Saint Petersburg FL

Nearly four years after a deadly shooting at a Tampa apartment complex, authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder. On January 13, 2026, deputies took 27-year-old Nekko Orta into custody for the 2022 killing of Bryce Green at the Verra North Apartments on Skipper Road. The original...

As the mercury dropped a few days ago, and with near-freezing temps due today, it seemed like a good week for soup. And seeing as we hadn’t done Italian since last May, we somewhat randomly landed on pasta fagioli, a peasant dish that, translated, means “pasta and beans.”

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — The pilings that support the iconic Madeira Beach Snack Shack appear to be in “good shape” after being flooded with seawater by Hurricane Helene 16 months ago, according to Community Development Director Marci Forbes. “The substructure as a whole is in much better...

January 17, 2026 - The Homeless Leadership Alliance (HLA) has announced that cold night shelters will open Sunday and Monday nights as "feels like" temperatures will again drop to 40 degrees or below throughout Pinellas County. All sites provide a warm and safe place to stay, and many serve a meal. The Pinellas...

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is warning parents about online safety for children. In a recent Pinellas County Sheriff's Office's Post, the department compared leaving children unprotected online to leaving doors or windows unlocked at home, emphasizing the risks of digital threats. Pinellas County officials...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Tampa Bay, FL – A Freeze Watch remains in effect late Sunday night through Monday morning, putting much of Central Florida at risk for dangerously cold temperatures that could damage crops, vegetation, and...

Three men are facing criminal charges after allegedly harassing a group of students praying inside a University of South Florida parking garage. The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office announced that Richard Penkoski, Christopher Svochak, and Ricardo Yepez have been charged with disturbing a religious...

A Florida woman allegedly fired a gun through a bedroom wall during an argument with her boyfriend, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say Antonieta Plasencia-Hernandez, 47, banged on the boyfriend's locked bedroom door and used his gun to fire a shot at the wall near where he was standing.

For one week each March, Tampa Bay turns into a different kind of business. It becomes a global sports broadcast, a temporary hospitality district and a logistics operation that runs like a major civic event. The result is not symbolic. It is economic activity that shows up in room nights,...

TAMPA, Fla. - The world's largest rodents seem to be popping up all over Tampa Bay, but like many other capybaras, the trio with CapyCove, seem to be welcomed by most. CapyCove is set to be a 1,700-square-foot outdoor capybara experience in St. Petersburg, opening in June. The semiaquatic animals will be around a...