Saint Petersburg FL

Next week, St. Petersburg's skyline is set to swap its usual glow for a giant rainbow as Winter Pride brings the large-scale laser installation Global Rainbow: We Rise in Light to the city. The projection will beam from the roof of the Mari Jean Hotel on Central Avenue during Winter Pride's weeklong schedule, with a...

Several Tampa Bay cities were among U.S. News' "Best Places to Live in Florida in 2025-2026."

Florida is not the first place people think of when they crave old world comfort food. But sometimes the best meals in the Sunshine State are the ones hiding in plain sight. Have you ever found a restaurant in Florida that feels completely transported from somewhere else? The kind of place where the recipes are not...

A recent restaurant health inspection at Bob Evans Restaurant in Pinellas County, Florida, identified eight violations during a review by the state’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Feb. 4, 2026, routine inspection led to a warning notice and a follow-up visit days later, on Feb. 9 and Feb....

A police officer on Florida's Treasure Island turned into an unlikely animal rescuer this week when she came to the aid of an injured young pelican found near a local bar. Officer Baum discovered the distressed bird near R-bar and successfully captured it to get the animal the help it needed.

TAMPA, Fla. — A bill moving through Florida’s legislative session could dramatically change the balance of power between homeowners and homeowners associations (HOAs). House Bill 657, proposed by State Rep. Juan Porras of Miami, would give Florida communities the ability to dissolve their HOAs — a move that is...

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA)— An upgrade was approved to make getting onto Treasure Island Beach easier for everyone. The Department of Environmental Protection approved the extension of the blue mobility mat behind Gulf Front Park. According to Treasure Island, the mat will be extended 100 feet from the existing...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — People who live at the Elements on Third apartment complex say they've dealt with everything from maintenance issues to a possible water shut-off that could've resulted in them needing to find new places to live. That's all within the past six months. Now, a foreclosure...

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...

Artist Cory Robinson completed a refresh of his “Welcome to Neri Park” mural in January 2026, just in time for the grand re-opening of Lealman’s Raymond H. Neri Park. It was an update to the 2022 mural he created as part The Lealman Mural Project, a Creative Pinellas-Lealman Community Redevelopment Area (CRA)...