Officials: Deficient beach ‘infrastructure’ increased storm flooding

Back-to-back storms brought billions of dollars in damages to Pinellas County's coastal communities; local and state officials believe the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deserves some blame.

Dr. Wes Brooks, chief resiliency officer for the State of Florida, did not mince words when discussing the federal agency's role in recent widespread flooding. He joined Commission Chair Kathleen Peters, Rep. Linda Chaney, Rep. Nick DiCeglie and Kelli Hammer Levy, county public works director, in Indian Rocks Beach for a post-hurricane update Friday.

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‘Unicorn’ affordable housing project progresses in St. Pete

Jeff Brandes has an extensive emotional attachment to a long-planned affordable housing project in South St. Petersburg that is now moving forward.

The former senator's family opened a lumber yard on the expansive site at 3300 Fairfield Ave. S. in the 1970s. While Brandes was always a part of the development team, he officially purchased the seven-acre property in mid-October.

Arts Alive! podcast: Freefall’s Holmes and Watson

Eric Davis and Matthew McGee took some time away from playing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson at freeFall Theatre to sit down and chat for the Arts Alive! podcast.

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