Local News in Pinellas County

St. Pete teens preparing for international swimming event

Three of the four athletes are siblings.

St. Pete approves utility rate hikes

The stormwater increase is lower than projected (the city anticipated a 15% increase before bringing the FY27 proposal down to 8.5%).

Don CeSar-filmed ‘A Statement’ to premiere in October

A Statement, partially filmed in and around the Don CeSar Resort in April (with dozens of local extras), will debut Oct. 3 as part of the New York Film Festival. The drama, with Evan Peters, Tatiana Maslaney, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and John Turturro, is about…

Summer Talent Showcase shines light on emerging artists

The case for bringing Pinellas County’s fishing piers back

Dylan Hubbard suggests the county explore rebuilding fishing piers and other shore-based access points that have disappeared over the years.

Safety Harbor Pier’s official grand re-opening is Sept. 12

The Safety Harbor Pier quietly re-opened Thursday, nearly two years after it was destroyed by the water and winds of Hurricane Helene. Rebuilding began in 2025. The City of Safety Harbor will hold an official grand re-opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 12.

Safety Harbor pier reopens after two-year absence

St. Pete’s aging pipes carry a $3.4 billion price tag

Council discussed a study area containing 21.99 miles of water mains, most of which were classified as very high risk.

Go Greek Yogurt opens its first Tampa Bay location at Sundial in St. Pete this September

St. Pete is about to have a new spot for sweet treats. Go Greek Yogurt, the California-born brand that’s already won over cities like Los Angeles and New York before […]

FEMA to issue new flood insurance maps for Pinellas watershed

The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is preparing to issue new Flood Insurance Rate Maps maps for the Alligator Creek watershed area in the city of Clearwater that may affect several properties,” according to a prepared statement. The watershed drains through Alligator Lake…

Save The Garden discusses push to challenge Scientology’s Garden Avenue takeover in downtown Clearwater

Downtown Clearwater is synonymous with the Church of Scientology, which is headquartered there. The church itself, and its owners, control an overwhelming proportion of downtown. Over the summer, the city officials moved closer to handing part of downtown’s Garden Avenue to the…

Bill Edwards: The man who kept betting on St. Petersburg

The Marine veteran made and lost fortunes across six decades, then poured his money, energy and appetite for risk into the city he called home.