An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 12-year-old girl Bradenton girl that left her house Saturday. ...more

March 29, 2009

Work crews have plugged most of the sinkholes that closed six area roads. ...more

March 25, 2009

A woman was shot and killed tonight in an incident involving St. Petersburg police officers, according to the police department. ...more

February 10, 2009

A Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge has replaced the receiver assigned earlier this week to oversee the downtown BayWalk entertainment complex, which is the subject of a foreclosure action. Hunter Swearingen of Ciminelli Real Estate Services is the new receiver and property manager, appointed Friday afternoon by Circuit Judge Thomas McGrady. Swearingen replaces Howard Rosenthal, the initial appointee, who on Thursday was booked at the Pinellas County Jail on a grand theft charge involving an accusation he stole nearly $171,000 from his former employer, Colliers Arnold Real Estate. ...more

January 16, 2009

As Israeli ground troops began moving into Gaza, protesters took to the streets Saturday night in front of the downtown entertainment and shopping center BayWalk, denouncing the attacks. ...more

January 4, 2009

A burglar trying to steal Christmas presents placed under a tree in a Bradenton house was foiled this afternoon by the homeowner's teen son, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 17, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG --- No downtown streets will be closed tonight for Gov. Charlie Crist's nuptials, police say. The wedding begins at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, which is at Third Street North and Second Avenue across from Williams Park. ...more

December 12, 2008

Organizers of the annual Veterans Day Parade need some volunteers, nonprofit groups and businesses to step forward to make this year's event a success. ...more

October 15, 2008

A 41-year-old man was found dead at an intersection Thursday night, but there were no obvious signs of foul play, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

October 3, 2008

While searching for a missing woman, police found a woman's body in a field at 11 a.m. today at Second Avenue East and 24th Street North. ...more

August 28, 2008