With 4,999 signed baseballs at St. Pete museum, who should sign the 5,000th?

Over decades as a baseball fan, Dennis Schrader collected autographed baseballs from players, celebrities, and even a dictator. All 4,999 of them are on display at the St. Petersburg Museum of History, where they're trying to decide who should sign the 5,000th.

Graduation plans announced for Bay Area schools

Graduation for the class of 2020 was likely not the day they imagined. High school seniors in the Bay Area marked commencement online or attended very scaled back and socially distant celebrations.

Man pleads guilty to threatening Tampa Bay Rays players and families

According to the FBI, Benjamin Patz sent vile Instagram messages to four Rays players – threatening to kill them and dismember their families – during the Rays’ extra-inning loss to the White Sox back in July of 2019.

St. Pete narrows list of Tropicana Field developers

The city of St. Petersburg says they’ve narrowed it down to four design proposals for the future of the 86 acres that Tropicana Field sits on.  

Friends, family devastated after weekend birthday trip ends in deadly crash

People are raising money to support the loved ones of three friends involved in a tragic car accident on a weekend birthday trip in St. Petersburg.

4 victims hospitalized, 1 critical, after shooting in Clearwater

Four people were taken to the hospital after a shooting in Clearwater Monday. One of them had to be flown to the hospital and was in critical condition, according to Clearwater police.

As attitudes about law enforcement change, so does training

St. Pete College is on the leading edge of training our next generation of police officers. The school's law enforcement academy has just unveiled a new virtual tool, training cadets to make quicker and better, life-saving decisions.

Driver cited after hitting child, adult bicyclists in Clearwater

A car crashes into two bicyclists, sending a mother and young son to the hospital. It happened Monday evening near downtown Clearwater.

Corrections officer killed in Indian Rocks Bridge crash

A corrections officer was killed in single-vehicle crash that left the Indian Rocks Bridge closed for most of the day while investigators tried to figure out what happened.

Crews to begin search for graves at forgotten Black cemetery in Clearwater

Archaeologists will begin "ground-truthing" the site of another forgotten Black cemetery in the Bay Area to determine whether any graves are still there.

Bicyclist dies following St. Pete crash, police say

A 73-year-old man passed away after a crash that occurred in South St. Pete on Sunday night, police said.

Help is needed at businesses along the beaches

The Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce is hosting a series of job fairs to help fill positions in the hospitality industry.

Veterans honored at Bay Pines Cemetery -- unclaimed but not unloved

For Captain Thomas Mulkey and Master Chief June Wilbur, strangers became family Friday afternoon. The two St. Petersburg veterans were honored at Bay Pines Cemetery.

For more than a century, Sunken Gardens has been a tropical oasis in the middle of downtown St. Pete

Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg’s oldest living museum, was developed by George Turner in 1903. He opened to the public around 1935, and since then, it has become a popular roadside attraction.

Two dead following St. Pete crash, police say

St. Pete police said a fatal crash occurred between a motorcycle and SUV early Friday morning.

Affordable micro-apartments made from shipping containers planned for St. Pete

A Bay Area startup has big plans for those looking to live tiny, proposing an apartment complex made entirely of shipping containers in downtown St. Petersburg.