Prices grew at a rate of 1.6% in the Tampa metro area over the past year. That's less than the national inflation rate of 2.9%, according to the latest data from the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Tampa’s Krewe Of Europa goes to festivals around the world. They’ve spent recent years talking up Tampa to other members of the Federation of European Carnival Cities.

Lionel Messi scored a goal, and Inter Miami outlasted the Mexican champions, Club América, in a preseason clash in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Meanwhile, forward Fafa Picault, one of the new players in Inter Miami camp, is feeling at home. The 33-year-old Haitian American spent his teen years in Cutler Bay, where his family still lives. He attended Miami Killian High School and played for local youth clubs and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers before heading overseas.

They won’t be traveling as far as they did last preseason, but Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates will still have an unusually busy schedule in the

Inter Miami opens that swing with a game against Peruvian champion Club Universitario de Deportes in Lima on Jan. 29 ... in Las Vegas on Jan. 18 and close the exhibition slate in Tampa, Florida, against MLS rival Orlando City on Feb. 14.

Six weeks remain until the start of the 2025 Major League Soccer season, but Inter Miami isn't using that time to rest.

Inter Miami opens that swing with a game against Peruvian champion Club Universitario de Deportes in Lima on Jan. 29 ... in Las Vegas on Jan. 18 and close the exhibition slate in Tampa, Florida, against MLS rival Orlando City on Feb. 14.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play exhibitions in Peru, Panama and Honduras next month in a preseason tour ahead of the 2025 MLS season.

Inter Miami announced on Friday that the team will travel to Peru and Panama to compete in two preseason matches, touring across North, South and Central America before the 2025 MLS campaign kicks off.

Buccaneer Beads has been around for almost 20 years and has a variety of parade beads and Gasparilla-themed accessories and clothing.

Tampa’s annual pirate invasion Gasparilla takes place Saturday, Jan. 25, this year. And if you’re heading toward the Tampa waterfront to participate in the revelry, odds are you’ll be looking for a bite to eat — or something to sip — while you’re out.