Clearwater News

Pinellas County Commissioners discussed the budget proposal presented July 15 by Interim County Administrator Mark Woodard during a July 22 work session and agreed to accept the millage rates as proposed.

Tampa Bay area venues will welcome a diverse selection of musical artists in the coming weeks.

D.T. Minich is leaving the Visit St. Pete/Clearwater CVB after seven years to join the Kissimmee CVB, he announced this morning.

The three Democratic candidates in the House District 67 race all say they would, and each claims the perspective comes from working-class roots.

We go beyond the questions that are news of the day. After all sometimes, we want know more about them.

For 5-year-old Davien Martinez and 15-week-old Bruno, the relationship that began on July 19, when the two first locked gazes, will escalate beyond traditional expectations.

The Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions at St. Petersburg College will host a candidate forum for those vying for seats on the Sixth Judicial Circuit bench.

Shawna Vercher is a poised, articulate businesswoman who in many ways appears an ideal Democratic candidate in a tough battle for a state House seat in Pinellas County.

A DUI checkpoint set up by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office at Clearwater High School netted 12 arrests on various charges over a five-hour period between 10 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday.

New chief meets St. Pete residents Chief Antony Holloway met with residents of his new city on Saturday.

The Laundry Project provides an opportunity for community volunteers to help those in need afford a simple, yet often unnoticed common necessity: washing and drying their clothes and linens.

A Pinellas County judge sentenced 25-year-old Tisen KaShawn Washington on Thursday after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder.

Last year, Cathy Jo Ivancsits was drunk when she ran over her 4-year-old daughter in front of the family's townhouse, authorities say.

Former Live Oak Mayor Angus P. "Buddy" Nott passed away on Wednesday, July 23, at his home.

Eye Candy Sunglasses is new company in Clearwater Beach Florida that offers a wide variety of high quality, stylish, and newer sunglasses to the consumers in store and online.

While Clearwater residents have had four years to get to know Anthony Holloway, he's not as familiar to some of the folks in St. Petersburg where he's been named as the newest leader of the city's finest.

Tarpon Springs has joined nearly a dozen municipalities to endorse the Greenlight Pinellas plan, voting 3-2 on July 15. 'The bottom line is having viable public transportation in Pinellas County and Tarpon Springs,' said Vice Mayor Jeff Larsen.

St. Pete Beach's Sloppy Pelican will reopen in a new space along Fourth Street in St. Petersburg.

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that GE's Energy Management business will create a new 190,000 square feet manufacturing Center of Excellence in Clearwater.

Check out this story on wtsp.com: http://on.wtsp.com/1mJfT5Z A Sand Key Park lifeguard and another beach goer were indirectly hit by lightning during a storm that passed through the area late Thursday morning.