3 injured in Clearwater house fire

Two men and a woman were injured in a house fire Saturday afternoon, according to Clearwater Fire and Rescue. 

Vacant St. Pete Beach movie theater gets second act

Though it's an icon on Corey Avenue, Beach Theatre’s doors have been closed for nearly a decade, but renovations are underway at the beloved landmark thanks to a new owner and a non-profit. 

CMA program helps rehabilitate cold-stunned turtles

The Clearwater Marine Aquarium may be best known for its non-releasable dolphins, but sea turtles make up a large portion of their efforts to rescue, rehabilitate and release marine life. 

St. Pete leaders to discuss combatting rising rent with affordable housing options

St. Pete City Council members will be meeting to discuss some ideas that would give residents more affordable housing options. Residents say those options couldn’t come soon enough.

New Port Richey teen with diabetes survives monthslong battle with COVID-19

When Julia Riccardi developed a low-grade fever last August, she thought she was getting a cold, but a short time later the 19-year-old ended up on a ventilator battling COVID-19.

Housefire along Coffee Pot Bayou takes hours to bring under control

Flames were visible from across Coffee Pot Bayou in South St. Petersburg as a home undergoing renovations became totally engulfed in fire Monday evening.

Clearwater Marine Aquarium goes wild for biodiversity education event

Visitors at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium can expect to see some new faces during the aquarium’s Go Wild! event, teaching the public about the importance of biodiversity. 

YMCA opens 3 free COVID-19 testing sites

The YMCA of the Suncoast, in conjunction with Grapefruit Testing, is now offering free COVID-19 testing at three of its Bay Area locations.

Three more Tampa Bay area men charged in Jan. 6 insurrection

Three men from the Tampa Bay Area are the latest of 73 Floridians to face charges related to the insurrection at the Capitol Building on January 6 of last year.

Winter makes final return home as CMA staff release ashes into Gulf of Mexico

Passing an urn made of Himalayan Sea salt one to the next, staff from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium said their final goodbyes as the cremated remains of Winter the dolphin were released into the Gulf of Mexico Thursday morning. 

USF launches ‘reverse vending machines’ recycling program

A new kind of vending machine is coming to the University of South Florida, but instead of taking money, the machines are giving back to help feed the hungry and help the environment.

Teen who received life-saving transplant reacts to medical breakthroughs using pig organs

A human donor saved the life of 15-year-old Wilfre Mercedes. Today, after doctors successfully transplanted a pig's heart into a human patient, Mercedes is hopeful thousands of others on transplant waiting lists can go on living, just like he did.

Aerial photographs showing Tampa's changing landscape donated to History Center

The work of late Tampa pilot and photographer Bill Morris gives a view of Tampa’s transformations through time. Many saw his aerial photographs in the pages of the Tampa Tribune, but now his work will live on for generations at the Tampa Bay History Center.