by Josh Solomon Kathryn Varn on January 23, 2019 at 12:05 am

ST. PETERSBURG - Tony Davis got out of a two-door Cadillac on Monday night and headed inside the Shell gas station on the corner of 34th Street S and 18th Avenue S. It was about 9:40 p.m., and more than 100 were gathered in the parking lot. The Shell station is a regular neighborhood […]

by Megan Reeves on January 22, 2019 at 11:59 pm

Samantha Santos was scanning groceries at Publix on Saturday when her phone buzzed from beneath the cash register. It was an email congratulating her on admission to the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.Elated, the 17-year-old Pinellas Park High School senior quickly told a […]

by Daniel Figueroa IV on January 22, 2019 at 11:57 am

The last of a weekend chill is fizzling out of the Tampa Bay area Tuesday morning as temperatures prepare to quickly bounce back to normal for a few days.Morning commutes are starting in the high 40s and lower 50s today, but will quickly cool as the sun rises, according to the Nationa […]

by Josh Solomon on January 22, 2019 at 5:18 am

ST. PETERSBURG - Two men were fatally shot and another was wounded in a Monday night shooting at a post-Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, according to police. The shooting took place at a Shell gas station on the corner of 34th Street and 18th Avenue S, according to St. […]

by Kirby Wilson on January 21, 2019 at 11:58 pm

ST. PETERSBURG - Beverly Graveley is a veteran of the city's annual parade honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and on Monday she looked the part.Graveley secured a prime viewing spot for the 34th annual MLK Dream Big parade: near the beginning of the route, at Third Street […]

by Ernest Hooper on January 21, 2019 at 11:19 pm

TAMPA - The educator educated. Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell came to deliver lessons at Tampa Organization of Black Affairs's 39th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast on Monday, and when her "class" ended more than 1,000 people walked […]

by Carl Lisciandrello on January 21, 2019 at 11:48 am

Sunday's quickly plunging temperatures have carried into Martin Luther King Jr. Day as frigid conditions (for Tampa Bay, at least) have settled into the region.For now, at least, as a warming trend will take highs back to near 80 by midweek before another front provides a repeat of this […]

by Jeffrey S. Solochek on January 19, 2019 at 4:45 pm

A Pinellas Park man was arrested Thursday on charges of inappropriate sexual behavior toward a minor, dating back to 2012.Mark James Hery, 48, of 51st Way N, faces one charge of sexual battery on a child under 12, two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation, and one count of lewd and […]

by Jeffrey S. Solochek on January 19, 2019 at 3:12 pm

ST. PETERSBURG - A 49-year-old man was killed while crossing 34th Street N just before midnight Friday.The victim, whose name has not been released, was walking across the street when he was struck by a southbound taxi, according to a St. Petersburg Police report.The taxi, […]

by Graham Brink on January 18, 2019 at 11:21 pm

David Downing heads up Visit St. Pete-Clearwater, the public agency charged with attracting tourists to Pinellas County.At least he does until Feb. 1, when his resignation takes effect. He announced he was quitting three days after Tampa Bay Times reporter Mark Puent […]