Starting next week, you can party like pirate in Florida! Here's a guide to Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival and information on security measures.

Sarasota Congressman Greg Steube weighed in with an Oct. 22 letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, urging it permanently reopen Midnight Pass, as well as Little Gasparilla Pass and Stump Pass in ...

While the legends of José Gaspar are full of alleged adventure and swashbuckling, history tells a different story.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Every year since 1904, Tampa Bay has been invaded by pirates, whether by land or sea, on horseback or by galleon. Sometimes, they even take the Tampa mayor hostage to ransom ...

“In 1783, having become a traitor and a pirate, José Gaspar gave the name of “Gasparilla” to himself as well as to his ship and the island in Charlotte Harbor, on the west coast of Florida ...

The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a large annual parade, with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, held in Tampa every January. The festival is named after a legendary Florida ...