Clearwater FL

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Allegiant Airlines operating out of the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) will add three new non-stop routes over the next couple of weeks, which will contribute to its record-breaking growth. “Allegiant is our primary carrier, and so they are excited about their continued growth,”...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Several seniors at a Pinellas Park apartment complex have been unable to leave their homes after the building’s elevator broke down nearly three weeks ago. This outage at St. Giles Manor II has disrupted medical appointments and made it difficult for elderly residents to access...

Capt. Matt Cowden (727-534-6603): Capt. Matt reports the cold water over the past week had the sheepshead and black drum fired up in Pasco’s inshore waters. Both species are resilient and feed well even in winter conditions. Live shrimp around bars, docks and rocks takes both. Trout fishing has been good, with a lot...

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...

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...

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. 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.

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...

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...

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...