Saint Petersburg FL

TAMPA BAY AND CENTRAL FLORIDA — Heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours has dropped significant totals across the Tampa Bay and Central Florida region, with the heaviest accumulations concentrated along the I-4 corridor and points north. The 24-hour rainfall estimate map shows totals ranging from a quarter inch across dr

A house in Pinellas County is getting lifted 24-feet, and raising questions online. The owner, who did not want to be identified, mentioned that after the 2024 hurricanes she had flooding and did not want to deal with that again. The house is so tall because she is building a second floor.

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Karl Slazinski RIVERVIEW, Fla. – A 41-year-old Riverview man faces multiple felony charges following a...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Healing for veterans doesn't always come through medicine; it can also come through music. A new music program at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is giving vets new ways to express themselves. "I've always been someone that loved music but I really started to notice...

University of South Florida researchers are moving their homegrown technology straight into the heart of federal human-trafficking work, after signing a formal agreement Friday with Homeland Security Investigations. The memorandum of understanding brings USF’s BRIGHT Project platform into HSI offices in Tampa and Miami

TAMPA BAY, Florida – The National Weather Service Tampa Bay forecasts increasing cloudiness with scattered to numerous mainly afternoon/evening showers and thunderstorms developing today, Saturday, May 23, 2026, across west central and southwest Florida. Best chances for rain will be from Tampa southward. High temperat

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Authorities are investigating a series of vandalism incidents, including small fires, at Pop Stansell Park in Palm Harbor. Palm Harbor Fire Rescue and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office say multiple suspicious fires have been intentionally set inside a restroom at the park in recent months. The mo

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Dashcam video from a Florida Highway Patrol patrol car shows a motorcycle pursuit along 38th Avenue North in St. Petersburg, according to authorities. The rider, wearing a black helmet, was traveling with a passenger in a white helmet. Investigators say the motorcyclist turned into a 16th Street

Robert Blackmon, who served on the St. Petersburg City Council from 2020 to 2022, is also a local real estate developer. Blackmon and his family were behind the restoration and rehabilitation of the former Standard Oil station, at the corner of 4th Street S. and 24th Avenue, in St. Petersburg’s Harbordale neighborhood.