Investigation Underway After Body Found In Pinellas Park Industrial Area
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – The Pinellas Park Police Department has launched a death investigation following a discovery Wednesday afternoon in an industrial area of the city. Officers responded to the 4700 block of 110th Avenue North at approximately 3:51 PM. Upon arrival, authorities secured the scene to begin an inquiry...
St. Petersburg Police officer saves infant from dog attack near his Sarasota-area home
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — A St. Petersburg Police officer is being celebrated for his bravery quick thinking when a dog attacked a baby in his neighborhood. Dale Johnson was getting ready for work as a St. Petersburg Police officer Saturday morning when he heard screams a few houses down from his home near...
Tragedy At St. Petersburg CVS: Driver Dead After Vehicle Strikes Tree
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle accident that occurred early Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of a local pharmacy. According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, the incident took place shortly after 12:00 p.m. at the CVS located at 3501 54th Avenue South. Witnesses...
St. Petersburg Parking Lot Meetup Ends In Gunfire: Two Arrested For Attempted Murder
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A meeting in a St. Petersburg parking lot turned violent last week, leading to the arrest of two young men on charges of attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery. St. Petersburg Police took 18-year-old Charles Hinton and 22-year-old Christopher Tonsel into custody following a shooting...
Pinellas County employees continue hardening shorelines against sea level rise and flooding
About a dozen Pinellas County employees stacked mesh bags of oyster shells along the sandy shore of Philippe Park in Safety Harbor on Monday. The living shorelines initiative was one of many service projects across the county as part of its "in-service day." "It's recycled oyster shell from local restaurants,"...
New exhibit examines the remains of America’s Jewish vacationland
The Borscht Belt was a well-known resort destination for hundreds of thousands of American Jews from the 1920s to the early 1970s. Eventually, the resorts in New York’s Catskill Mountains began a gradual demise due to many factors — including the growth of suburbia, inexpensive airfare and generational changes.
After decades of talks, tri-county MPO merger inches closer
A metropolitan planning organization (MPO) merger consolidating Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties is inching closer to reality. The move would increase the region’s leverage when competing for federal and state transportation funding, particularly for large-scale projects that individual counties might...
Pink-painted buildings mark next step for Roche Bobois tower
Several low-rise apartment buildings at the northeast corner of 4th Street South and 4th Avenue South in downtown St. Petersburg have been painted bright pink as demolition of a planned $200 million condominium tower approaches. Clearwater-based Valor Capital plans to replace the buildings with the Roche Bobois St....
Genetic genealogy technology to be used in Nancy Guthrie case has helped solve Tampa...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Investigative genetic genealogy, which is a relatively new forensic tool, is now being considered in the search for answers in the Nancy Guthrie case. Investigators say DNA was recovered from a glove found near Guthrie’s Tucson home. However, that DNA did not produce any hits in CODIS, the...
St. Petersburg Police Officer Arrested On Domestic Battery Charge
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A long-serving member of the St. Petersburg Police Department is facing legal trouble following an arrest by sheriff’s deputies over the weekend. On February 16, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office took Officer Curtis Wright into custody on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery.
