Clearwater News

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The fans that braved the rain and howling winds early Thursday afternoon at Bright House Field got a chance to watch Yankees right-hander Tanaka allowed one run in three innings, and the Yankees rallied in the eighth to top the Phillies, 4-3.

A marine coatings maker who survived a shark attack last year has now been bitten by a federal indictment charging him with making and selling thousands of gallons of toxic boat paint he had agreed to stop producing.

The College Fund of Pinellas County held its annual meeting Feb. 28 at the Largo Public Library, kicking off the organization's fiscal year.

The Church of Scientology's Flag Building was dedicated in November. The city of Clearwater says it has its eye on a county-owned parking lot along Fort Harrison Avenue beside the Flag Building to build a parking garage for the new Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

The PGA Tour moves on next week to the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla., a three-mile drive from Tarpon Springs Municipal Golf Course, and their proximity is not incidental to this story.

Join us for live updates and commentary as the Phillies host the New York Yankees at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla.

The state House advanced a bill Wednesday to deal with Florida's flood insurance crisis by encouraging more private insurers to write policies.

A group urging defeat of a proposed penny sales tax increase to fund rail transit and an improved bus system in Pinellas County presented their case at the March 3 Belleair Beach City Council meeting.

Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies are seeking the public's help in locating an elderly Clearwater man who has been missing since Monday, March 3. According to detectives, 70-year-old Michael Pezzano, left his home on South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, in Clearwater in the afternoon to early evening hours and has not returned home.

The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners today voted unanimously today to provide a total of $300,000 in financial incentives to ensure that two major film productions make their movies in the county.

In December 2013, the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County partnered with the Pinellas County Tax Collector to begin offering birth certificates at select Tax Collector Offices.

Details: Saturday 1 p.m. Coachman Park, 301 Drew St., Clearwater. Sold out, but can still win tickets at wild941.cbslocal.com.

If that saying is true, Toronto Blue Jays' slugger Jose Bautista has likely done very well with the ladies over the past few years.

Last August, paint manufacturer Erik Norrie of Largo made national news when a shark tore away part of his calf while he was vacationing in the Abaco Islands.

Despite lingering questions about future maintenance and operations costs, Pinellas County Commissioners voted 6-1 Feb. 25 to award a contract for professional design build services for a new health facility to Creative Contractors Inc. Commissioner Norm Roche voted no.

Alligator Lake is a magnet for nesting birds - snowy egrets, wood storks and roseate spoonbills.

Residents have told the city that they love their parks and want even more opportunity for stretching limbs and minds.

Phil Gosselin foiled Matt Williams' defensive shift with a three-run triple in the eighth inning that gave the Braves a lead they wouldn't relinquish on their way to recording their first Grapefruit League win of the year with Tuesday's 8-4 victory over the Nationals at Champion Stadium.

It has been 127 years since William Seaborn Smith took his last breath. But in a few days, he'll be around to talk about what life was like in the 1800s, when he served in both the Civil and Seminole wars.

The pastor and volunteers will be available for "Ashes To Go" from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m. today in the church's parking lot at 2045 Drew St., Clearwater, offering ashes and prayers to anyone who wants them.