St. Petersburg residents take to the streets to promote end to gun violence

A double shooting in St. Petersburg brings the homicide count to 26 for the year. The city is on pace to mark the most murders in two decades.

Experience weird, wacky, wonderful Florida at Fairgrounds St. Pete

An immersive art installation in St. Petersburg invites everyone to escape reality and explore an interactive, story-driven experience of all things Florida.

Suspect in custody following St. Pete double murder, police say

St. Petersburg police say they have identified a suspect in Thursday night's shooting that left two people dead.

Lucid Vending machines offer locally made products

Vending machines popping up around Tampa Bay are offering new choices for customers and the companies that fill them.

Men posing as Duke Energy employees prompt St. Petersburg police investigation

St. Petersburg police are warning residents after a doorbell video captured what they say are men posing as Duke Energy employees knocking on doors and trying to get inside homes.

Learn and ride: Historian leads free bike tour, highlighting St. Pete Black history

A Bay Area historian is on a mission to bring a fresh and up-close perspective to some of the most significant historical sights in St. Pete’s Black history.

World Trade Center's final recovered steel beam to be centerpiece of St. Pete memorial

The monument will feature a 30-foot copper phoenix wing and a half-moon wall featuring hundreds of hand-painted tiles. But the beam will be the centerpiece, hoping to emulate America post-9/11 as a phoenix rising from the ashes.

Powerboat Grand Prix roars through St. Pete over holiday weekend

The St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix kicked off in Vinoy Park on Friday, starting the holiday weekend-long event where powerboat and Jet Ski race teams from across the country will compete.

Duran has go-ahead single in the 9th, Red Sox beat Tampa Bay Rays 3-2

Jarren Duran had a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth and the COVID-19 impacted Boston Red Sox stopped the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays' nine-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory on Wednesday night.

Sea turtle trackers remain vigilant as nesting season winds down

As sea turtle nesting season comes to its final stages, millions of eggs are hatching and though these hatchlings face a gauntlet of different dangers, sea turtle trackers are helping save these reptiles before they are even born. 

St. Petersburg program creates self-sufficient communities

In 2014, the Florida Dream Center created the ‘Adopt-a-Block’ program to help communities be more self-sufficient.

Widow urges vaccines at funeral for St. Pete officer who died from COVID-19 complications

St. Pete Officer Michael Weiskopf was the third Bay Area law enforcement officer to die due to COVID-19. At his funeral, Karen Weiskopf said her husband made a "risky decision" not to get vaccinated -- one he later regretted just before he died.

St. Pete police search for motorcyclist who fled from traffic stop

Officers in St. Petersburg are asking for the public's help in tracking down a motorcyclist who was pulled over for speeding, but then sped away from police.