Final pennies go to auction for tens of thousands
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — The final minted pennies are getting new homes. More than 230 sets of three were auctioned off online on behalf of the U.S. Mint. Many of them sold for tens of thousands of dollars. The owner of Pinellas Coins and Bullion, Jake Lutz, said he...
City: Trop’s roof can withstand 155 mph winds
Hurricane Milton’s highest recorded gust in St. Petersburg was 101 mph, enough to shred Tropicana Field’s teflon-coated fabric dome and splay the fragments along an adjacent interstate. St. Petersburg officials, now completing an estimated $59 million storm repair project, are confident souvenir hunters will not have...
Shannon Moore and Joana ‘JoJo’ Cardoso-Moore, Effortless City Founders
Shannon Moore and her wife Joana “JoJo” Cardoso-Moore have become quiet architects of connection in St. Petersburg. Through their shared passion, resilience and creativity, they founded Effortless City, a grassroots project that has grown into a community resource. It’s transformed how residents and visitors move...
City of St. Petersburg unveils new water lab
The City of St. Petersburg is now utilizing its new Water Resources Department laboratory. This comes after years of using a building not initially designed for testing. A ribbon cutting was held Dec. 9. The 11,600-square-foot facility, at 1650 3rd Ave. N., is used to test drinking, waste and beach...
Visioning begins for new 28-acre walkable mixed-use development near Warehouse Arts District in St....
What would you create with 28 acres of land in St Pete? A park? An amphitheater? Attainable housing? Artist studios?. Those questions were at the center of a recent four-day community charrette that began to shape the future of a large industrial property along the Pinellas Trail, home to St. Petersburg Distillery...
‘SeaWinds’ Planned for 2026 Groundbreaking in St. Petersburg’s Old Pasadena neighborhood
Mattamy Homes has plans for a residential development in St. Petersburg’s historic Old Pasadena neighborhood. SeaWinds is a multi-phase project that will span three sites. The first phase will comprise 20 single-family homes measuring 2,156 to 2,357 square feet; the second phase will host 40 townhomes; and the third...
Demolition sets stage for $125 million St. Pete tower
The development team behind a long-planned, 23-story mixed-use tower near Tropicana Field is just days away from demolishing a warehouse at the site. Gallery Haus, first unveiled in January 2024, is a $125 million project at 155 17th St. S. Miami-based commercial real estate investment firms LD&D and Black Salmon,...
St. Petersburg gives Science Center revival the green light
The Science Center in west St. Petersburg is on its way to making a comeback. The City Council unanimously voted Dec. 4 to sell a 4-acre lot at 7701 22nd Ave. N. to the St. Petersburg Group. That cleared a major hurdle for an overhaul of the Science Center, where generations of Pinellas County schoolchildren spent...
Powerball jackpot climbs to $1 billion, with next draw Saturday
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Powerball jackpot has reached $1 billion after there was no winner of the big prize Wednesday night. It is the seventh-largest jackpot in the game’s history, just behind the $1.08 billion prize that was claimed in July 2023. There have been 42 consecutive...
Missing Endangered Adult Reported by Largo Police
Largo Police are searching for Petro Kuqo, an 87-year-old man diagnosed with dementia, who was reported missing and endangered. According to investigators, Kuqo walked out of his residence at 1845 Oak Trail W, in Clearwater at approximately 9 a.m. today and did not return. He was last seen wearing a grey pajama-style...
