Clearwater FL

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The reminders sound simple enough. Look both ways. Use the crosswalk. Put down the phone. But on roads shared by cars, bikes and foot traffic, the gap between knowing the rules and following them can be measured in feet and seconds. That’s where the St. Petersburg Police Department has been...

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Thursday, I attended the walkout at St. Petersburg High School. Not as a participant, but as a journalist covering the story. And what...

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Beach will be a hive of activity as nearly twenty of the world’s most renowned sand artists descend on its famous shores. These professionals are beginning the labor-intensive process of turning tons of fine white sand into a massive gallery for the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa police are looking for a suspect in a shooting that left a man dead Wednesday afternoon. Officers said this happened just before 5 p.m. in the area of West Green Street, where they found a man in the mid-60s suffering from a gunshot wound. Police...

Largo officials and developers grabbed shovels Tuesday to break ground on Olea on 126, a 144-unit apartment community that county leaders are calling a rare example of 100% income-restricted housing in Pinellas County. The development will rise on a roughly 4.9-acre vacant parcel in the Pinellas Groves neighborhood...

Palm Pavilion Restaurant & Inn in Clearwater sold for $23 million. Beachside Hospitality Group purchased the beachside Palm Pavilion Restaurant, while McKibbon Equities, purchased the Inn. Built in 1926, the Palm Pavilion is recognized as the oldest operating beach pavilion in Florida. The property includes an...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – The Pinellas Park Police Department has confirmed the death of 64-year-old David Joseph Lecher following a motor vehicle collision that happened on February 4, 2026. Lecher, who was operating a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at the time of the incident, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday,...

After more than 15 years, a popular Texas burger chain is making its long-awaited return to Tampa Bay this week. Pinellas County’s only Whataburger will open Thursday, February 12th at 10150 Ulmerton Road in Largo, near Largo Mall. The grand opening begins at 11 a.m., with free Whataburger merchandise...

A Clearwater finance executive is at the center of a major white-collar case after investigators accused the chief financial officer of laundering company money and stealing large sums from his own employer. Police and court records, as described in local reporting, say the executive, identified as Jeff Crane, used...

A boil water notice has been issued for parts of Pinellas County on Wednesday following a blown transformer near the Isle of Capri pump station.