Where is the Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay?
The primate who ruled the news vanished again. A quest to find him led deep into Florida’s monkey kingdom.
Tampa Bay Times
Twelve hours in a Florida COVID-19 ICU
On this ward at Morton Plant Hospital, nurses are overwhelmed by the number of new, desperate cases.
Who Wants to Be a Cop?
After a reckoning over policing in America, 30 recruits enroll at the academy.
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The New Recruits
“I want to be the change.”
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Pepper Spray
“This could happen to you.”
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Walmart
“What did you think this job was?”
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The Shoot House
“Just like that: Bang! You’re dead.”
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Cop Cars
“Love the aggression.”
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The Run
“Get him to the grass!”
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Bloody Friday
“You change when you become a cop.”
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End of Watch
“One family! One fight!”
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Epilogue
After the academy, new officers meet real-world challenges.
Tampa Teens Reported a Teacher’s Sexual Comments
Then a student’s life was upended.
Poisoned
Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound.
Poisoned
Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound.
Death at Freedom Square
How could the coronavirus overwhelm a Florida nursing home so quickly?
Cash Driven
Big banks entrusted money to an armored truck company GardaWorld. It secretly lost track of millions.
Targeted
A Florida sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.
Life of Zai
A singer keeps getting close to stardom. And then something falls apart.
The Big Cat Fight
An early profile of Carole Baskin, proprietor of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa.
How the Pinellas Sheriff’s Office Boosts Its Rape Stats Without Solving Cases
An investigation into how police departments can fail to solve rape cases but still get credit.
Hundreds of Florida Inmates Are Serving Drug Sentences No Longer in State Law
Florida lawmakers agreed the state’s old drug sentencing laws went too far. But that means nothing to people serving time.
Drugs, Guns and Politics Collided in the Small Town of Port Richey. Two Mayors Went to Jail.
A very Florida investigation.
A Florida Woman Disappeared, But She Never Left Home
Piecing together the quiet, lonely life of Kathryn Norris.
Farm to Fable
Restaurants that promise locally sourced ingredients are almost always lying.
The Last House in Rosewood
An important house in Florida history is for sale, its future uncertain. Some want the historic house preserved, while the racism that fueled the Rosewood riots remains.
The Bottom Line
One in three families can’t afford diapers. Why are they so expensive?
Gang Raped at 17. Therapy at 65.
Forty-eight years after being attacked, a St. Petersburg, Florida woman searches for a way to cope.
The House on the Corner
"The couple tried to make them leave. They complained to the police. When that didn’t work, they tried to build friendships, hoping they could charm the squatters into respecting their property. Sometimes, they hid in their house. For three years, the tension built. Until one sweltering summer night in 2016."
Wrong Way
Kids say it’s fun to take cars. They brag to each other about how many they’ve stolen and the sleekest models they’ve sped away in. They say they are bored and that it’s easy, sharing videos of themselves driving at 120 miles per hour. They smile with key fobs, offering rides on Facebook. But all of the biggest car thieves had something to run from.
Hot Wheels
Kids are driving Florida’s Pinellas County’s car-theft epidemic. It’s a dangerous — sometimes deadly — game.
Why Cops Shoot
From 2009 to 2014, police in Florida shot 827 people. Many of these incidents were avoidable and unnecessary.
Thousands of Police Calls. You Paid the Bills.
The number one place Tampa Bay cops visit: Walmart. And it’s not even close — they average two trips an hour.
The Long Fall of Phoebe Jonchuck
Last February, John Jonchuck Jr. dropped his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge to her death. This is the story of what happened, and what didn’t, in the years before the murder made headlines.
