Saint Petersburg FL

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Residents hoping to roll out their bins on Monday will need to wait a day, as the City of St. Petersburg pauses operations to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. City officials confirmed that most administrative facilities and services will be shuttered on Monday, January...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Tampa, Florida – Residents across west central and southwest Florida are facing a rare and potentially damaging freeze as temperatures plunge overnight, putting crops, pets, and unprotected plumbing at risk...

A school resource officer assigned to Seminole High School has been arrested and fired after authorities accused him of inappropriate conduct involving a 17-year-old student.

GULFPORT, Fla. — After spending nearly 60 years at its clubhouse located at the Gulfport Marina, the Gulfport Lions Club is moving out and the building is coming down. The clubhouse was built in 1967 and has been the home of hundreds of fundraisers, events and parties. The Lions Club hosted its biweekly meetings out...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY — A tractor-trailer crash slowed things down early Thursday morning on Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 3:10 a.m. near milepost 261. Troopers say a 32-year-old man from Lakeland was heading south when he lost control of the...

A national non-profit organization born in the Tampa Bay area has caught the attention of Gary Sinise who's coming to town to help with their mission. The Red Star Foundation was started to support the families of those lost to suicide and call attention to the issue to help prevent others from doing the same.

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A road closure is in place in Pinellas County after a dump truck hit several power lines that landed on the roadway. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said this happened Thursday morning when a dump truck driving in the area of 35th Street North and Morris Street had...

Florida’s small towns quietly guard some of the state’s most meaningful food stories. Along slower streets and familiar corners, old lunch counters continue doing what they have always done, serving simple meals to people who have been coming back for decades. Here, the food matters, but so do...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – With the “feels like” temperature expected to plunge to 40 degrees or lower, the Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas announced Wednesday that cold weather shelters will activate across the county for Thursday night, Jan. 15. The emergency accommodations will operate from 6 p.m....

The second phase of an affordable housing community in St. Petersburg’s rapidly evolving Skyway Marina District is now welcoming residents. Some will pay just over $300 monthly for rent. Public and private stakeholders celebrated the completion of SkyWay Lofts II with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday. The $25...