HCA Florida Largo Hospital Dubbed Regional Resuscitation Center of Excellence
LARGO, Fla. — This year, HCA Florida Largo Hospital was designated as a Comprehensive Regional Resuscitation Center of Excellence from the Florida Resuscitation Center Committee. The hospital has worked to improve cardiac arrest survival rates through hands-only CPR, early activation of 911, followed by advanced...
Tenants at Largo apartments without power for nearly 3 weeks
LARGO, Fla. - Three weeks without air conditioning, lights or hot water — that’s what some people who live in the The Oceanaire Apartments on E. Bay Dr. said they have had to deal with. What caused this is unclear. Duke Energy said there were no outages in...
Column: Pinellas should think twice about easing rules for selling puppies
Friends of Strays was devastated to learn about the conditions innocent puppies were forced to endure at Blue Sky Puppies, whose pet dealer permit was revoked by Pinellas County for an “overwhelming number of violations” — including “dozens” of puppies who had died over the past two years and went unreported to the...
Local food bank has enough food, but not enough volunteers to distribute it
Hope Villages of America in Clearwater is in desperate need of more volunteers to help out. They feed hundreds of people a day and need more hands to do so.
Former financial adviser found guilty of stealing $150K from elderly Floridian
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — He promised financial security, then stole over $150,000. On Thursday, Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution secured a conviction against former licensed financial adviser Matthew Vincent Muratori for crimes related to the exploitation and financial abuse of...
Sandbag event taking place in St. Pete on Saturday
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla - The City of St. Petersburg is reminding residents that sandbags are available year-round, and they should not wait for a storm to stock up. To encourage residents to be prepared, they are holding a second Saturday distribution event at the Pavement and Traffic Operations Building at 1744 9th...
City of St. Petersburg takes first step to study dropping Duke Energy
ST. PETERSBURG — More than a year after the idea was first floated, St. Petersburg city leaders took the first step July 31 toward studying what it would mean to drop Duke Energy as the electricity provider citywide. The vote of the City Council’s sustainability committee was 2-1 in...
DOGE visits Pinellas County, commissioner says a lot can be ‘trimmed down’
Efforts to make local governments more efficient are underway in the Tampa Bay area.
Florida nurse used cup to take fentanyl from patients’ IV treatments: DOJ
A Florida registered nurse was sentenced after he was found guilty of using fentanyl intended for patients.
Nation’s longest-running MLK Parade will not lose funding
A new organizer, budget crunch and state auditors will not, at least for now, affect St. Petersburg’s support for its storied Martin Luther King (MLK) Parade. Councilmember Gina Driscoll caused a community stir when she broached the topic at a July 31 budget meeting. She questioned why the annual event’s allocation...
