Pinellas News

SEMINOLE — Six candidates have filed to run for two open seats on the City Council.Incumbents Chris Burke, first elected in 2012, and Trish Springer, elected in 2015, face challenges from former council member Dan Hester, who served from 2005 to 2010...

LARGO — City commissioners recently took the first step toward increasing solid waste fees when they voted 4-3 to approve a 20 percent residential and commercial hike.The increase, which would be the first since 2007 and take effect Oct. 1, would cos...

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — The City Commission has approved a reduction in the property tax rate. The rate for the coming fiscal year, 2019 will be $1.83 for every $1,000 in assessed, taxable property value, down from $1.93 for the past two years. For eigh...

Catching you up on overnight happenings, and what to know today.• Get ready for another overcast, wet and hot day. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a 40 percent chance of rain, according to the National Weather Service. The highest ch...

ST. PETERSBURG — Former mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons’ plans to develop two acres across the street from Tangerine Plaza — where two supermarkets failed — could be in trouble. His vision for the property at 2100 18th Ave....

CLEARWATERNearly half a century ago, Martin Kelly made the mistake of his life.He was a senior at the University of Miami when he decided to take part in what would become one of the most infamous political scandals in U.S. history: Watergate. He was...

MADEIRA BEACH — In six weeks, a struggling water taxi service based in Johns Pass Village will cease operations.The Tampa Bay Ferry & Taxi service began operations two years ago as part of a city-initiated public-private partnership that included an ...

Catching you up on overnight happenings, and what to know today.• Showers will push ashore and strengthen in the early afternoon. There’s a 40 percent chance of rain mainly in the afternoon, but forecasters believe most of the rain will be gone by t...

ST. PETERSBURG — From the beginning, the city’s plans for an aerial net sculpture on the downtown waterfront provoked alarm from those concerned about birds."I do not think that it is appropriate to place a moving, lighted net in an important flyway ...

Kathy Sizemore, 65, and her husband had just replaced the leaky roof on their two bedroom, two-bathroom home in North St. Petersburg.A few months later, Hurricane Irma struck, and their refrigerator broke down. Meanwhile, her air conditioner was on i...