PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – After temporarily shutting down due to the COVID-19 pandemic this spring, the Gulfport First Art Walk, a 25-year-plus institution in the city, returns tonight. Between 5 and 8 p.m., the revamped event will showcase area artists set up outside various businesses…
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September 4, 2020 by: Tiffany Razzano SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – With rooms of military memorabilia, some items dating back to the Spanish-American War and even the Civil War, VFW Post 39 is as much a museum as it is a bar and community gathering space…
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July 31, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano PINELLAS COUNTY – James McLynas, a Democratic candidate for Pinellas County sheriff, found a unique way to spread his message: power washing his campaign brand onto sidewalks and other public right of ways throughout the county. He began pressure…
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July 29, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano ST. PETERSBURGH, Fla.- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman announced a new partnership to fight the surge of COVID-19 cases in the city at a press conference this afternoon. Florida is currently a hotspot…
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July 27, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA, Fla. – In late February, as April Griffin read the news about COVID-19 spreading across the country, she worried about the virus coming to the Tampa Bay area. She also wondered how this growing crisis might affect the…
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July 6, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – One of St. Petersburg’s protest leaders, Terron Gland, has tested positive for COVID-19. In a Monday morning post to the public St. Pete Peace Protest Facebook page, Gland wrote that he tested positive Sunday and…
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June 26, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA Fla. – About five years ago, Tampa-based stand-up comics John Jacobs and Josh Santos began making short, funny videos together. “Just interviewing people at events like (Tampa Bay) Comic Con,” Jacobs said. “You know, just talking to people…
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June 24, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA Fla. – The Imaginarium Agency, which produces the Tampa Bay Comic Convention, has canceled this year’s event, which was scheduled to take place July 10-12 at the Tampa Convention Center. Imaginarium posted a Facebook announcement about the cancellation…
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June 24, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA Fla. – Though the Imaginarium Agency, which produces the Tampa Bay Comic Convention, has not made any formal announcements about the event’s fate yet, all signs are pointing to the annual con being canceled this year. The event…
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June 24, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano ST. PETERSBURG Fla. – Wanting to help shoppers connect with Black-owned businesses in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, Hillary Van Dyke and Joshua Bean launched the Green Book of Tampa Bay last February. This comprehensive directory “makes it super easy…
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