Neighbors concerned about gas station traffic on St. Petersburg street
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Neighbors in a St. Petersburg neighborhood say drivers are speeding down their residential street to get to and from a gas station and that includes sometimes ignoring speed bumps. Hartford Street runs north-south parallel to 34th St N, just south of 38th Ave N. At the...
Greenlane Opens Wesley Chapel Location With Mobile-Order Drive-Thru
Greenlane will open its fifth Tampa Bay site on Feb. 25 at 24801 SR-54 in Wesley Chapel, just west of the Premium Outlet mall. The new place will have the brand's first dedicated mobile-order drive-thru lane. The grand opening happens March 10. Any salad or wrap with chicken or tofu...
Tarpon Springs Shopper Snags $1 Million Holiday Scratch-Off At Highway 19 Publix
A Tarpon Springs woman just turned a routine grocery stop into a life-changing payday, claiming a $1 million prize from the Florida Lottery’s $1,000,000 HOLIDAY CA$H scratch-off game and taking home a $606,700 lump-sum payout. Local reporting has identified the winner as 35-year-old Jessica Henri, who bought the...
Pinellas County’s Bayside Bridge officially renamed
Pinellas County's Bayside Bridge officially has a new name.
Teen In Custody After Botched Tarpon Springs Purse Snatching Leaves Woman Injured
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. – A Saturday night walk to the car turned into a violent encounter for one resident in Tarpon Springs, leading to the arrest of a local teenager. The incident unfolded around 9:37 p.m. on February 21, when Tarpon Springs police officers were dispatched to the 237 block of South Pinellas Avenue...
Pasco County School District Employee Faces Federal Charges Over Alleged CSAM
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – A 51-year-old New Port Richey man employed by the Pasco County School District is now facing federal charges following a grand jury indictment in Tampa. Joel Thomas Lust was charged Tuesday with the possession of child sexual abuse material, a crime that carries a...
St. Pete officer guilty of department violations in connection to Hard Rock explosives case
A police officer was found guilty on Tuesday of department violations in connection with an investigation into explosives found in a Tampa casino.
St. Petersburg plots course for ‘air taxis’ at Albert Whitted Airport, task force delivers...
St. Petersburg’s Advanced Air Mobility Task Force presented recommendations to prepare Albert Whitted Airport for eVTOLs, often described as "flying Ubers." The task force calls for near-term upgrades like aircraft parking, electrical charging stations and additional safety systems, with dedicated vertiports...
Sewage, Rats And Roaches: 7 Central Florida Spots Shut In Grimy Health Crackdown
Seven Central Florida restaurants were temporarily shut down last week after health inspectors walked in and found some stomach-turning problems, including rodent droppings, raw sewage, cockroaches, and risky food storage. The closures stretched from Clearwater and Cocoa Beach to Ocala, Satellite Beach, and multiple...
Organizers ready for 2026 Valspar Championship
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - The Valspar Championship is almost here. "I am very excited," Valspar tournament director Tracy West said. The excitement is tenfold, because the tournament has landed commitments from 20 of the top 50 golfers.... and they aren't done filling spots just yet. What they're saying:. "I think...

















