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St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch is restarting the selection process of securing a developer to spearhead the redevelopment of the 86-acre Tropicana Field site, meaning the...
Nearly the entirety of St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park is under a state-mandated fresh fruit and vegetable quarantine zone due to the recent discovery of Oriental...
When St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch took office, he said he would re-evaluate the proposals from groups vying to redevelop the 86-acre Tropicana Field site, and...
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) is focusing attention on employees, including expanding its Mental Health Unit and increasing pay for deputies and nurses. Speaking to...
Tampa Bay’s inflation rate paced the nation’s again in May – and in addition to rapidly increasing prices on goods, experts are now warning consumers to...
As several local leaders participating in a recent resiliency summit noted, people across the region must “dream big” and work together now to mitigate the future...
It is a sweltering late June afternoon in South St. Petersburg, but Carla Bristol seems unfazed by the heat as she directs a group of volunteers...
Located between St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park, the unincorporated area known as Lealman is undergoing drastic changes and experiencing rapid growth. Long considered an underserved community...
Supreme Court rulings and bipartisan breakthroughs will do little to diffuse the heated arguments about gun control. Guns-with-no-restriction proponents will continue to argue for their constitutional...
For over three decades of marching into the presidential office and debating with governors about policies, Nadine Smith has always been at the forefront of defending...
