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Like many students at Gibbs High School, Ja’Tanaisha Thompson dreamt of attending college; unlike most of her classmates, she enrolled at the University of Florida at...
The Tampa Bay Rowdies overcame a physical, scoreless first half to advance in the USL Championship playoffs Saturday night, behind the play of their captain and...
Pinellas County officials implemented a program to promote small businesses just as the area began experiencing explosive growth; it is now exceeding expectations. Corey McCaster, the...
Family Support Services has significantly bolstered its workforce, increased pay and boosted partner funding by nearly $9 million in its first nine months as Pinellas County’s...
The City of St. Petersburg has extended the deadline for developers to submit their proposals on redeveloping the Tropicana Field/Historic Gas Plant District site. On the...
After receiving statewide recognition for dedicating 76% of American Rescue Plan Act funding to affordable housing solutions, St. Petersburg City Councilmembers have now allocated $23.8 million...
Through a widely collaborative effort and with keen attention to details that support victims’ needs, Community Action Stops Abuse Pinellas (CASA) opened the state’s first Family...
After losing funding for its homeless family shelter that served domestic violence survivors, Hope Villages of America (HVA) has successfully transformed the facility into much-needed affordable...
In addition to statewide and local candidate races, St. Petersburg voters will also decide on two city charter amendments and two referendum questions during the upcoming...
Curren Shuler, 9, will go down in history as the Pan American Taekwondo Union’s (PATU) first youth champion after beating his counterparts from 54 countries. The...