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**This story has been updated to include new information on the Moderna vaccine Residents and staff at Pinellas County long-term care facilities began receiving the Pfizer...
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has given $20 million to United Way Suncoast. It’s the largest gift the Tampa-based philanthropic organization has...
The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners has extended the county’s state of local emergency through Dec. 25, after cautions about the growing number of Covid-19...
While Covid-19 vaccines won’t be available to most Floridians until at least February, public health officials are already looking at strategies to assure people that it’s...
We’re asking thought leaders, business people and creatives to talk about 2021, and give us catalyzing ideas for making St. Pete a better place to live...
We’re asking thought leaders, business people and creatives to talk about 2021, and give us catalyzing ideas for making St. Pete a better place to live...
The gun violence that’s marred one of St. Petersburg’s Black neighborhoods recently is compelling community leaders to pursue solutions beyond the usual marches, scolding, pleading and...
With two new Covid-19 vaccines poised to receive F.D.A. authorization, there’s a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, but Pinellas County health officials warn...
With the flip of a coin, Ed Montanari retained his spot as chairman of the St. Petersburg city council for another year. The coin flip, which...
St.Vincent de Paul CARES will receive a $5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund to eradicate youth and family homelessness in Hillsborough and...
