El Cap restaurant in no danger of closing, owner says
February 7, 2026 - Blake Thompson of Seed & Feed Hospitality, owners of St. Petersburg's El Cap restaurant, said today that internet rumors of the venerable eatery's imminent closure and demolition are entirely untrue. The story, apparently AI-created and credited to a non-existent news outlet, inferred that El Cap...
Medical procedure to be required for Florida high school athletes starting in July
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A medical test will soon be required for all Florida high school student-athletes, thanks to new state legislation called the 'Second Chance Act'. An electrocardiogram, also known as an ECG or EKG, is a non-invasive test that records the heart’s electrical activity. The test...
Publix to close west St. Pete store, open new one in March
Publix is preparing to make some big changes in west St. Petersburg next month as it will be closing one store and opening another three miles away. Publix confirmed this week it will close its Eagles Park Retail Center store at store at 5577 Park St. N. on Saturday, March 7, at 7 p.m. The company's new location at...
10 Florida Beach Towns Where You Can Retire on $1,950 a Month (or Less)
Retiring by the beach in the sunny state of Florida doesn't have to break the bank when these towns make renting on a budget of $1,950 a month totally doable.
Cortez festival celebrates Florida’s working fishing waterfront
The 44th annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival will return to Florida’s Gulf Coast on Saturday, Feb. 14, and Sunday, Feb 15, continuing a decades-long tradition of celebrating one of the state’s last true working fishing villages. Held in the historic Cortez community, the festival highlights the cultural...
Kansas State gets first 2027 commitment in Nazir Pitchford
Kansas State has landed its first 2027 commitment. Palmetto, Florida cornerback Nazir Pitchford has committed to K-State. The announcement from Pitchford comes as a bit of a surprise. After all, we are in a dead period in terms of recruitment at the moment, which started on February 2. It also comes as a bit of a...
What is affordable housing and where is it?
When it comes to affordable housing, sometimes the definition is in the eye of the beholder.
Women’s Resource Center awarded $75,000 grant from William G. and Marie Selby Foundation to...
The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) in Sarasota plans to use a $75,000 capital grant it received from the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation “in the highly competitive Fall 2025 Traditional grant cycle,” to help pay for what it has described as critical preventive maintenance projects for its Sarasota and Manatee...
New pizzeria opens in Manatee. It has New York eats and family recipes
A new pizzeria has opened in Parrish. Sal Candela and his family are operating 5 Boroughs Pizza, opening the pizzeria at 8255 U.S. 301 on Jan. 21 in the restaurant space that was previously home to Raven Pizza for 30 years, before it closed last summer . “I kind of want to piggyback off the Raven legacy, but I don’t...
Man accused of shooting father in Sarasota parking lot is denied bail
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The man accused of shooting his father outside a Sarasota home improvement store will stay in jail for the time being, a judge said Friday. Kaleb Caire was not granted bond during a hearing. Caire has pleaded not guilty in the shooting Feb. 3 in the parking lot of the Lowe’s store on Central...
