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4-Year-Old Drowns At Pool Party | Pasco County Sheriff To Run For FL Senate | $60K Settles Navy Sailor’s Eviction Case | Developing El Niño

4-Year-Old Drowns At Pool Party | Pasco County Sheriff To Run For FL Senate | $60K Settles Navy Sailor’s Eviction Case | Developing El Niño

Here’s what a potentially powerful El Niño weather pattern developing earlier than expected in the Pacific Ocean could mean for FL.

There have been thousands of UFO sightings over the skies in Florida over the past half-century, reports in a national database show.
A new family-friendly art studio and paint-and-sip lounge is opening on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg's Edge District.
Two tornadoes are confirmed to have touched down in Pasco County when a band of severe thunderstorms moved through the area, NWS said.
A new concierge company is designed to support recruiting and HR teams as they hire and relocate talent to St. Pete and the Tampa Bay area.
The owner of a Bradenton restaurant recently released a children’s book, “Zac and the Magical Hotdog Stand," inspired by his son.
Patch asked St. Pete City Council and mayoral candidates to share their favorite Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment proposals.
A new community bookstore, Pages & Perks, plans to open soon in St. Petersburg's historic Roser Park neighborhood.
Fans heading to Tropicana Field can book Rays-themed cuts and get temporary blue hair coloring at a barbershop in St. Pete's Edge District.
An avid, longtime rower and retired Pasco County teacher offers private gondola rides for two along the Pithlachascotee River.
Florida teachers earn the lowest average salary in the U.S. for the third consecutive year, a National Education Association study shows.
This year's Sharkapalooza festival, centered on art, education, community and ocean conservation, will take place at Coachman Park.
Chillum’s Tampa shop, located in Ybor City, will remain open and continue to sell legal mushroom and hemp products.
A St. Petersburg artist hopes to sell 500,000 “bootleg” Haslam’s T-shirts to raise money to buy the bookstore — which isn’t for sale.
St. Petersburg's Multiverseland, located in a North Kenwood backyard, offers visitors an artistic, immersive and self-reflective experience.
A Pinellas County School Board member has launched a new FL nonprofit with a focus on education policy, advocacy and funding.
St. Pete Ceramics has temporarily moved into Five Deuces Galleria after a fire destroyed its studio space earlier this year.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a St. Pete mother admitted to suffocating her 4-year-old son, Pinellas court records show.
Project 180, serving Sarasota and DeSoto counties, is raising funds for its first-ever residential program for women leaving prison.
Nerd Nite’s upcoming Nerdscursion tour, led by Cathy Salustri, explores Egmont Key’s history as a Seminole War-era "concentration camp."
Improv theater The Commodore’s signature series Salud & Happy Days blends true stories by notable Tampeños with improv.
Nina Harris Exceptional Student Education Center in Pinellas Park will host its annual live auction fundraiser and dinner on Saturday.