The City of St. Petersburg has closed Shore Acres and Snell Isle, two flood-prone coastal neighborhoods, due to flooding issues well ahead of Hurricane Helene’s peak...
Local mandatory evacuation orders encompass the St. Petersburg Municipal Marina, several areas frequented by homeless residents and downtown high-rises. City officials have prepared accordingly ahead of...
Pinellas County officials ordered a mandatory Zone A evacuation at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday ahead of what would soon become Hurricane Helene. That encompasses coastal neighborhoods...
After spending the past six years representing various branches of state government, Samantha Bequer eagerly anticipates connecting with the St. Petersburg community and local media. Mayor...
The St. Petersburg City Council received what one administrator called a firehose of information regarding environmental resiliency efforts and increasing flooding issues today. The over four-hour...
Marquis Scott would have turned 25 on July 25. His father, Mayor Ken Welch and dozens of community supporters honored the fifth anniversary of his premature...
A bevy of current and former elected officials joined Red Apple Group leadership Monday to celebrate the topping out of what developer John Catsimatidis called downtown...
An ambitious project that will transform an abandoned St. Petersburg hospital into a vibrant, affordable housing development for low-income seniors is underway. Myriad stakeholders celebrated construction...
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch contritely accepted the blame for his administration’s well-intentioned employee bonus payments. “The buck stops here,” he said Friday afternoon. The 17...
A cavalcade of local, regional and statewide leaders gathered along Mirror Lake’s shoreline in St. Petersburg to celebrate a long-awaited new courthouse nearing completion Tuesday. The...
