https://tampalivenews.com/Local news for Tampa, Florida: city hall, schools, police and fire, real estate, high school sports and things to do across Hillsborough County.en-GBTue, 27 Oct 2026 22:01:52 +0000https://tampalivenews.com/daily-debrief-2026-10-27/https://tampalivenews.com/daily-debrief-2026-10-27/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOct. 27: 9 items from Tampa's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://tampalivenews.com/morning-notes-2026-10-27/https://tampalivenews.com/morning-notes-2026-10-27/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOct. 27: 13 items from Tampa's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://tampalivenews.com/saddlebrook-live-salsa-puerto-rican-pride-night/https://tampalivenews.com/saddlebrook-live-salsa-puerto-rican-pride-night/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000SponsoredDavid Atanacio & Orquesta Champán D' Barrio play a seventh anniversary concert at Saddlebrook Live's Puerto Rican Pride Night in Wesley Chapel on Nov. 21.https://tampalivenews.com/daily-debrief-2026-10-26/https://tampalivenews.com/daily-debrief-2026-10-26/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOct. 26: 13 items from Tampa's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-green-spine-cycle-track-complete/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-green-spine-cycle-track-complete/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe 3.5-mile Green Spine protected bike route now runs from North Hyde Park to East Tampa. Where it goes, what it cost and the one gap left near N. 15th Street.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-downtown-traffic-hyrox-joyce-meyer-weekend/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-downtown-traffic-hyrox-joyce-meyer-weekend/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTens of thousands are expected downtown Thursday to Sunday for Hyrox and a Joyce Meyer conference. Event times, the Brorein Street change and free rides.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-schools-us-news-best-schools-2027/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-schools-us-news-best-schools-2027/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsGrady Elementary ranks No. 42 in Florida and Coleman Middle No. 61 in the 2027 U.S. News Best Schools list. All 12 Tampa schools named, with their state grades.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-florida-friendly-landscaping-rebate/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-florida-friendly-landscaping-rebate/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTampa matches homeowners dollar for dollar to swap up to 500 square feet of lawn for Florida-Friendly plants. Twelve yards are done; 2027 classes start March 13.https://tampalivenews.com/winter-village-ice-skating/https://tampalivenews.com/winter-village-ice-skating/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnWinter Village and its ice rink return to Curtis Hixon Park: skating is $17 with skates, $15 under 12. The 2026 opening date is not out; 2025 opened Nov. 21.https://tampalivenews.com/nutcracker/https://tampalivenews.com/nutcracker/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnNext Generation Ballet's Nutcracker plays the Straz Center Dec. 18-22, with six shows. Tampa City Ballet dances it at USF Dec. 5-8 and in New Tampa Dec. 11-19.https://tampalivenews.com/south-tampa-street-closed-brorein-selmon-2-years/https://tampalivenews.com/south-tampa-street-closed-brorein-selmon-2-years/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSouth Tampa Street is closed at Brorein Street for about two years of Selmon Expressway work, as of Oct. 20. Here is the detour and what stays open downtown.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-theatre-100th-anniversary/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-theatre-100th-anniversary/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTampa Theatre opened Oct. 15, 1926, and marked its 100th birthday with Buster Keaton, the Wurlitzer and the 1812 Overture in its restored auditorium.https://tampalivenews.com/veterans-day/https://tampalivenews.com/veterans-day/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHillsborough County's 62nd Veterans Day Tribute is 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Veterans Memorial Park. Free. City offices and schools close; trash notes.https://tampalivenews.com/gasparilla-bowl/https://tampalivenews.com/gasparilla-bowl/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Gasparilla Bowl is Friday, Dec. 18, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium on ESPN. Teams are picked Dec. 6, and tickets go on sale after that.https://tampalivenews.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/https://tampalivenews.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnTampa arts to late November: Hamilton at the Straz from Oct. 21, Jobsite's Misery, David Hockney at the Tampa Museum of Art and A Soldier's Lens at FMoPA.https://tampalivenews.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/https://tampalivenews.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnTampa this weekend: the Pig Jig on the river Saturday, Bucs vs. Steelers Sunday, the Lightning, Creatures of the Night at ZooTampa and Spooktacular Science.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-utility-bill-scam-calls-spoof-city-number/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-utility-bill-scam-calls-spoof-city-number/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCallers posing as City of Tampa Utilities are demanding bill payment by phone, sometimes from a spoofed city number. How real city calls work, and who to call.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-police-gun-safety-workshop-fair-oaks/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-police-gun-safety-workshop-fair-oaks/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTampa police held the first of a quarterly series of public safety workshops Oct. 12 at Fair Oaks Recreation Center, on gun safety. The next date is not set yet.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-convention-center-best-southeast-4th-year/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-convention-center-best-southeast-4th-year/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTampa Convention Center won gold for best convention center in the Southeast at the Stella Awards for a fourth straight year. The city puts 2026 attendance above 320,000.https://tampalivenews.com/hillsborough-dengue-emergency-extended-oct-8/https://tampalivenews.com/hillsborough-dengue-emergency-extended-oct-8/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHillsborough extended its dengue emergency to Oct. 29 with 346 locally acquired cases. Where planes sprayed Tampa last week and how to get spray alerts.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-police-arrest-nebraska-avenue-homicide/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-police-arrest-nebraska-avenue-homicide/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA man is charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 22 shooting on Nebraska Avenue near McEwen Avenue. He turned himself in after a door-to-door canvass.https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-watering-restrictions-extended-march-2027/https://tampalivenews.com/tampa-watering-restrictions-extended-march-2027/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTampa lawns can be watered one day a week until March 31, 2027, after the drought rules were extended. Find your day by house number, and the hours that apply.