Saint Petersburg FL

The Max Defender 8 weather team is tracking a weak incoming cold front that will bring elevated rain chances to the Bay Area Saturday. Throughout Saturday morning, expect building cloud cover and mild temperatures in the upper 70s. By the mid-to-late morning, downpours and storms from the Gulf will roll onshore,...

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — Last year’s storms took a toll on so many Bay Area communities. Some lost everything they owned. Some even lost their lives. But there were also a number of heroes who came out of the storms with memorable stories. Right after Hurricane Helene, we...

VALRICO, Fla. - A man stabbed his girlfriend multiple times before barricading himself in the attic for a few hours on Saturday morning, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded to the home on the 800 block of Cape Cod Circle in Valrico after a call came in...

FEMA Rebuild Rules Upend Florida's Waterfront Towns

Teachers unions and school districts in Pinellas and Pasco Counties announced Sept. 24 that they have reached agreements on teacher pay increases. The Pinellas County Teachers Association finalized its agreement with the district Sept. 23. After weeks of negotiation, where the district initially proposed a 0.7%...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Several days after a 76-year-old man was run over in Marion County, state troopers say they’ve arrested the woman responsible. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say the victim was pushing a cart of groceries at the intersection of Southwest 60th Street and State Road 200 around 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

St. Petersburg has approved the start of a study of a flood gate system to help manage flooding throughout the city.

A family whose name has been synonymous with area marine-based activities for nearly a century will likely now ferry passengers between downtown St. Petersburg and Tampa. The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) has selected Hubbard’s Marina to operate the much-anticipated Tampa Bay Ferry service following a...

For the second year in a row, St. Petersburg, Florida’s Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) approved a balanced budget that reduces the agency’s property tax rate, while also advancing new services and improvements across the transit system. The rate for 2026 is set at 0.7300 mills, down from...

Commuters in St. Petersburg faced unexpected delays this morning following a traffic incident involving a bicyclist. The St. Pete Police Department has advised motorists to avoid the area surrounding the intersection of 15th Avenue South and 22nd Street South due to a crash. In a social media alert, the department...