Paul Rudd Needs Extras For Movie Filming in St. Pete
Frontrunner Casting is on the lookout for local extras for the movie The Statement, starring Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti, which is set to shoot in St. Petersburg. Directed by Tom McCarthy, the film delves into early climate change discussions in 1980s Florida. Extras are needed for scenes on April...
Escalade Driver Jailed After St. Pete Beach Hit-And-Run Leaves Woman Fighting For Life
Margaret Barah Gardner (PCSO) PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. -A 43-year-old woman is in custody following a...
St. Pete’s ‘Trunk Lady’ Finally Named More Than 50 Years After Halloween Killing
More than five decades after a woman’s body was abandoned in a trunk in a St. Petersburg field on Halloween, investigators say they finally know who she was: Sylvia June Atherton. The name gives relatives a long-awaited answer while leaving the central mystery wide open: who killed her. Detectives are now asking the...
Florida gas prices drop despite Iran tensions
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida gas prices edged lower Thursday, including in the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro areas, even as fighting involving Iran raised new concerns about global oil supplies, according to AAA. The statewide average for regular unleaded was $3.879 a gallon,...
Three people arrested following $75K liquor theft scheme in Florida
FLORIDA — Three people have been arrested in connection with an alleged $75,000 liquor theft scheme in Hillsborough County, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said a Tampa-based alcohol distribution company reported ongoing internal theft on March 12. Detectives believe the scheme...
Unsolved Florida: The 1969 Murder of Sylvia June Atherton
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A trunk sealed for decades. Inside, a mystery St. Petersburg police couldn’t name—only label. For more than 50 years, she was known as "The Lady in the Trunk." But, three years ago, detectives finally gave her back her name: Sylvia June Atherton. But the...
Stone crabbers file suit as thousands of traps cut loose in SW Florida
This story has been updated with new information. Thousands of stone crab traps across the Southwest Florida coast are sitting on the bottom of the Gulf, acting as killing machines as they'll never be retrieved or removed from the water. The traps are scattered from Bonita Springs north to Tampa Bay, and some...
SailFuture Academy teacher takes students on sailing adventures
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Tony Monceaux is the maritime instructor at SailFuture Academy. The school offers academic programs to teenagers in foster care and at-risk youth. Monceaux, who is also known as Captain Tony, has been teaching for six years. Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Monceaux was a...
Mahaffey to present Ali Wong
ST. PETERSBURG — Actress and comedian Ali Wong will take the stage on Saturday, April 4, 7 p.m., at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts — Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg. Tickets start at $120.65. Visit themahaffey.com. Wong is an Emmy award-winning actress, comedian,...
Mainsail Art Festival returns to Vinoy Park
We get a preview of the Mainsail Art Festival, returning to St. Petersburg for its 51st year. From painters to photographers and every medium in between, artists will display their works along the waterfront at Vinoy Park on March 28th and 29th.
