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Lying in his bed in the Covid-19 ward at Northside Hospital, Tim Piccarillo let his mind wander. “I only thought about death once,” the St. Petersburg...
With the first day of school just under a month away, the Pinellas County School Board outlined its plans for reopening at a workshop Tuesday. Parents...
The St. Petersburg renaissance has been in full swing for more than a decade. We’ve excelled in many areas and struggled in others. In our series...
The virtual Suncoast Tiger Bay Meeting was held July 8. The topic was Coming Together: A discussion on race, equity and the future of policing in...
The state of Florida has not done an adequate job in testing for cases of COVID-19 and in tracing the people with whom COVID-19 patients had...
On July 9, the St. Petersburg Police Department announced plans to send community and social service professionals instead of uniformed police officers on some non-violent service...
With COVID Diaries, The Catalyst is putting a face on the novel coronavirus, telling the individual stories of Tampa Bay residents who struggle, or have struggled, with...
The St. Petersburg Police Department plans to send community and social service professionals instead of uniformed police officers on some non-violent calls for service, beginning Oct....
The Central Avenue Bus Rapid Transit project has a brand new name and a fresh new logo. Behold the SunRunner. Local officials unveiled the new name...
Florida’s Democratic congressional representatives are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expedite a request from state health officials for emergency supplies of...