A design review application before the Community Redevelopment Agency from the city's utilities department to complete construction of a pole barn at 454 N. Franklin St. may have opened up a can of worms. ...more

October 28, 2009

Tucked in a residential neighborhood and hiding behind the Hudson family home is about 7 acres of lush vegetation. ...more

August 10, 2009

Members of the Virginia Park Residential Neighborhood Association are taking a stand against a cell phone tower proposed for 3328 S. Dale Mabry Highway, on land owned by Brewer and Sons Funeral Home and Cremation Services. ...more

April 1, 2009

The possibility of a cell phone tower rising in their neighborhood has Virginia Park residents taking a stand. ...more

March 19, 2009

The possibility of a cell phone tower rising in their neighborhood has Virginia Park residents taking a stand. ...more

March 18, 2009

A very powerful and emotion-filled gathering was held Wednesday at Kate Jackson Community Center. Proud homeowners who live along and contiguous to the Gasparilla Parade route told the audience in detail of the depravity, lawlessness, vulgarity and criminal activity that goes on while the colorful and popular parade passes by. It has become an anything-goes event where underage drinking, destruction of property and lewd behavior have become the norm. ...more

March 6, 2009

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating 13 to 20 car break-ins that occurred overnight in a residential neighborhood in Madeira Beach, authorities said. There also might have been a few additional car burglaries in nearby Indian Shores. ...more

February 23, 2009

The remains of 15 people have been recovered from the wreckage of Flight 3407, authorities said Sunday as crews raced to finish their work before a snowstorm arrives later in the week. ...more

February 15, 2009

In the past three decades, data from the Cremation Association of North America show the number of cremations has more than tripled in this country. ...more

February 11, 2009

City officials hope development of a proposed industrial park in the northeast section of the city will make an early contribution to efforts to diversify the city's tax base. Almost two years ago, local developer Manuel Lindiakos asked city commissioners to rezone his roughly 7-acre property between Jasmine Boulevard and U.S. 19 from industrial to residential use in order to build town homes. ...more

January 17, 2009