Tourism experts still hopeful, despite crushing blow of pandemic

Following a record-breaking year in 2019 for Hillsborough County’s tourism industry, 2020 was set to shatter last year’s numbers until the pandemic, according to Visit Tampa Bay.

Artist behind St. Pete pier's 'Bending Arc' invites you to 'lie down in the grass and look up'

The featured artwork at the St. Pete Pier is open to interpretation, at the insistence of the creator, Janet Echelman, who says the patterns of wind drew her to this form of art.

Pinellas County COVID-19 nursing home death toll third-highest in state

As Governor Ron DeSantis began talks for a plan to allow some visitors back into nursing homes, Pinellas County is still trying to get outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities under control.

Murder-suicide by fire: Police say couple died from fire intentionally started by husband

A married couple died in a fire at their St. Petersburg home Friday that investigators say was deliberately started by the husband. They're calling it a murder-suicide.

Fire intentionally set at St. Pete home that killed husband and wife, police say

St. Petersburg police now say a 75-year-old woman, who died two days after a house fire that also killed her husband, may be the victim of a murder-suicide.

SPD: Arson may be to blame for house fire that killed 1, hospitalized 1

One person is dead and another was hospitalized in critical condition following a possible arson Friday night, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.

Doctor walking to baseball stadiums to raise awareness

Give Dr. Dave Mayer a pass for wearing a Cubs jersey to Tropicana Field, but only because he arrived for a good cause.

Healing while Black: Virtual summit aims to address mental well-being for people of color

July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month - a time when the spotlight focuses on historically underserved groups. Bay Area counselors told FOX 13 talking about mental health is crucial to healing.

Despite mysterious disappearance of St. Pete mother and daughter, no foul play suspected in woman's death

Investigators in Omaha, Nebraska say Angela and Alexis Jolley had been sleeping in their car at Walmart parking lots the last few nights before the 46-year-old mother died at an Omaha hospital Wednesday morning.

$22 million SunRunner bus system approved to connect St. Petersburg with beaches

Within 18 months a new mass transit system could be carrying passengers between St. Petersburg and Pinellas County beaches. Eventually, planners say, it could part of a 41-mile route connecting St. Pete Beach with Wesley Chapel. 

St. Petersburg, New York team up for COVID-19 testing initiative

A new coronavirus testing site in South St. Petersburg is now open, and it’s thanks to a partnership between the city of St. Pete and the state of New York.

'Tell us you're okay': Missing St. Pete mom, daughter's vehicle last seen in Tennessee

A missing mother and daughter from Pinellas County were supposed to be on a flight to Maine Tuesday morning, but they did not board the flight, St. Pete detectives said, adding there is no evidence the pair are in the St. Petersburg-area.

One injured in St. Petersburg shooting

St. Pete police are investigating a shooting that injured a man, they said.

Family, friends cling to faith as search continues for missing St. Petersburg mother and daughter

The Saint Petersburg Police Department is asking for the community’s help to find a missing mother and her college-age daughter. Family of the pair have not heard from the women for days, and they’re concerned.