Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Tampa honors Pulse shooting victims with 'Dear Orlando' video and other top stories.

  • Tampa honors Pulse shooting victims with 'Dear Orlando' video

    Tampa honors Pulse shooting victims with 'Dear Orlando' video
    Tampa honors Pulse shooting victims with 'Dear Orlando' video Tampa honoring and remembering Orlando Pulse victims Mark Bergin, WTSP 1:20 PM. EDT June 11, 2017 Brian McDonald, visiting from Frankfort, Ky., writes a personal message on a section of the memorial outside the Pulse nightclub on June 9, 2017. Monday, June 12, 2017, marks one year after the massacre in Orlando, Fla. (Photo: Gregg Newton, AFP/Getty Images) TAMPA, Fla. – The City of Tampa released a..
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  • Volunteers gather to clean up Tampa's Riverwalk

    Volunteers gather to clean up Tampa's Riverwalk
    TAMPA (FOX 13) - The Florida Aquarium celebrated World Ocean’s Day by making Tampa Bay a little more beautiful.Saturday morning more than 100 volunteers picked up garbage along and in the shores of downtown Tampa.More than 1,000 pounds of trash and debris was collected by the Aquarium's clean up crew as part of an effort to protect the environment and our natural wildlife.Aquarium officials say plastics are one of the biggest threats to our native dolphins, sea turtles, birds and fish.On Satu..
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  • Tampa Bay Derby winner Tapwrit wins Belmont Stakes

    Tampa Bay Derby winner Tapwrit wins Belmont Stakes
    NEW YORK — The road to the winner's circle in the Belmont Stakes ran through the Kentucky Derby — and Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar — even with the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners skipping the final leg of the Triple Crown. Tapwrit overtook favored Irish War Cry in the stretch to win by two lengths Saturday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher his third career victory in the Belmont. He won in 2007 with filly Rags to Riches and in 2013 with Palace Malice. Tapwrit captured his first victory since wi..
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  • Lightning GM Steve Yzerman plays waiting game to improve team

    Lightning GM Steve Yzerman plays waiting game to improve team
    TAMPA รข€” GM Steve Yzerman clearly has some work to do this summer, his Lightning team having been "humbled" by missing the postseason. But Yzerman maintains he doesn't know if he's more likely to improve his team via trade or free agency, with so many variables in play. The most pressing one is the June 21 expansion draft for Vegas. "The expansion draft is on everyone's mind right now," Yzerman said. "I'm not really sure what we'll be able to do. I've just got to be patient and see how things..
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  • Tampa Bay Rays: Evan Longoria's Hall of Fame Case

    Tampa Bay Rays: Evan Longoria's Hall of Fame Case
    There is no question that Evan Longoria is the best player in the history of the Tampa Bay Rays. But does he have a legitimate chance to get into the Hall of Fame once his career comes to an end?At 31 years old, it is not improbable that Evan Longoria has a few more solid years left in the tank. The Tampa Bay Rays are certainly hoping so, as his most recent contract extension will last through 2022, excluding the team option for the following year. Obviously, the Rays are banking on Longoria to ..
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  • Rhinos fight to 1-1 draw in Tampa

    Rhinos fight to 1-1 draw in Tampa
    TAMPA, FL - Jochen Graf’s second goal of the USL season wasn’t enough to get the win, as the Rhinos and the Rowdies battled to a 1-1 draw at Al Lang Stadium on Saturday night. Rochester improves to 4-1-5 on the season, while Tampa Bay will go to 6-3-5.Rochester got off to a quick start, as Wal Fall hit a long and hopeful ball up the field for Graf. Rowdies defender Neil Collins had his pocket picked by Graf who ticked it over the keeper to give the Rhinos a 1-0 lead just 5 minutes in.Tampa Bay d..
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  • New Jersey Devils Trade Partners For Ilya Kovalchuk: Tampa Bay ...

    New Jersey Devils Trade Partners For Ilya Kovalchuk: Tampa Bay ...
    The New Jersey Devils are less than one month away from being able to sign a former star. The team plans to move Ilya Kovalchuk to the highest bidder. The Tampa Bay Lightning have been a rumored destination.Ilya Kovalchuk could be just weeks away from being an NHL player again. New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says it will take until July 1st until he is eligible to come back. Despite that, this hasn’t stopped rumors from going wild for months, speculating where Kovalchuk might end up..
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  • Cushman expects Tampa land market to stay strong for years

    Cushman expects Tampa land market to stay strong for years
    Cushman expects Tampa land market to stay strong for years Executive director Bruce Erhardt foresees a strong market for five to six years June 11, 2017 09:00AM Bruce Erhardt An executive of real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield predicted a solid market for land in the Tampa metropolitan area for years to come. “The overall Tampa Bay land cycle has five to six years left, and solid growth for the next three years. Population and job growth are the drivers,” Bruce K. Elhardt, executive ..
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  • Mailman helps delivers victim to safety from burning Tampa home

    Mailman helps delivers victim to safety from burning Tampa home
    A Tampa mailman became a first responder Friday afternoon when a home he was delivering mail to in the city’s Riverhills neighborhood caught fire. Jason Moss said he smelled smoke and saw a homeowner struggling to get his elderly disabled father from inside of the home. Moss said he attempted to go in but the smoke was too thick. “The first thing I did was went over … adrenaline comes over you, and you’re done,” Moss said. When officers arrived, a sergeant put on a gas mask and went inside the..
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  • New Tampa cultural center clears rezoning hurdle

    New Tampa cultural center clears rezoning hurdle
    NEW TAMPA — A comprehensive public-private project designed to bring a cultural center and other amenities to New Tampa recently cleared a major hurdle when the Tampa City Council approved a rezoning request for the development.Hillsborough County owns the tract of land across from the Hunter's Green entrance on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and is leading the effort to build the center. But because the land sits within the city of Tampa's boundaries, the county's partner, developer Harris Bennett, ..
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Tampa police sergeant dons gas mask to rescue disabled man from ... .Tampa victim says attempted car thief was a tow truck driver .
Pedestrian killed after car strikes him in Tampa early Friday morning .Roof catches fire at Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel .

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