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  1. St. Petersburg’s redevelopment process begins with Rays pick. What happens now?
    1 hour ago• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch, left, talks with Hines senior managing director Michael Harrison and Tampa Bay Rays co-President Brian Auld after the mayor gave his 2023 State of the City address on the steps of City Hall on Monday.
  2. Florida expands campaign to help reduce accidental baby deaths
    2 hours ago• Health
    Stephanie Calvert, with Sunstar Paramedics, left, pauses to visit with St. Petersburg Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedic Josh Burch and his 7-month-old son, Kane, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, at the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County in Clearwater. That's where officials gathered to announce the expansion of locally-born Sleep Baby Safely campaign to eight counties across the state.
  3. Man riding electric bicycle killed in St. Petersburg crash, police say
    Earlier today• Breaking News
    A 39-year-old man riding an electric bicycle died after he collided with an SUV at a St. Petersburg intersection on Monday, police said.
  5. Tampa Bay leaders condemn fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis
    Yesterday• Crime
    Protesters rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday.
  6. Here’s what they’re saying about Mayor Ken Welch’s pick to redevelop the Trop
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch gives his 2023 State of the City address on the steps of City Hall on Monday. During the speech, Welch announced he'd be backing a plan by the Tampa Bay Rays and global development firm Hines to redevelop the city's 86-acre Tropicana Field site.
  7. At triumphant State of the City, Welch makes up for lost inauguration
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch walks from City Hall to give his 2023 State of the City address Monday.
  8. St. Petersburg mayor picks Tampa Bay Rays, Hines to redevelop Tropicana Field
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch gives his 2023 State of the City on the steps of City Hall on Monday.
  9. St. Petersburg’s mayor names a developer for Tropicana Field today. Then what?
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    Former St. Petersburg City Council Chair, Ed Montanari, delivers remarks in support of continuing to work with the Rays to keep major league baseball in the city, during a press conference at Tropicana Field, Tuesday, June 1, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  10. Police identify boy, 13, struck and killed by motorcycle in St. Petersburg
    Jan. 29• Breaking News
    Ethan Martin, 13, was hit and killed by a motorcyclist in St. Petersburg Sunday morning, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.
  11. St. Petersburg, Hillsborough net extra US aid for housing
    Jan. 27• Hillsborough
    The U.S. Department of Treasury is sending an additional $6.5 million to the Tampa Bay area to help families facing evictions. [SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN | Times]
  12. New St. Petersburg City Council committee focuses on jobs and economy
    Jan. 26• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg City Council member Ed Montanari will serve as the chairperson of a new economic development-focused committee.
  13. Times arts reporter Maggie Duffy wins MUSE Award
    Jan. 26• Arts
    Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times arts and music reporter, is shown here when she recently took part in the "Dream Tapestry" interactive experience at the Dali Museum. She won this year's MUSE Award for literary arts from the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance.
  14. Raymond James’s chief economist: Soft landing to inflation still in play
    Jan. 26• Business
    Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg hired Eugenio Aleman as its new chief economist in 2022.
  15. Pinellas decides on a name for its new middle school in St. Petersburg
    Jan. 25• Education
    An architect's rendering shows the outdoor recreation features planned for Pinellas County’s newest middle school, a partnership between the school district and the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg. The school board voted on Jan. 24, 2023, to name the new campus Mangrove Bay Middle School, after the neighborhood that surrounds it.
  16. Busch Gardens says drop ride Falcon’s Fury will reopen this spring
    Jan. 25• Theme Parks
    The Falcon's Fury drop tower ride at Bush Gardens opened in 2014. It was closed "out of an abundance of caution" after a fatal accident on a similar ride in Orlando last March, and it hasn't reopened since.
  17. SunRunner expansion? A new bus stop could be coming to St. Pete Pier
    Jan. 25• Transportation
    The SunRunner parked at the 1st Avenue N & 5th Street N station during a media preview on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 in St. Petersburg. The SunRunner is the Bus-Rapid-Transit service that will take riders from downtown St. Pete to St. Pete Beach with limited stops.
  18. How St. Pete’s Woodson Museum became central to Tropicana Field’s redevelopment
    Jan. 25• St. Petersburg
    “To think what may be on our horizon makes me that much prouder,” says Terri Lipsey Scott, executive director of the Woodson African American Museum of Florida, shown at the museum in St. Petersburg on Jan. 13. Two proposals for the Tropicana Field site envision a place for a new Woodson Museum.
  19. Pinellas schools remove book by prize-winning author Toni Morrison
    Jan. 25• Education
    "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, shown here with two other frequently challenged books, has been removed from circulation and lessons in all Pinellas County public schools.
  20. How Brian Auld, Rays’ man about town, built support for team’s Trop plan
    Jan. 25• Business
    “One of the lessons we learned very early on in the process was, trying to tell the community what it needs is a losing proposition,” Rays president Brian Auld said. “But if you really listen and you explain what assets you have as a big-league ballclub, you can really make a difference.”
  21. Ron DeSantis, appearing in Idaho ads, calls for a constitutional convention
    Jan. 24• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis has been in ads on the radio and on Fox News urging Idahoans to call for a convention of the states to amend the U.S. Constitution. “The members of Congress will never vote to limit their own power," he says. "That’s why we need states to step up and take action.
  22. Pinellas man accused of killing 2 moms sentenced to life in prison for robbery
    Jan. 24• Crime
    Tyron Jackasal, 22, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for an armed robbery. He has been accused in the shooting deaths of two moms in 2021, though one of the cases has been dropped.
  23. Tropicana Field bidder pledges to give back to the community. Can they deliver?
    Jan. 24• St. Petersburg
    A rendering of 50 Plus 1 Sports' plan to redevelop St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field as the Historic Gas Plant District.
  24. Gasparilla parade will have four generations of one family this year
    Jan. 24• Life & Culture
    Four generations show what it's like to toss beads from the Royal Float of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla. From left are Hudson Clarke (Bryan Clarke's 10-year-old son and a royal page), Richard S. Clarke Sr., 95, Richard S. Clarke Jr., 69, and Bryan T. Clarke, 38, a Tampa veterinarian. They will all participate in the Gasparilla parade Jan. 28.
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