Saint Petersburg FL

St. Petersburg joined 22 other Florida cities to receive Trail Town status from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Greenways and Trails. Officials marked the achievement at a Jan. 15 council meeting. The program began in 2018 to recognize communities with significant trail investments....

Local CEOs and presidents have come together to support an annual Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Gulfside build since 2022. This year’s project benefits the Wesley family. Community leaders participated in their first build day Jan. 16. More than 95 individuals have signed up to join the initiative. These...

After 29 years, the long-awaited dredge project is set to begin at John's Pass on Feb. 9.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Alan Sayler, the owner of Sayler's Suncoast Water, said he mailed a check from the USPS mailbox outside his business last summer — but it was stolen and used to commit fraud against him. "I finally saw a check come through in an amount that...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A man who chased and shot at a driver in Gibsonton has been convicted of second-degree attempted murder. A jury found Jose Antonio Alvarado Claudio guilty in the April 18 road rage case, the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Prosecutors said...

Craving a bite of Old Florida without the long haul to the Keys? Fourth Street Shrimp Store in St. Petersburg delivers that breezy, beach-shack vibe and the kind of seafood that makes a road trip feel like a smart plan. The grouper sandwich alone has fans plotting their weekend route,...

Florida’s new crackdown on extreme speeding is colliding with a car culture that treats triple-digit runs as a badge of honor, and the results are playing out in the glare of patrol car headlights. The image of a “super speeder” in a tuned Infiniti getting humbled by a stealthy 5.0-liter pursuit car captures the...

Searching for incredible grouper sandwiches hiding in Florida’s humble eateries?. These 8 unassuming restaurants serve up fish so fresh and delicious you’ll be planning your next visit before you leave!. 1. Groupers on the Gulf (Indian Rocks Beach) With a name like “Groupers on the Gulf,” you know...

An investigation is underway after a shooting occurred in St. Petersburg on Friday evening, leaving one man dead and another injured.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Lightning and Hillsborough County have greenlit an agreement to renovate Benchmark International Arena. Through this agreement, hundreds of millions of dollars will be going toward renovating the arena versus building a new one. The commissioners voted unanimously to renovate the Benchmark,...