Saint Petersburg FL

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - John's Pass Seafood Festival is back in business this year after suffering major damage from last year's hurricanes. By early Friday afternoon, there were hundreds of people traipsing up and down the main drags in John's Pass, eating, drinking and shopping. "It's amazing, the weather is...

Tampa, FL — A breezy, warm weekend is on tap for Florida’s west coast, with a gentle cool-down arriving next week as a series of cold fronts pass through, according to the National Weather Service in Tampa Bay. Weekend outlook: Saturday and Sunday will be partly cloudy and...

Investigation results of a Central Florida officer-involved shooting were released by the State Attorney’s office. The investigation involved the Pinellas Park Police Department officer-involved shooting of 42-year-old Eric Ton. Detectives assigned to the Pinellas County Use of Deadly Force Investigative Task Force...

Many of the same Suncoast lawmakers who voted earlier this year to let charter schools move into underused public campuses have stayed quiet as a Miami-based charter operator’s early push to occupy local schools set off confusion and concern among parents and educators.

Get ready for a breed of Halloween fun this weekend in Tampa as the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center throws its Paw-loween party, a special event where potential pet parents can meet a bunch of adoptable dogs and cats dressed in their Halloween best. The celebration will take place tomorrow, Oct. 25, from 10...

LARGO, Fla. - A new Florida law requires all schools in the state to keep their classroom doors locked, but recent data shows that weapons are still making their way onto campuses. During the 2023–2024 school year, more than 1,500 weapons were brought to Florida schools, according to the state’s...

Embracing Our Differences is, very literally, the biggest art show in St. Pete every year, filling an entire park with billboard-sized pieces of art. Ahead of its spring 2026 return, Embracing Our Differences has announced two new events to add to your calendar. The first is the Bucket Fillers Reading...

Step into Ybor City and the first thing to hit you is the warm, yeasty smell of Cuban bread straight from La Segunda’s ovens. This family-run bakery has been baking that signature bread since 1915, and its Cubano sandwich has earned a reputation that stretches far beyond Tampa Bay.

It’s unlikely that the circumstances of Mary Reeser’s death will ever be understood; the St. Petersburg Police Department’s most famous mystery languishes in the files, case closed but technically unsolved. There are no suspects, no fingerprints, no DNA, nothing of a forensic nature that might definitively say what...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This week the St. Petersburg Police Department conducted a special operation targeting e-bike misuse. The crackdown comes after three fatal accidents this month, where the e-bike riders were allegedly at fault. “We're out here trying to do the enforcement to try to curb that problem,”...