For 45 years, Mother’s Day weekend has been inexorably linked to the Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy. It was May 9, 1980 – a Friday, just like...
A sprawling waterfront resort in St. Petersburg’s Skyway Marina District has unveiled several new public and private amenities. Recently completed enhancements at SkyBeach Resort include a...
Add another casualty to the hurricane list: The Skyway 10K, the annual charity run/walk over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The April 6 event will be virtual...
Today (Tuesday, Jan. 28) at 11 a.m., the U.S. Coast Guard will conduct its annual memorial and wreath-laying ceremony at the Blackthorn Memorial site, near the...
The wait is over: After years of preparation and weeks of online speculation, the Tampa Bay Rays unveiled their much-anticipated City Connect uniforms Monday. Major League...
Tuesday morning’s news that Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge had been struck by a ship, and collapsed into the Patapsco River, was eerily reminiscent of perhaps...
The Skyway Fishing Pier State Park annually attracts hundreds of thousands of anglers and seabirds alike, which has led to years of studies and debate surrounding...
St. Petersburg lost its innocence 43 years ago today. A massive thundersquall formed in the pre-dawn hours, in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Tampa Bay,...
As ships go, the United States Coast Guard cutter Blackthorn was diminutive: Just 180 feet from bow to stern, and 37 feet abeam, with a displacement...
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, linking Pinellas and Manatee counties, is notorious as one of the country’s worst suicide destinations, as hundreds of people have historically jumped...
