Clearwater FL

City council members have adjusted their spending priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. Most would consider maintaining current service and staff levels a win amid historic budgetary pressures. St. Petersburg faces a $17.87 million preliminary budget gap, more than double the deficit at this point in fiscal year...

DOVER, Fla. - As temperatures plunge across the Bay Area, strawberry farmers in Dover are bracing for the toll the cold could take on their crops. At Parkesdale Farms, co-owner Gary Parke and his crew have been working around the clock, walking the fields overnight and turning on irrigation systems to freeze and...

At least one St. Petersburg City Council member wants the mayoral administration to pump the brakes on selecting a redevelopment proposal for the Historic Gas Plant District, which is currently home to Tropicana Field. Councilmember Brandi Gabbard has requested a vote on a resolution that formally opposes Mayor Ken...

Elias Guillermo Lara Vargas surveyed the beach at Honeymoon Island State Park, dotted with a few swimmers and boaters, looking for a safe place to launch kayaks into the Gulf of Mexico’s turbulent waters. Vargas, 18, and two friends settled on a stretch of rocky shoreline to the south,...

FLORIDA — A death investigation is underway after a man was killed in a shooting in Tampa early Monday morning, authorities said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reported receiving a call just after 6:30 a.m. about a shooting near the intersection of North Nebraska Avenue and 129th Avenue. When deputies...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A quiet morning at Jungle Prada de Narvaez Park turned somber Sunday after a local citizen stumbled upon the body of a 50-year-old man washed up along the shoreline. The discovery, made on February 1, sparked a multi-agency response to piece together the final moments of Jeremy Allen Franklin.

A Tampa, Florida, mechanic with 20 years of experience shares 10 major red flags to watch for when getting car maintenance. To the everyday driver, getting service done on your vehicle can be intimidating and stressful if you have limited knowledge. Unfortunately, some auto repair businesses know this and take...

TAMPA, Fla. - Jury selection began on Monday in the trial for a former Polk County deputy charged with DUI manslaughter. Joshua Roelofs is accused of crashing into a car on the Courtney Campbell Causeway in 2022 and killing two people inside. The crash happened in the early morning hours of April 13, 2022, when Tampa...

A cold-stunned turtle is warming up and recovering at Clearwater Marine Aquarium after being rescued on Treasure Island. Treasure Island Police Department’s Community Service Crew said that while they were on routine patrol on Monday morning, they spotted a half-buried lump in the sand that surprised them when it...

St. Petersburg bakery The Crumb Factory has opened a second location in Dunedin at 1689 Main St., in the former Southern Bay Bakery. When the space became available in early 2025, a regular customer and realtor reached out to Pablo and Katie Mardones, owners of The Crumb Factory, to see if they were interested in the...