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  1. Pedestrian, bicyclist killed in St. Petersburg car crash Saturday
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg police were investigating a traffic crash Saturday that killed a pedestrian and a bicyclist.
  2. St. Petersburg man accused of Thanksgiving New York mass shooting threat
    Yesterday• Crime
    Robert Jacob Trout III is accused of making an Instagram post that threatened a mass shooting in New York City.
  3. Hanukkah events bring people together in St. Petersburg, Clearwater
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    Children walk past a Star of David, where the Chabad of Clearwater lit candles during their Unite Through Light Hanukkah celebration on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023, at Coachman Park in Clearwater. The event hosted live music, a chocolate gelt drop, drinks, potato latkes, and doughnuts.
  5. WWE’s Undertaker brings one-man show to Tampa Bay’s ‘Royal Rumble weekend’
    Yesterday• Pro Wrestling
    The Undertaker performing his one-man show. It comes to Clearwater on Jan. 28.
  6. St. Petersburg police officer arrested on battery charge in Hillsborough
    Dec. 7• Crime
    A St. Petersburg police officer was arrested Wednesday in Hillsborough County on a battery charge after he pushed a woman during an argument, records show.
  7. Rays will not change name, team president says
    Dec. 7• Rays
    Rays president Brian Auld, right, and president Matt Silverman, second from right, at Tropicana Field in September. Auld said Thursday that the team will not change its name to the St. Petersburg Rays, despite recent discourse around the subject.
  8. How much did Tampa Bay’s GDP grow in 2022? New federal data explains
    Dec. 7• Florida
    Golf cart tour customer Sybil Furman, of Reno, Nevada, inquires about the tallest buildings in Tampa’s skyline while on a golf cart tour of Tampa on Friday, May 19, 2023. Tampa Bay’s gross domestic product — a measurement of economic performance by totaling the value of goods and services — did slow last year compared to 2021, federal data released Thursday shows.
  9. How a massive moon sculpture landed at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater
    Dec. 7• Visual Arts
    The Bill Edwards Foundation of the Arts collaborated with Imagine Museum to bring an art installation depicting the moon, by artist Luke Jerram, to the Mahaffey Theater pictured on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in St. Petersburg. The sculpture is made from a balloon-like material.
  10. St. Petersburg community benefits council chairperson resigns
    Dec. 7• St. Petersburg
    Gypsy Gallardo makes a presentation on Nov. 28. Gallardo resigned from St. Petersburg's Community Benefits Advisory Council.
  11. Pinellas deputies seize drugs, money and guns in St. Petersburg bust
    Dec. 7• Crime
    Police investigate the scene at a home at 1760 17th St. S. on Tuesday in St. Petersburg.
  12. 6 places to get soft serve ice cream in Tampa Bay
    Dec. 6• Food
    A cherry-dipped cone is served at Dairy Joy in South Tampa.
  13. After shooting death of USF St. Petersburg student, 2 go to prison with plea deals
    Dec. 6• Crime
    Owen Melin, 22, was shot to death in 2020 near the USF-St. Petersburg campus. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Lee).
  14. Over 40 Tampa Bay concerts to check out in 2024
    Dec. 6• Music
    Our 2024 Tampa Bay concert preview is here. Top row from left (all Times file photos): Billy Joel, Bad Bunny and Drake. Bottom row from left (all AP images): Morgan Wallen, Madonna and Joan Jett.
  15. Gnomes are a Christmas hit. They’re spreading to other holidays too.
    Dec. 6• Business
    Gnomes for several holidays are displayed at Miami-based Gnome Sweet Gnome's stand at St. Petersburg's Small Business Saturday festival, Shopapalooza, on Nov. 25, 2023.
  16. King State’s St. Petersburg location, with coffee and beer and food, is opening soon
    Dec. 5• Food
    Apple Snyder prepares a coffee drink at King State Coffee's Tampa location in 2020. King State's St. Petersburg location opens with full food and bar service on Dec. 12.
  17. ‘Walking Dead’ actor Chandler Riggs in movie shot at Tampa Gasparilla ship
    Dec. 5• Movies
    From left, actor Augie Duke, actor and director Shane Brady, actor Collin Thompson, actor Chandler Riggs, and actor Owen Atlas are filmed by director of photography Evan Zissimopulos during a scene for “HACKED: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma" on Monday at the Jose Gasparilla II pirate ship on Bayshore Boulevard in downtown Tampa.
  18. As Hanukkah begins Thursday, Clearwater congregation shows its pride
    Dec. 5• Associated Press
    Carpenter Jeffrey Cain builds a seven-foot Star of David at his home workshop in Clearwater for the Chabad of Clearwater's Hanukkah celebration to be hosted on Dec 7 at Coachman Park. The event will have performances by the Nerdy Noah Show, live music, a Hebrew school performance, latkes, doughnuts, dreidels, a visit from Tampa Bay Lightning’s ThunderBug, and a chocolate gelt drop with the Clearwater Fire Department.
  19. St. Petersburg man who served more than 20 years for murder faces child sex abuse charges
    Dec. 4• Crime
    Xavier Javoris Love is facing charges of child sex abuse a year after he was released from prison after serving more than 20 years on a murder charge.
  20. Snow in St. Petersburg, kind of, at Snowfest event
    Dec. 2• Things To Do
    Holiday helpers assist children as they go tobogganing down a hill of snow.
  21. Tampa Bay police agencies expect policy changes after Marsy’s Law ruling
    Dec. 1• Politics
    Tampa police investigate on East Cluster Avenue in November 2019 after two officers fired at and fatally wounded a man who police said pointed a gun at them. The department is among law enforcement agencies in Tampa Bay and across the state that are grappling with how to amend their policies and procedures in the wake of Thursday’s sweeping Florida Supreme Court ruling on the victim rights measure known as Marsy’s Law.
  22. St. Petersburg man gets 3½ years in prison for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots
    Dec. 1• Crime
    Zachary Johnson of St. Petersburg wears protective goggles outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a screenshot from a video released by the U.S. House Jan. 6th Committee.
  23. St. Pete Beach cafe finds new home after Starbucks, lease dispute
    Dec. 1• Business
    Lauren Chezaud, owner of Cafe’ Soleil French Bakery & Deli, serves coffees to customers Sheryl Arbo, of St. Pete Beach, right, and Emily Hagan, of St. Pete Beach, on Thursday, Sep 21, 2023, at the cafe at St. Pete Beach.
  24. Sonata, the new restaurant at St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater, is open
    Dec. 1• Food News
    Charred calamari with jicama, roasted corn, chorizo, cilantro, yuzu and edamame is on the menu at Sonata, the new restaurant at St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater.
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