Pinellas Board Proposes School Closures and K‑8 Mergers
Pinellas County school leaders took another hard look Tuesday at a controversial plan to close two campuses, merge others into K‑8 schools and expand an employee child‑care program, all under the districtwide “Planning for Progress” banner. The proposals are designed to tackle years of declining enrollment and rising...
She helped desegregate St. Pete’s Spa Beach. Historians say the city should memorialize her...
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. — When Betty Harden agreed to a beach trip with friends nearly 70 years ago, she didn’t realize it would end with cameras, reporters and the city closing all of Spa Beach in downtown St. Petersburg simply because they were Black. At that time, the...
Florida media firm’s ex-CFO faces money laundering charges
The former CFO of a Florida media company was arrested earlier this month amid money laundering allegations. Jeffery Crane, who had been working as finance chief of Bluewater Media in Clearwater, Florida, was arrested Feb. 5 and released the following day, court records show. In Jan. 16 affidavit, Lance Wagoner, a...
St. Pete police officer arrested for domestic battery: PCSO
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Pinellas County deputies arrested a St. Petersburg police officer on a domestic battery charge. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Curtis Wright was arrested on Monday. Investigators said Wright, who is assigned to the uniform patrol bureau, is on parental leave until March 6.
68-year-old with Alzheimer’s found safe after going missing from Clearwater
UPDATE: Nolan has been found safe. CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The Clearwater Police Department is asking for the public’s help in the case of a woman who went missing Tuesday morning. Margaret “Margie” Nolan is 68 years old and diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. CPD said she only arrived in Clearwater Monday night and is not...
Largo Midnight Drug Bust Nabs Rifle, Coke and Meth
Midnight-shift Largo officers say a Friday night narcotics investigation ended with an assault-style rifle off the street, hundreds of grams of drugs seized and two 21-year-olds booked into the Pinellas County Jail. According to the department, officers arrested Zarion Wallace and Sierra Wright and recovered roughly...
Pinellas police chiefs signed ICE agreements following sheriff’s ‘removal’ warning, records show
Last February, nearly all of Pinellas County’s 10 local police departments signed “287(g) agreements,” which deputize local police to do some of the jobs of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Records obtained by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay show that the agreements were signed within days of each...
Florida man slashes throat of 13-year-old in town for Daytona 500: police
A Daytona Beach man was accused of attacking a teenage Delray Beach boy who was visiting for the Daytona 500, according to reports.
Off-duty St. Pete officer saves baby from rottweiler attack in Parrish: ‘A mother’s worst...
PARRISH, Fla. - An off-duty police officer is being hailed as a hero after leaping a fence to save a two-month-old infant from a neighbor’s rottweiler Saturday morning. Dale Johnson, a St. Petersburg police officer, was preparing for work when he heard what he described as "the most blood-curdling screams" coming...
Pinellas Farmers and Flea Market moves to St. Pete dog track
The market found a permanent home at the 130-acre Win! Derby site last fall and has been hosting weekly markets there ever since, as the property moves forward under new ownership. The post Pinellas Farmers and Flea Market moves to St. Pete dog track appeared first on Creative Loafing Tampa .
