Celebrating St. Pete’s new waterfront park bench swings
In partnership with the Waterfront Parks Foundation, the City of St. Petersburg Parks & Recreation Department hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating five new park bench swings Wednesday. The swings, which were installed within the past month, are located in Coffee Pot Park, Flora Wylie Park, North Straub Park...
Deadly Seminole work site electrocution under investigation
SEMINOLE, Fla. - A death investigation is underway in Seminole after three men were electrocuted at a work site on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies went to 8675 Park Boulevard in Seminole shortly before 2 p.m. for a report of a man who was electrocuted.
Suspect stabbed multiple times after couple fend off home invasion attack, police say
A man was arrested after a couple fended him off during a home invasion, the Pinellas Park Police Department said.
1 killed, 2 hospitalized in Pinellas County electrical incident involving Duke Energy contractors
A deadly electrical incident in Pinellas County claimed the life of one person and hospitalized two others, authorities said.
Sunday’s storm undoes Hurricane Milton repairs made in Gulfport less than a month ago
GULFPORT, Fla. - Sunday night’s storm forced water into Gulfport Beach Bazaar in downtown Gulfport and flooded streets in the city. As store manager Michael Hooper put it, it wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last. What they're saying:. "Is it tiresome," he said....
Florida AG Uthmeier discussing ‘legal morphine’ kratom compound during press conference
TAMPA - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is holding a press conference in Tampa on Wednesday afternoon to discuss "7-hydroxymitragynine" – often called "7-OH". This comes weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's action to classify it as a Schedule I controlled substance. The backstory:. You can...
Protesters gather at St. Pete City Hall, objection to DOGE audit
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Members of Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency have started audits in St. Pete, but not without objection. It is the latest round of reviews that have been happening around the state. Protesters began gathering outside City Hall on Wednesday, saying it should be people...
State CFO Ingoglia says Florida’s DOGE is ‘not going away’
St. Petersburg will undergo an on-site review by state-appointed auditors Wednesday and Thursday. It may not be their last visit. Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, who oversees the Florida Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said he had a “chilling message” Monday for local governments: “Cities and...
Florida CFO Declares War On Government Waste To Deliver Property Tax Relief “FAFO”
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Blaise Ingoglia, spoke from an on-site government efficiency initiative in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, vowing to hold local governments accountable for what he described as a post-COVID “explosion” in their budgets and a corresponding surge in property taxes.
Teacher vacancies declining in districts across the greater Tampa Bay region
The school year started this week for public school students across Florida. Districts in the greater Tampa Bay region are seeing fewer teacher and bus driver vacancies than in the past. Despite teachers being under close scrutiny by the state and average pay being the second lowest in the country...
