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Good evening, Tampa Bay. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook. It will be partly sunny to start Thursday with a breeze out of the northeast. Winds could gust over 20 mph at times. Expect a chance...

LEALMAN, Fla. — Pinellas County’s budget for the new fiscal year includes just over $15 million for growth and redevelopment projects in Lealman. The Lealman Community Redevelopment Area was established 10 years ago, as a way to take tax increment funds and reinvest them into the community for redevelopment. Under...

Pictured: Asianna Lotito, center with board members Lisa Davis and Samantha Ghezelbash, founded The Sweet Friend, which provides school supplies, clothing, popsicles, and more for local students. Courtesy of The Sweet Friend Foundation. For some kids at Mount Vernon Elementary, the popsicles they receive for free...

The City of St. Petersburg will move forward with the Science Center deal.

As the one-year anniversaries of hurricanes Helene and Milton approach, many Pinellas County residents, homeowners and business owners are still recovering from the devastation. In the storms' aftermath, government officials and agencies at every level faced blame and complaints as permitting backlogs, staff...

TAMPA, Fla. — An 18-year-old was arrested Monday on a misdemeanor charge after allegedly driving his car at 129 mph on the Gandy Bridge, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The arresting trooper said in an arrest report that Declan Sheppard was traveling westbound on the bridge in a blue Mazda.

Celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian will open a St. Petersburg restaurant at The Central, a hotel slated for the city's Edge District. The post Food Network celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian plans to open a new downtown St. Pete restaurant appeared first on Creative Loafing Tampa .

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 on Tuesday evening resulted in the death of a St. Petersburg man and left another driver with serious injuries. The fatal collision occurred at approximately 7:20 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway. According to preliminary reports, the...

TAMPA, Fla. — Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, died at 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death on Wednesday in an Instagram post. According to the Washington, D.C.-based institute, Goodall...

Sheriff: Sparta the dog leaped on suspect to protect 15-year-old girl