[2] In December 1884, it was bought by A. C. Turner,[3] who moved it to Clear Water Harbor (modern Clearwater, Florida).

The Times has published special reports and series critical of the church and its current leader, David Miscavige.

[10] The Times' purchase of The Tribune also allowed its circulation area to be expanded into Polk County, placing it in competition with other newspapers such as The Lakeland Ledger and The Polk County Democrat, as well as into the south central region of the state known as the Florida Heartland.

[14] The Times received $8.5 million in federal loans from the Paycheck Protection Program by July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[15] In August 2024, the paper announced it will eliminate 60 jobs, amounting to 20% of total staff.

The site also includes an "Obameter",[19] tracking U.S. President Barack Obama's performance with regard to his campaign promises.

PolitiFact.com was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2009 for "its fact-checking initiative during the 2008 presidential campaign that used probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web to examine more than 750 political claims, separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters.