Saint Petersburg FL

Some of the best scratch eats in downtown St. Pete are coming out of the kitchen at Southern Grounds. The all-day cafe and restaurant quietly opened last year at 695 Central Avenue, and in the time since, it has become a cult sensation among those in the know. The fast-casual...

Clearwater-based real estate firm Prometheus Partners, which has been steadily scooping up sites along St. Pete’s Salt Creek, has made another land purchase — this time in Indian Rocks Beach. Prometheus purchased the vacant parcels at 400, 404, and 408 Gulf Boulevard for $16 million from prominent Florida...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With freeze warnings in effect across the area, plant experts say protecting your plants before temperatures drop is best. Watering plants the day before a freeze and adding mulch can help insulate roots and trap heat in the soil. Plants that can be moved should be brought indoors or placed in […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Residents hoping to roll out their bins on Monday will need to wait a day, as the City of St. Petersburg pauses operations to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. City officials confirmed that most administrative facilities and services will be shuttered on Monday, January...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Tampa, Florida – Residents across west central and southwest Florida are facing a rare and potentially damaging freeze as temperatures plunge overnight, putting crops, pets, and unprotected plumbing at risk...

A school resource officer assigned to Seminole High School has been arrested and fired after authorities accused him of inappropriate conduct involving a 17-year-old student.

GULFPORT, Fla. — After spending nearly 60 years at its clubhouse located at the Gulfport Marina, the Gulfport Lions Club is moving out and the building is coming down. The clubhouse was built in 1967 and has been the home of hundreds of fundraisers, events and parties. The Lions Club hosted its biweekly meetings out...

A national non-profit organization born in the Tampa Bay area has caught the attention of Gary Sinise who's coming to town to help with their mission. The Red Star Foundation was started to support the families of those lost to suicide and call attention to the issue to help prevent others from doing the same.

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A road closure is in place in Pinellas County after a dump truck hit several power lines that landed on the roadway. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said this happened Thursday morning when a dump truck driving in the area of 35th Street North and Morris Street had...

Florida’s small towns quietly guard some of the state’s most meaningful food stories. Along slower streets and familiar corners, old lunch counters continue doing what they have always done, serving simple meals to people who have been coming back for decades. Here, the food matters, but so do...