Saint Petersburg FL

A family in Seminole received a unique holiday surprise Monday from Pinellas County Commission Chair Brian Scott – a disaster relief check. ​Christian Piccion, his wife and infant daughter are the first Pinellas residents to benefit from the People First Hurricane Recovery Program. The $813 million federally funded...

An artist uses molten glass and fire to shape ideas into reality. FOX 13 Photojournalist Barry Wong.

TAMPA - Christmas Day got underway early at Metropolitan Ministries. Before sunrise, staff and volunteers filled the kitchen at the nonprofit’s Tampa campus, preparing 1,000 hot Christmas meals for people experiencing homelessness. Those meals will be served throughout the day at community locations in Hillsborough,...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – An unidentified man was killed late Wednesday afternoon after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into a utility pole along State Road 574. The fatal wreck occurred around 5:04 p.m. on Christmas Eve, just west of Falkenburg Road. According to the Florida Highway Patrol,...

The St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership revealed its design for a new streetscape on Central Avenue that would widen sidewalks, add more space for outdoor dining, and make other pedestrian improvements. According to an article in St. Pete Rising, “The first phase of the streetscape project was implemented during...

Largo Police are hunting for suspects who dumped 12 purebred Shiba Inus at Taylor Park last Friday. Every dog tested positive for parvovirus. Park rangers discovered nine puppies crammed inside a storage container. Two adult females wandered the grounds. A tenth puppy arrived Saturday night. Skyway Animal Hospital in...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – A fatal collision on Christmas Eve has claimed the life of an elderly pedestrian in Pinellas County. Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to the scene on Seminole Boulevard shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday. According to investigators, a 49-year-old Tampa man was driving a Kia Forte...

The St. Petersburg Police Department recently announced the retirement of Sergeant Chris Turbee, who concluded a career spanning more than two decades in law enforcement. Sgt. Turbee, a St. Petersburg native, earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Milligan University in Tennessee and began his career with the...

Eckerd College's annual program to send student scientists on a research cruise completed its grant through the National Science Foundation and is now seeking funding for the program to continue in years to come. The Scientist at Sea (SAS) course just completed four years of these excursions into the Gulf.

I celebrated a birthday earlier this month. Thank you, thank you. I appreciate all your gifts and well-wishes. You are all too kind. Now this year was not a particularly significant birthday, though I guess at my age all birthdays are significant. Proof of this is my favorite card this year, pictured here. In...