St. Pete’s ‘Hometown Haulers’ earned over $1.5 million

While they may have lacked dump trucks and heavy machinery typically used to collect storm debris, St. Petersburg’s “Hometown Haulers” provided a much-needed assist following Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Community leaders and city officials hastily established the Hometown Recovery Haulers program when faced with an unprecedented amount of storm-related debris. Small businesses and private citizens using whatever vehicles were available collected tons of vegetation, construction materials and flooded appliances from neighborhood curbs.

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St. Pete’s ‘most wanted’ murder suspect arrested in Mexico

A man St. Petersburg police say is responsible for killing his estranged girlfriend in front of her two young children was arrested in Mexico after a three-and-a-half-year search.

Police Chief Anthony Holloway announced Tuesday that Benjamin “Bambi” Williams was no longer the city’s “most wanted” fugitive. He was charged with the 1st-degree murder of 27-year-old Joana Peca and two counts of child abuse.

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