The Daily Recap, Tampa Bay Edition: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026
Eighteen no-shows sink the Hegseth impeachment, Hillsborough moves $353 million toward a ballpark, and the coldest air of the season is three days out. Tuesday, short version.
The Daily Recap, Tampa Bay Edition: Monday, Nov. 9, 2026
A bad day for Pete Hegseth, the money behind St. Pete's new mayor, two viral posts fact-checked, and a real chill on the way. Fifteen stories, short version.
Tampa Bay's First Real Chill Is Coming: Cold Front Drops Lows Into the 40s This Weekend
It's 80 degrees today. By Saturday morning Tampa could wake up to 52, and inland neighborhoods to the upper 40s.
MacDill Update: Feds Probe Base Housing Records as a New Iran Task Force Sets Up in South Tampa
Congress members say investigators are checking whether mold repair records at Harbor Bay were faked. Meanwhile CENTCOM is taking its Iran blockade onto land, run from Tampa.
Crist Won by 24. Now the Hard Part: The Trop, the Rays and Who Paid for the Win
St. Pete gets a new mayor Jan. 7. Between now and then: a Gas Plant deal that isn't final, a ballclub that says it's gone, and questions about the money behind the winner.
Analysis | "Poor People Don't Deserve" St. Pete: Inside the Schorsch Machine That Helped Elect Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist says he hired Michelle Todd Schorsch, not her husband. State records show his committee paid her firm, her husband's company and her personally $946,617, which is 41 cents of every dollar it spent. Then the husband told poor residents to move.
One Year After the Ybor City Crash, Families Gather Tonight and Push to Change Police Chases
Four people died when a driver fleeing Florida Highway Patrol crashed into Bradley's on 7th a year ago today. Tampa has slowed traffic on Seventh Avenue. Families want FHP to change how it chases.
Geico Will Cut 114 Jobs Tied to Its Lakeland Office, Starting Dec. 31
Geico filed a state notice for 114 permanent layoffs of remote workers tied to its Lakeland office, from Dec. 31 through about April 30. Lakeland already has the highest jobless rate in the region.
The Daily Recap, Tampa Bay Edition: Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026
Florida ACA premiums rise 10.4% for 2027 and the Dec. 15 deadline is coming. Geico cuts 114 Lakeland jobs. A big cold front arrives Thursday. Tampa Bay's Sunday wrap-up.
Welch Has Until Jan. 7. Will His Gas Plant Pick Survive Crist?
Mayor Ken Welch picked The Burg Bid to redevelop 58 acres of the Trop site, but City Council never approved a deal. Mayor-elect Charlie Crist takes over Jan. 7 and could start over.
Republicans Wrote Hillsborough's New Map Rule. Democrats Will Draw It.
A Republican-backed referendum to end Hillsborough's countywide commission seats passed with 52%. Now the new Democratic majority draws the nine districts every commissioner will run in by 2028.
Tampa Bay Events Calendar: November and December 2026
Every date in one place: Booker Creek, SAVOR, Fin Fest, Winter Wonder, Shopapalooza, Santa Fest, lighted boat parades and more.
Small Business Saturday Is Nov. 28: Where to Shop Small in Tampa Bay
The Saturday after Thanksgiving is for the shops next door. Our guide to markets and shopping districts across Tampa, St. Pete, Pinellas and Hillsborough.
Shopapalooza Brings 350+ Local Vendors to Vinoy Park Nov. 28–29
More than 350 local makers, four food zones, a beer and wine garden and a kids zone on the St. Pete waterfront the weekend after Thanksgiving. Free.
Winter Wonder Puts an Ice Rink in St. Pete's Williams Park Nov. 20
An open-air ice rink, a makers market and food in downtown St. Pete's oldest park, Nov. 20 to Jan. 3. Here's what it costs and why the city is watching.
Booker Creek Arts Festival Turns St. Pete's EDGE District Into a Gallery
Hundreds of Florida artists, a $10,000 Best in Show, glass blowing, a mural paint-off and a People's Choice vote, all free along Central Avenue.
Opinion | St. Pete, What Were You Thinking? You Just Hired the Politician Florida Rejected Three Times
Charlie Crist lost statewide as a Republican, an independent and a Democrat. On Tuesday, St. Pete gave him 62% and the keys to City Hall anyway. What were we thinking?
Spotlight: Charlie Crist, candidate for St. Petersburg mayor
The former governor and congressman led the Aug. 18 primary and faces Mayor Ken Welch in the Nov. 3 runoff for the city where he grew up.
Spotlight: Ken Welch, candidate for St. Petersburg mayor
St. Petersburg's first Black mayor, a Gas Plant native and 20-year county commissioner, is seeking a second term against Charlie Crist in the Nov. 3 runoff.
Spotlight: Sydney Gruters, Republican candidate for Florida’s 16th Congressional District
A longtime aide to Rep. Vern Buchanan, Trump-endorsed Sydney Gruters won the GOP primary with 63.5% and faces Kelly Kirschner and Mark Davis on Nov. 3.