Summer reading gets a jump-start from The Book Bus

For the eighth year in a row, The Juvenile Welfare Board partnered with Pinellas County Schools to prevent summer learning loss by giving out free books to children through its Summer Book Bus.

St. Pete woman drives into home, injuring dog inside: FHP

An 87-year-old St. Petersburg woman who meant to stop her car ended up accelerating and crashing into a home on Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. 

St. Pete police have ‘heightened security’ around Pride celebrations

One of the largest Pride celebrations in the country returns to St. Petersburg this weekend — and this year’s festivities are expected to draw more than half a million people to the area.

St. Pete woman charged in death of baby at unlicensed day care

A woman faces charges, including aggravated manslaughter, after St. Petersburg police say she misrepresented herself as a licensed day care operator, and a 9-month-old boy died in her care.

Historic Manhattan Casino to get $5M makeover in South St. Pete

In its heyday, the historic Manhattan Casino in St. Pete hosted legendary performers like Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, and James Brown — serving as a cultural beacon during the Jim Crow era. 

Leo Govoni case: Emotions high for victims after Pinellas businessman arrested in $100M scheme

The families who lost, in some cases, millions of dollars in an alleged fraud and money laundering scheme conducted by Leo Govoni told FOX 13 on Tuesday that they felt a range of emotions a day earlier after hearing about Govoni's arrest.

Dozens of 'critically missing' Florida children recovered, 8 suspects arrested in Operation Dragon Eye

Federal, state and local agencies partnered to safely recover 60 "critically missing" children throughout the Tampa Bay area in what U.S. Marshals call the most successful missing child recovery operation in American history.

Young St. Pete racer turning heads, breaking records in Italy

With the IndyCar Series racing across FOX on Sunday afternoons, a St. Petersburg teenager is on the fast track to be right there with them one day or racing in the F1 series. He's breaking records as one of the youngest in the world driving professionally and already one of the fastest. 

St. Pete consignment shop abruptly closes, thousands of dollars in designer goods missing

Thousands of dollars' worth of designer goods are missing from a St. Petersburg consignment shop. The store, Retreat Consignment, abruptly closed without any warning and now several sellers want to know where their stuff is and how to get it back.