Clearwater FL

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa residents should hold off on dragging their bins to the curb next Monday. The City of Tampa has announced temporary changes to garbage and recycling collection schedules in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. City offices will be closed on Monday, January 19,...

SWAMP (the Southwest Association of Mountain Bike Pedalers) wholly maintains 130 miles of trails in parks around the Tampa Bay area. For many local riders who enjoy them without getting their hands dirty, there’s still one drawback: The Bay’s nearest mountain bike trails are all a one-to-two-hour drive away from...

Dead Bob’s is expanding once again – this time to the waterfront. The popular St. Petersburg bar and restaurant, known for its affordable burgers and seafood, will soon open Dead Bob’s Waterfront Kitchen inside the Holiday Isle Elks Lodge #1912 at 14111 East Parsley Drive in Madeira Beach, which reopened last year...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Duke Energy Florida announced on Wednesday that the company’s storm recovery will be removed from customers’ bills a month early. According to a Duke Energy release, the costs are associated with the approximately $1.1 billion the company allocated in response to hurricanes Debby,...

Tampa, Florida — A Hillsborough County man is facing multiple felony charges after deputies say he shot and killed a pit bull in retaliation for the dog killing his Pomeranian the previous day. Authorities say both animals died as a result of the separate incidents, which unfolded in a residential area east of Tampa.

Clearwater-based real estate firm Prometheus Partners, which has been steadily scooping up sites along St. Pete’s Salt Creek, has made another land purchase — this time in Indian Rocks Beach. Prometheus purchased the vacant parcels at 400, 404, and 408 Gulf Boulevard for $16 million from prominent Florida...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With freeze warnings in effect across the area, plant experts say protecting your plants before temperatures drop is best. Watering plants the day before a freeze and adding mulch can help insulate roots and trap heat in the soil. Plants that can be moved should be brought indoors or placed in […]

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Tampa, Florida – Residents across west central and southwest Florida are facing a rare and potentially damaging freeze as temperatures plunge overnight, putting crops, pets, and unprotected plumbing at risk...

A school resource officer assigned to Seminole High School has been arrested and fired after authorities accused him of inappropriate conduct involving a 17-year-old student.

GULFPORT, Fla. — After spending nearly 60 years at its clubhouse located at the Gulfport Marina, the Gulfport Lions Club is moving out and the building is coming down. The clubhouse was built in 1967 and has been the home of hundreds of fundraisers, events and parties. The Lions Club hosted its biweekly meetings out...