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  1. Kids saw sex offender, 60, having sex in public on Dunedin Causeway, cops say
    Nov. 14• Crime
    Robert Benjamin Clarke, 60, is a registered sex offender who was having sex in public on the Dunedin Causeway, Pinellas County Sheriff's office deputies said.
  2. Dunedin women survive close call with tornado that destroyed their mobile homes
    Oct. 12• Local Weather
    Sondra Martin, 73, sits in her easy chair in what remains of her living room on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, at Honeymoon Park mobile home park in Dunedin. Suspected tornadoes sliced through the area early Thursday morning.
  3. See early drone photos and video of tornado damage in Pinellas County
    Oct. 12• Local Weather
    Tornado damage is seen at the Harbor Pointe Condominiums on Thursday in Dunedin.
  5. When tornado warnings go off, don’t yawn and go back to sleep
    Oct. 12• Opinion
    A living room is exposed at a third-floor unit at the Harbor Pointe Condominiums on Thursday in Dunedin after tornadoes sliced through portions of the Tampa Bay area early Thursday morning, damaging homes and businesses across the region.
  6. Tampa Bay schools aim to reduce late buses when classes start next month
    July 31• Education
    Journeyman mechanic John Digregorio inspects the undercarriage of a school bus on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at Pinellas County Schools’ student transportation department at the Walter Pownall Service Center in Largo.
  7. Florida school district urged to stop book scrutiny. Groups fear censorship.
    June 30• Education
    A panel of librarians from the Pinellas County school district is scheduled to review 87 books in early July.
  8. Dunedin man fired 30 AR-15 rounds at pool cleaner he thought was intruder, sheriff says
    June 26• Crime
    Pool cleaner Karl Polek runs away after homeowner Bradley Hocevar fired an AR-15 at him through a glass door of his Dunedin home on June 15. Polek sustained minor injuries from shrapnel, Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.
  9. Phillies ramp up Clearwater expansion with plans for shopping, housing
    June 24• Clearwater
    BayCare Ballpark, the spring training home of Philadelphia Phillies, is pictured on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Clearwater.
  10. Teen faces manslaughter charge after fatal Dunedin crash, Pinellas deputies say
    June 14• Breaking News
    Dominic Rampi, 18, was arrested in April on a vehicular homicide charge after deputies said he hit and killed a 75-year-old woman. On Tuesday, deputies charged him with an additional charge of DUI manslaughter after toxicology reports showed he was driving impaired when he hit the woman, deputies said.
  11. Read these 11 essential Ron DeSantis stories from his hometown paper
    May 24• Politics
    Ron DeSantis waves to a crowd of supporters during his election night party at the Tampa Convention Center on Nov. 8, 2022, in Tampa.
  12. Clearwater police launch internal investigation after fatal DUI crash
    May 19• Crime
    Bryant Mendoza, 46, is facing charges of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in connection with a crash that killed a passenger in the Jeep he was driving Thursday night.
  13. Ron DeSantis expected to launch presidential campaign next week
    May 18• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes to the stage during a press conference at Cambridge Christian School on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in Tampa. He is expected to formally launch his presidential campaign next week.
  14. Florida Department of Corrections officer arrested on DUI charge in Dunedin
    May 18• Crime
    Melissa Stachelsky, an officer with the Florida Department of Corrections, was arrested early Thursday morning in Dunedin on a drunken driving charge,
  15. Here are Pinellas private school valedictorians, salutatorians for 2023
    May 16• Education
    The Class of 2023 takes center stage at 12 Pinellas private schools.
  16. Meet the 2023 valedictorians, salutatorians for Pinellas public schools
    May 15• Education
    A Seminole High School graduate is pictured after commencement ceremonies at Tropicana Field on Friday, May 20, 2022, in St. Petersburg. Ceremonies for the Class of 2023 in Pinellas County began Saturday and will continue this week.
  17. Ron DeSantis’ Tampa Bay hometown has evolved. Does it still claim him?
    April 26• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis returned to his childhood hometown of Dunedin for the Governor's Baseball Dinner, an annual event celebrating Florida baseball, at TD Ballpark on Feb. 16. It was a rare public hometown event for the Florida governor and potential White House contender, whose political rise has divided some locals.
  18. Dean Cain is Dunedin mayor in film trailer about a farting robot dog
    April 25• Movies
    Dog trainer Cassie Kennedy, her dog Beck and actor Dean Cain are pictured on the set of "R.A.D.A.R.: Adventures of the Bionic Dog," which was shot in Dunedin.
  19. Grads at 5 Pinellas high schools offered free tuition, fees at SPC
    April 12• News
    A pedestrian passes an entrance to the St. Petersburg College campus in downtown St. Petersburg. The college announced this week that it will offer free tuition and fees for graduates from the Class of 2023 at five Pinellas County high schools.
  20. 2 Pinellas men challenged 7 books, but don’t want them banned. Here’s why.
    April 11• Education
    Audience members wave their hands in support of someone who spoke against banning books during the Pinellas County School Board meeting on Feb. 14 in Largo. To maintain order, the crowd was asked to react silently to speakers' comments.
  21. Removal of ‘Ruby Bridges’ film from Pinellas school sparks outrage
    March 27• Education
    U.S. deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, La., in November 1960. The first-grader was the only Black child enrolled in the school, where parents of white students boycotted the court-ordered integration law and took their children out of school. Her story is told in the 1998 Disney movie "Ruby Bridges."
  22. Dunedin opens Gladys E. Douglas Preserve after citizens helped save it
    Feb. 25• Pinellas
    Aerial drone view of the new Gladys E. Douglas Preserve, 44 acres of untouched wild forest with hiking trails, and a lake is pictured on Friday in Dunedin.
  23. Woman, 62, found dead in fire-damaged Dunedin home, deputies say
    Feb. 21• Pinellas
    A 62-year-olld woman was found dead inside a fire-damaged home in Dunedin on Monday, deputies said.
  24. Looking for love? It’s in these Pinellas County mailboxes.
    Feb. 14• Pinellas
    Daynie Cutler, 19, of Dunedin, pulls a notebook from one of her love letters mailboxes on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023, across from Lane's Lemonade on the Pinellas Trail in Dunedin. Cutler said she was struggling after a breakup when she conceived the project: Setting up mailboxes in semi-secret places around Pinellas County, leaving notebooks and pens inside, and encouraging those who came upon the mailboxes to leave love letters.
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