Friday, May 26, 2017

Sunset Music Festival returns to Tampa this weekend, despite ... and other top stories.

  • Sunset Music Festival returns to Tampa this weekend, despite ...

    Sunset Music Festival returns to Tampa this weekend, despite ...
    TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Sunset Music Festival returns to Tampa this weekend, a year after two young people died and dozens more were sent to hospitals. The electronic dance music festival takes place on three stages adjacent to Raymond James Stadium. The festival runs from 3 pm to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. The festival brings two days of electronic dance music, which has a reputation for its drug culture. In 2016, two people died from ecstasy overdoses and 57 people were taken to..
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  • Memorial Day events and deals throughout Tampa Bay

    Memorial Day events and deals throughout Tampa Bay
    TAMPA, Fla. - Memorial Day weekend is upon us and throughout the weekend, events and ceremonies will be held to honor those who died in active military service. Here is a list of events happening this weekend. Do you have an event you want to share with us? Send it to webteam@wfts.com  SHOPPING? Here's what to buy and what not to buy at Memorial Day sales Saturday, May 27, 2017 Sunday, May, 28, 2017 The Tampa Bay Veterans Alliance's Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at Crest Lake Park in ..
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  • "The Boys," Talk about why Tampa deserves the 2021 Super Bowl

    Tampa clearly is ready to host the Super Bowl in 2021 Tampa will host its fifth Super Bowl in 2021 after the National Football League announced earlier this week that Los Angeles would not be ready to handle the big game. During the bidding process for the 2021 Super Bowl the Tampa Bay area finished a strong second to “the city of angles.” NFL owners voted unanimously to move Super Bowl LV in February 2021 from Los Angeles to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Los Angeles will now host the Super ..
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  • Tampa International Airport morphing into a mini-city unto itself

    Tampa International Airport morphing into a mini-city unto itself
    TAMPA — By the end of the 2026, Joe Lopano wants Tampa International Airport to function as its own little city. By then, airport officials would have spent more than $2 billion on improvements and new amenities in the terminals and around the airport property as part of a master plan overhaul. The airport would become the landlord not only of nearby International Plaza, which sits on airport-owned land, but also to a host of hotels and office buildings, retailers and restaurants even closer to ..
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  • Othman's homer leads Tampa to 3-2 win over Jupiter

    Othman's homer leads Tampa to 3-2 win over Jupiter
    JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Sharif Othman hit a solo home run in the seventh inning, leading the Tampa Yankees to a 3-2 win over the Jupiter Hammerheads in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.Travis Hissong struck Dustin Geiger out with a runner on second to end the game for his second save of the season.The Yankees tied the game 2-2 when Jhalan Jackson hit an RBI double, driving in Nick Solak in the sixth. Hobie Harris (2-3) got the win with three innings of scoreless, two-hit relief while ..
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  • Tampa Bay is ground-zero for assignment of benefits cases over ...

    Tampa Bay is ground-zero for assignment of benefits cases over ...
    When Rachel Thorpe tried to renew her auto insurance last year for her Toyta RAV4, she was stunned to see her monthly premium had nearly doubled to $600. The Sarasota driver was baffled since her only recent claim was over a broken windshield. The problem: she had signed over her rights to deal directly with the insurance provider to her auto glass company. And, unbeknownst to Thorpe, her insurance company was sued over the repair. Then came the rate hike. "I was irate," she said. "I was total..
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  • Angels fall to Tampa Bay 4-0, putting both teams at .500

    Angels fall to Tampa Bay 4-0, putting both teams at .500
    Baseball, in small samples, is always unpredictable. Extend a fragment a little further, though, and it all starts to make sense.The Angels and Tampa Bay Rays each entered their four-game series this week with 23 wins and 23 losses. Fittingly, they each exited it with 25 wins and 25 losses. Two .500 teams played .500 baseball. The Angels lost 4-0 on Thursday afternoon to seal the truism. They scored only nine runs in the series, and five of those were in the games’ first innings.They threatened..
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  • Siesta Beach named best beach in the nation

    Siesta Beach named best beach in the nation
    SARASOTA (FOX 13) - Just in time for Memorial Day, one of the busiest beach weekends of the year, Dr. Beach released the top beaches in the nation — and a local beach was rated as number one.Sarasota’s very own Siesta Beach topped the list, earning the title of best beach in America for 2017. Siesta Beach even beat out Hawaii’s best.Siesta Beach has previously been rated number one, but shared the top title with Hawaii’s Hanauma Bay.If you have any doubts about Dr. Beach's choice for number o..
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  • Koetter apologizes to Falcons for 'unprofessional' 28-3 tweet

    Koetter apologizes to Falcons for 'unprofessional' 28-3 tweet
    Bucs coach Dirk Koetter made a point to publicly apologize Thursday for a tweet sent out by the team's Twitter account three days earlier, mocking the Atlanta Falcons and the 28-3 lead they lost to the Patriots in the Super Bowl. "I want to make sure, on behalf of the Bucs organization, that I apologize to the Falcons," Koetter said (video here) after an OTA practice. "Whatever it was supposed to be that went out on social media, that's not what our organization is all about. That was totally ..
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  • FBI probes fraudster's alleged church scam following Tampa Bay ...

    FBI probes fraudster's alleged church scam following Tampa Bay ...
    PLANT CITY — Once again, the FBI is investigating felon fraudster Victor Thomas Clavizzao. On Wednesday, two agents interviewed Pastor Minnie Wright, who says Clavizzao scammed her and her Plant City church out of nearly $20,000 while he was still on probation from a mortgage fraud conviction. The agents' visit came four days after the Tampa Bay Times published a story about Wright's experience with Clavizzao and what turned out to be a phony loan company. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Mortgage fraudster p..
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Tampa police respond to shooting at Shell station .Tampa hits record-breaking 96 degrees .
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