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Top Tampa news: Coffins unearthed at city's first black cemetery; Silver Airways flights canceled

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Published on September 03, 2019
Top Tampa news: Coffins unearthed at city's first black cemetery; Silver Airways flights canceledPhoto by Azalia Negron/ Flickr

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Tampa.

24,000 pounds of raw beef recalled 

American Beef Packers is recalling more than 24,000 pounds of raw beef products after they were deemed unfit for human consumption. 

Read the full story on CBS47 Fresno.

Disney defends decision to keep employees on private island to ride out hurricane

Disney is under fire after the company left its employees on a private island the company calls Castaway Cay as the eye of Hurricane Dorian passed just to the north. 

Read the full story on KRON 4 News.

Possibly 130 coffins found from Tampa’s first black cemetery

The Tampa Housing Authority believes it has close to 130 coffins from Zion Cemetery. A large portion of the cemetery was paved over in the 1950s when the housing authority built the Robles Park public housing complex.

Read the full story on 11ALIVE.

Silver Airways cancels outbound flights until Wednesday

Silver Airways, the regional airline that operates flights throughout Florida and the Bahamas, canceled all flights out of Tampa International Airport until Wednesday morning.

Read the full story on WTSP.

More than 800 Airbnbs in southeast free for displaced neighbors, relief workers

More than 800 Airbnb homes in the southeast U.S. are ready to take in evacuees or deployed relief workers for free during Hurricane Dorian. 

Read the full story on WNCN.


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