Vinik-Gates venture promises a new downtown for Tampa
TAMPA (FOX 13) - Developers on Tuesday released new details on the scope and substance of an ambitious real estate project that will increase the size and population of downtown Tampa, vastly altering the city’s skyline and creating a “main street” out of thin air and parking lots.The project is named Water Street Tampa. It’s a joint venture between Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Over the next 10 years, they will invest more than $3-billion in transforming the a..>> view originalProtest planned at Tampa Confederate memorial
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Community activists and some elected officials say the fight over a controversial Confederate memorial in Tampa is not over. Hillsborough County Commissioners voted to preserve a memorial located outside the courthouse after a packed meeting with people speaking passionately on both sides of the issue. The memorial was first erected in Tampa in 1911 by the Daughters of the Confederacy. County Commissioner Les Miller asked for the memorial to be removed, but four commi..>> view originalChemical release causes children to get sick at Tampa pool
TAMPA (FOX 13) - Hillsborough County Fire Rescue says it was called to the Calypso Pool on Bearss Avenue around 7 p.m. Monday after a chemical release caused several people to get sick.Five children were taken to the hospital for evaluation after complaining about stomach discomfort and nausea. They were all inside the indoor pool area at the time.The store owner said an early afternoon thunderstorm caused a breaker to trip on one of the two indoor pool pumps. He said the pump that circulates..>> view originalEditorial: Tampa Bay's Disciples of Darkness
From left to right, top to bottom, here are 12 bay area Florida House members and their grades on openness: Rep. Ralph Massullo, R-Lecanto, D-plus; Rep. Chris Latvala, R-Clearwater, D-plus; Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, D-plus; Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, D-minus; Rep. Larry Ahern, R-Seminole, D-minus; Rep. Dan Raulerson, R-Plant City, D-plus; Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, D-plus; Rep. Danny Burgess, R-Zephyrhills, D-plus; Rep. Jackie Toledo, R-Tampa, D-plus; Rep. Ross Spano, R-Dov..>> view originalFirst look at remodeled MOSI: Tampa museum will be a lot smaller ...
TAMPA, Fla. - Those big ol’ dino bones in MOSI’s main hall? Gone. The IMAX Dome? Gone. Butterfly garden? High-wire bike ride? Gift shop and cafeteria? Gone. Gone. Gone. MOSI’s remodeling begins on August 14 and will take about three months. When the Tampa attraction re-opens in November, the previously 300,000-square-foot space will be an intimate 40,000 square feet. The planetarium will remain. So will the outdoor ropes course. The Kids in Charge! building with various exhibits and intera..>> view originalRays acquire slick-fielding shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria from Marlins
ST. PETERSBURG — Chaim Bloom said the Rays weren't necessarily in the market for a shortstop. The team has a number of those. But when the Marlins recently began shopping Adeiny Hechavarria, well, that was too much to pass up. "We view Adeiny Hechavarria as one of the better defensive shortstops in the game. That's one thing we find very exciting," Bloom, the Rays' senior vice president of baseball operations, said Monday during a conference call. "He's got the ability to play shortstop at a ver..>> view originalEarly morning fire destroys ten units in Tampa apartment building
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Ten families in Tampa have been displaced after flames ripped through an apartment building early Monday morning. Israel Gonzalez heard a loud knock at his door around 5 a.m. “He knocked and started yelling fire,” Gonzalez said. Tampa Fire Rescue believes an electrical problem in an enclosed patio started the fire at Knollwood Manor Apartments. It quickly spread up the building and into the attic, destroying ten units in the building. Tampa Fire Rescue says because o..>> view originalCAUGHT ON CAMERA: Man slams into cars at Tampa mosque then ...
TAMPA, Fla. - Families are stunned as they anxiously watch a gray truck smashing into cars and right through the front gate of the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Mosque.“He was aggressive and mean. Like he’s mean. He is like [acting like] 'I am going to do it!''” said Gamal Farag.Farag witnessed the truck plow through the cars and front gate before he decided to follow the car himself. He tailed the gray truck for almost a mile before he lost it. The mosque was expecting up to 1,200 people that n..>> view originalWhat Florida's medical marijuana law doesn't allow
TAMPA (FOX 13) - In November, 71-percent of Florida voters approved Amendment 2. Today, more than 18,000 of them carry a medical marijuana card, allowing them to legally purchase and consume cannabis. But perhaps what it doesn't do is just as important.”If you get tested positive for THC in your system, you may lose your job and it’s not fair to the people that have voted to use this as medicine,” said Thomas Quigley, a medical marijuana user and advocate. Essentially, even legal card..>> view originalTampa homeowners concerned about garbage juice dumped along ...
TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa couple is tired of dealing with a stinky situation they say is being left behind by city garbage trucks. Turns out, they aren’t the only ones dealing with the issue. “Kids walk through that every day going to school,” said Connie Ballard, who started noticing the problem back in September. She began taking pictures of the dark stains left behind during trash pickup near her home along N. 20th St. “When it gets hot too,” said Lionel Ballard, “and it’s 90 degrees and then th..>> view original
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