Saint Petersburg FL

Pinellas County neighborhoods from gulf to bay are providing scary-but-safe Halloween events and activities for local littles this weekend. For the fifth consecutive year, the biggest goody bag of them all will be Halloween on Central, a joint venture between St. Petersburg’s Grand Central and EDGE districts. Here’s...

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says it attempted to take a Tampa man into custody before he threw a loaded firearm at detectives and tried to escape.

LARGO, Fla. (WFLA)— A Largo man was arrested after he allegedly threatened a Largo Police officer. According to an arrest affidavit, Jeremi Witcherd was arrested on Oct. 16, after he repeatedly called 911 without any medical need or for emergency services. Witcherd was warned multiple times by an officer and was...

HUDSON, Fla. (WFLA)—The woman arrested in connection with a hit-and-run in Hudson bonded out of jail in less than five hours. Kelsie Moorman, of Memphis, Tennessee, was taken into custody in Memphis last week before being placed in the Pinellas County Jail. Moorman was booked on Monday at 4:19 p.m. before being...

FLORIDA — A man was arrested Tuesday after Tampa police said he stole a fire truck and was involved in a hit-and-run crash. Authorities reported that 59-year-old Warren Scudder took the fire engine around 9:25 a.m. while firefighters were inside St. Joseph’s Hospital. Scudder then crashed the vehicle into a gray...

Did you know the Skyway Bridge is one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world? Spanning Tampa Bay, this engineering marvel connects St. Petersburg with Terra Ceia. Opened in 1987, it replaced the original bridge that tragically collapsed in 1980. The Skyway Bridge stretches 4.14 miles, offering breathtaking...

Fort DeSoto Park in Florida offers a haunted camping experience with reported ghost sightings.

The nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals has opened a 50-bed facility in St. Petersburg. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Petersburg celebrated its grand opening Oct. 9. Approximately 100 people staff the 57,000-square-foot facility, and company officials expect...

Growing up in Harlem, John Catsimatidis would draw back the curtains of his window and see nothing but a brick wall, he told the Economic Club of Tampa during a luncheon Monday. He always aspired to have a room with a view — that’s why Catsimatidis, who is now a billionaire and St. Pete developer, among many other...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – The Silver Alert issued Sunday by the Pinellas Park Police Department has been canceled after 87-year-old Robert Earl Lovejoy was located and is safe. Lovejoy had been reported as a Missing/Endangered Adult after leaving his residence in the 6400 block of Cedarbrook Dr S in his silver Mercury...