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The prosecutor and FWC are investigating some of the area’s most high-profile marine and wildlife crimes, including the crash that killed a man aboard the Clearwater Ferry and the case of a man accused of shooting a blue heron. Via @jack_prator tampabay.com/news/environme…

NEW: Last year, Clearwater commissioned a study to evaluate dropping Duke Energy as the utility for the entire city. Before that report was finished, the company announced today it's done its own study + found that it would cost Clearwater >$1 billion. tampabay.com/news/business/…

In Tampa, a Chinese immigrant's legal odyssey gets lost in translation @TB_Times tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

The guy said something about Diaz’s family. And he had a kid with him. tampabay.com/sports/rays/20…

Man accused of shooting, killing next-door neighbor faces trial in Tampa ⁦@TB_Times⁩ tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

Trial opens in Tampa 14-year-old's murder as death penalty looms @TB_Times tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

Ex-cop charged with killing 2 in Tampa crash now a fugitive @TB_Times tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

NEW: The fired state employee who leaked plans to develop nine Florida state parks is suing the DeSantis admin for retaliation In the lawsuit, James Gaddis alleges he was directed to keep the park plans secret (@TDOnline first reported) tampabay.com/news/environme…

~1 yr after the @TB_Times revealed a deal to trade 324 acres of preserved forest to a luxury golf resort, top Florida officials approved buying 100s of acres of forest from the same resort for conservation. On the course reversal, w/ @MaxChesnes: tampabay.com/news/environme…

The lot where the building should now stand remains a weed-choked expanse of broken pavement surrounded by construction fencing. The pastor said the ordeal has tested the congregation’s faith as church leaders have worked to get the project back on track. tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

The Tampa Bay area was shocked earlier this year when police said a 16-year-old Gulfport girl had been tortured for a week, murdered and dismembered. Now, her family is suing Grindr, the app where they say the teen connected with her killers. tampabay.com/news/florida/2…

NEW w/@mahoneysthename: The golf course developer that wanted more than 300 acres of Florida state forest — a move the Cabinet granted early approval — is poised to do a 180 after backlash The company now wants to sell the state 340 acres for conservation tampabay.com/news/environme…

What to make of this? tampabay.com/news/environme…

While many people have stayed in Tampa Bay after last year's hurricanes, some have left. They are spread across the country. @Michaela_Mull and @MaxChesnes talked to a bunch of them about why they decided to go. tampabay.com/hurricane/2025…

The first time Jennifer Carvajal drove drunk and killed someone, she got five years in prison. The second time, she got two-thirds of a century. Story: Plant City woman gets 67 years for second fatal drunk driving crash @TB_Times tampabay.com/news/hillsboro…

Judge scolds Tim Burke's lawyer after AI produces error-filled court motion @TB_Times tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

NEW: The Leon County state attorney has opened a criminal investigation relating to the Hope Florida Foundation. w/@JustinGarciaFL, @aglorios: tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

NEW: The day after a landowner withdrew its plan to acquire 600 acres of Northeast Florida conservation land, DeSantis, when asked about it, didn’t provide an answer to the question Floridians and politicians are still wondering: Who’s behind the proposal? tampabay.com/news/environme…

NEW: The mysterious LLC behind the Guana preserve land swap has withdrawn its proposal after facing steep opposition, days before what was expected to be a raucous meeting of the council that had to review it. @MaxChesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

NEW: Trump Chief of Staff + longtime NE FL resident Susie Wiles has added her voice to the bipartisan opposition to FL's latest controversial public lands proposal: to trade 600 acres of a preserve to a private LLC. (confirming @NateMonroeTU reporting) tampabay.com/news/environme…