St. Pete places second nationally for pickleball courts

Despite recent clamoring for more pickleball facilities, a new study validated what St. Petersburg parks officials have repeatedly stated - the city is on the “bleeding edge” of America’s fastest-growing sport.

City Councilmember Deborah Figgs-Sanders scheduled Thursday morning’s pickleball update months ago, due to repeated requests for more courts. A Trust for Public Land (TPL) study released May 23 showed St. Petersburg features 19.6 courts per 100,000 residents, second most in the nation.

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Nadine Smith talks equality’s past, present and future [Audio]

Long before becoming one of Time's 100 Most Influential People, Nadine Smith was arrested at Largo City Hall for handing someone a flier emblazoned with "Don't Discriminate" while supporting a transgender city manager.

That was 16 years ago, and Smith returned to the government building Tuesday for a Pride flag-raising ceremony. That story was one of many she relayed to the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club to highlight the cyclical nature of civil rights.