Mother of Venice High School student arrested after daughter brought her gun to school:...
A mother of a Venice High School student was arrested on Tuesday after her daughter brought her firearm to school, authorities said.
This Manatee County, FL, Riviera Dunes Dockside restaurant cited for 17 violations
Riviera Dunes Dockside, a waterside seafood restaurant in Manatee County, FL, received a warning from state inspectors on Jan. 27, 2026, after state food and health officials documented 17 violations during a complaint-driven inspection. The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation conducted the...
Agape plane’s final minutes captured in flight data before crash
After an extensive search and rescue effort, Venice-based Agape Flights confirmed that there were no survivors in a Thursday plane crash in southwestern Haiti. Here's what the flight's track log shows: Agape Flights lost contact with the Embraer 110 Bandeirante, registered as N316AF, when it dropped off radar over...
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.
