service in Ruskin has released the details of its damage assessment.Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016’s severe weather moved in during the early morning hours, producing two tornadoes. One cut through the Manatee County community of Duette, killing two and injuring five before it was through. The other left an estimated $3 million in..
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  • What Tampa Bay neighborhoods will see home values climb the ...

    What Tampa Bay neighborhoods will see home values climb the ...
    Looking for the Tampa Bay neighborhood forecast to show the biggest increase in home values in 2016? Try the Terrace Park area south of the University of South Florida. According to Zillow, values in Terrace Park could shoot up 6.7 percent this year, two full percentage points higher than in runner-up Seminole Heights. Other bay area hot spots are Tampa's Fair Oaks and St. Petersburg's Snell Isle, Bartlett Park and Central Oak Park, Zillow predicts. Terrace Park, bounded by USF to the north, B..
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  • Bill to move 2nd District Court to Tampa riles Polk legislators

    Bill to move 2nd District Court to Tampa riles Polk legislators
    House Bill 815, sponsored by Tampa Republican Shawn Harrison, would move the 2nd District Court of Appeal from Lakeland to the Tampa area. “It's becoming ...
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  • Guide dogs now welcome in most areas of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo

    Guide dogs now welcome in most areas of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo
    TAMPA — The scene is etched in Larry Killmar’s mind. During a recent training session to desensitize guide dogs to the animal collection at Lowry Park Zoo — and vice versa — a guide dog and its trainer were taken to the zoo’s giraffe-feeding platform. The animals were just a few feet away from each other the first time through, when the giraffe lowered its head down to the dog, while the dog raised its head toward the massive animal. On a second pass through the platform, the animals touched no..
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