Tampa smoke shop owner accused of buying narcotics on dark web busted after overdose...
SPRING HILL, Fla. - The owner of two Tampa smoke shops is accused of using cryptocurrency to buy narcotics on the dark web and selling them in the Bay Area. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said it began investigating Spring Hill resident Ryan Perez more than a year ago after getting information that he was...
Florida relaunches $3,000 ‘lottery-style’ incentive for participants to snag electric bikes: ‘Providing residents massive...
In a boost for local commuters and sustainable transportation fans alike, the City of Tampa's Parking Division has announced another round of its much-loved eBike Voucher Program for 2026, offering residents the chance to receive substantial savings on new electric bicycles. According to the City of Tampa website,...
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office hiring Records Technician II
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is hiring for a Records Technician II position. The role involves transcribing reports, researching Florida statutes, entering and retrieving data in law enforcement systems, and ensuring reports reach agencies such as the State Attorney's Office and the Medical Examiner's Office.
Second grader helps fight food insecurity in Pinellas County
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Pinellas County second-grader is helping in the fight against food insecurity. Nolan Davis turned a school project into a community-wide donation drive for the homeless. Nolan and his family recently took food, bedding and hygiene items to the Homeless Empowerment Program (HEP) in Clearwater....
Tornado watch vs tornado warning: Here’s the difference
TAMPA, Fla. — With storms forecast to roll through the Tampa Bay area on Monday, you might want to take your phone off silent and be weather-aware. A Weather Impact Alert is in place from 12-9 p.m. Monday ahead of a chance for strong storms bringing hail, damaging winds and a possible isolated tornado.
Interview: Before Clearwater concert, John Legend talks new Broadway project, prison reform, and more
Years before the awards, while he was still collecting small payments like the $500 check from Columbia Records for work on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, John Legend was always Mr. Even-Keeled. Last week, ahead of a solo concert in Clearwater, the man born John Stephens told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that he’s...
Feathers fly as ‘Chicken Head’ movie descends on Largo
Smack in the middle of a card table set up in the far corner of the Heritage Village parking lot is a gigantic, fully-feathered chicken head. The head is four feet tall, and it looks angry. It looks like the rooster from hell. Which is entirely appropriate, because said head...
Kentucky $167.3M Powerball Winner and Ex-Convict Who Assaulted Police Officer Pleads Guilty
James Farthing, a former convict who won $167.5 million in Kentucky's Power Ball, has plead guilty of assaulting a police officer while celebrating in Florida. Farthing, from Georgetown, Kentucky, was arrested at the Island Grand in St. Petersburg last May, just days after learning his Power Ball ticket was a winner.
GEICO sues three Florida clinics over $3.7 million PIP fraud scheme
GEICO is taking aim at three Florida clinics it says operated a coordinated PIP fraud scheme worth more than $3.7 million. The insurer filed suit on March 13 in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, naming ten defendants across three Tampa-area clinics - Relief and Rehab, Inc. f/k/a Del Sol Care &...
Grocer’s departure the latest blow for West St. Pete senior community
ST. PETERSBURG — Mary Ann Buckingham never had a driver's license. For 35 years, she walked through the Five Towns community with a push stroller to buy her groceries at the Publix next door. She died last year at 84. On the night of March 7, her family was the last to check out. The store closed for good behind them.
