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The St. Pete Pier District will now have new courtesy docks and may see possible changes to the seawall. The St. Pete City Council on Thursday...
An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people of all ages, races and backgrounds descended on the Pier district to catch a glimpse of the drone light show...
Red tide conditions have greatly improved in Tampa Bay, although Karenia brevis – the organism that causes red tide – persists along a large swath of...
Just as many questions and myths were circulating the original form of Covid-19 almost a year and a half ago, the mutation known as the Delta...
Kanika Tomalin, St. Petersburg’s Deputy Mayor and City Administrator under Mayor Rick Kriseman, will join Eckerd College as vice president for strategy and chief operating officer....
AdventHealth is ceasing non-emergency procedures at one of its campuses due to the rapid surge of Covid-19 cases. AdventHealth, which has multiple Tampa Bay campuses, will...
A Clearwater home tied to Hollywood actor John Travolta has sold. The waterfront home at 1012 Osceola Ave. N., in the Old Clearwater Bay neighborhood, sold...
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees unanimously approved the appointment of Rhea Law to serve as Interim President on the same day the current...
Stetson University has a new staff position – the Executive Officer for Diversity, Inclusion and Collaboration. Carmen Johnson, an existing faculty member and Stetson law graduate,...
The 22 South Food Hall, the revitalization project in the Deuces area of south St. Petersburg, may reopen with the financial backing of local investors. Vincent...