The second annual Uptown Music Festival, featuring nationally known jazz artists, will be held on Saturday, March 28 at University Area Park. The Uptown Music Festival was created to highlight the rich culture of the Uptown/University Area through music. This six-hour event, from 4 to 10 p.m., will draw residentsContinue Reading
North Tampa Behavioral Health (NTBH) is proud to recognize the newly appointed leadership that have started at their facility as of December 2019. NTBH is confident that these accomplished leaders will play a large role in their success in the behavioral health industry in the coming years. CEO Clint HaugerContinue Reading
Coronavirus Yesterday, a $8.3 billion Coronavirus funding package was passed in the House of Representatives at a vote of 415-2. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) made the following statement concerning the passage of H.R. 6074: “Today I supported a strong, strategic funding package for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)Continue Reading
Tampa‘s real estate market is one of the best in the country for investors, according to a new study. Looking at major metropolitan areas, IPX1031 recently found that property investors stand to make a pretty penny in Tampa. The study analyzed five key metrics in big cities nationwide with populations over 300,000.Continue Reading
More than fifty student activists organized by anti-abortion group Created Equal will be displaying large, graphic abortion photos and prenatal images at University of South Florida on March 4-5th, 2020. This will be just one of the stops throughout Florida on Created Equal’s Justice Ride — a week-long event drawingContinue Reading
29-year-old Tampa man, Andron McKinney, has been sentenced to seven years and eight months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. McKinney had pleaded guilty on November 29, 2019. According to court documents, subsequent to a traffic stop, law enforcement officers searched the carContinue Reading
A Health Advisory has been issued for Davis Island beach due to high bacteria levels. This should be considered a potential risk to the bathing public and swimming is not recommended. Samples taken Wednesday were above threshold for enterococci bacteria. The beach will be re-sampled, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. WhenContinue Reading
Thanks to the generosity of 262 organ donors and their families, LifeLink of Florida provided a record number of organs for transplant, with 756 organs transplanted during 2019. This marks the most organ donors facilitated by LifeLink of Florida during a year with nearly a 7% increase over last year. This increasedContinue Reading
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor along with Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller addressed public concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus) during a press conference recently. She stressed that there are no known cases of the illness in the State of Florida but that the City of Tampa will work with its public healthContinue Reading
Check-in for the sold-out event starts at 7:30 a.m. with business networking – continental breakfast at 8:00 a.m. followed by the event kickoff at 8:30 a.m. The afternoon session starts at 11:45 a.m. Nearly 300 people are expected to attend. The event is expected to be completed by 2 p.m. This year’sContinue Reading
Donate blood or platelets at select OneBlood Donor Centers March 18-21. All lifesaving donors enjoy a FREE Ticket to the 2020 Bay Area Renaissance Festival and a limited-edition T-shirt, plus a wellness check-up of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and iron count, including a cholesterol screening. Generally healthy people age 16Continue Reading
The Spring Swing® Sun Safety Tour is a partnership between Moffitt and the Tampa Bay Rays offering free skin cancer screenings at specified baseball spring training venues throughout Florida. Screeners look for early signs of skin cancer and promote sun safety with help from Moffitt’s Mole Patrol® team. Free giveaways include Blue Lizard sunscreen,Continue Reading
Liberty Counsel has filed a brief in the Court of Appeals responding to the city of Tampa’s counseling ban ordinance that a federal judge struck down. The lower court invalidated Tampa’s ordinance that prohibited licensed counselors from providing voluntary talk therapy to minors seeking help to reduce or eliminate theirContinue Reading
City of Tampa officials remind the public to expect traffic to be heavier than normal from Saturday, Feb. 15 through Monday, Feb. 17 around the Tampa Convention Center due to the Gasparilla Volleyball Kickoff Classic. Drivers and pedestrians alike are advised to allow for extra travel time and travel throughContinue Reading
iHeartMedia Tampa’s 95.7 The Beat, Tampa Bay’s No. 1 station for Hip Hop, R&B, and Throwbacks, announced this week its inaugural Sista Strut Breast Cancer walk that aims to bring awareness to the importance of breast cancer screenings in the African American community. The charity walk will take place Saturday, March 21 at 10Continue Reading
The Tampa Bay Vipers, Florida’s only XFL football team, will host the Houston Roughnecks at their first home game of the season. This game has been designated an Alzheimer’s Awareness game, with proceeds benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Tampa. “We’re excited to team up with the Vipers on thisContinue Reading
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) voted for a $4.67 billion emergency aid package for Puerto Rico. It passed by a vote of 237 to 161 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Castor said the following: “Devastating earthquakes continue to rock the island of Puerto Rico, where our fellow Americans areContinue Reading
On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to a remarkable, record low of 3.0 percent in December 2019. Additionally, the labor force continued to increase with 220,000 Floridians entering the workforce over the year. Closer to home, the Tampa area’s unemployment rate was 2.6 percent in December, downContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is reporting the arrest of five individuals upon completion of two undercover human trafficking investigations on Thursday. In addition, a true human trafficking victim being was rescued in the actions. On December 4, 2019, detectives came in contact with an 18-year-old human trafficking victim duringContinue Reading
Officials with the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (DOH-Hillsborough) report investigating a confirmed measles case in an individual with recent overseas travel. The patient, an adult male, reported travel to South America in recent weeks. Healthcare providers, including hospital emergency departments, have been asked to have a heightenedContinue Reading
Deadline for first-round consideration is Friday, January 31 Luxurious waterside getaway The Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas is offering local artists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase their work in its lobby and WTR Pool & Grill areas. The destination hotel, which sits on Old Tampa Bay, attracts thousands of guests monthly.Continue Reading
