Largo News

Sun Sep 7, 2008 9:11am EDT - Cars drive down the US 1 highway in Key Largo, Florida as Hurricane Ike approaches September 6, 2008 .

Brian Shaknaitis loads plywood for his home after the Florida Keys announced mandatory visitor evacuations in advance of Hurricane Ike this Saturday morning, Sept.

The Pinellas School Board voted Sept. 2 to invite three candidates to return for a second round of interviews for the position of Pinellas superintendent.

When a Pinellas County sheriff's deputy tried to stop a car early today, it took off and crashed into a telephone pole near an elementary school, authorities said.

Lisl Schick holds photo enlargement of herself and brother, Paul, as children. It was taken just before "The Night of Broken Glass" in Austria.

For those afflicted with Type 2 diabetes, a Largo doctor says he has a solution to the disease that resets the pancreas and permanently returns patients to normal.

The Indian Rocks Volunteer Firemen's Association of Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue have chosen Morton Plant Mease CEO Philip Beauchamp as this year's recipient of their Commitment to Excellence in Leadership ...

A public hearing is scheduled for Sept. 16 when city commissioners will consider giving themselves a raise for the first time in two years.

Man in wheelchair killed in accident John Romanak of Palm Harbor was struck by an SUV and killed early Wednesday as he tried to cross Alderman Road on his motorized wheelchair.

Paula Keyser, who is organizing the Hydrocephalus Walk on Saturday, with husband Mark, son Jeremy, 7, and dog Snowfie.

James Stewart raced to his record 12th straight AMA Toyota Motocross Championship victory Saturday at the inaugural American Motocross Festival, completing a perfect season for the Monster Energy Kawasaki ...

The Gulf Coast Art Museum of Art announced on Aug. 28 plans to cease operations of the Largo location effective first quarter, 2009.

Police charged a 13-year-old girl with three burglaries in Key Largo after the girl led them to all three locations.

Susan Stanton, the former Largo city manager known as Steven Stanton before a sex change, has mediated his divorce from his wife of 18 years, according to court documents.

Largo FL, is a tropical paradise in Pinellas County, as evidenced by the many repeat "snow birds" the city entertains each winter.

In less than two months, five expensive go-fast boats have been stolen from docks on the Intracoastal Waterway in Pinellas County, and investigators think a sophisticated crime more typically seen in Miami has ...

The Largo Police Department is organizing a fundraiser for Lt. Mike Renault, a veteran of the force who has stomach cancer.

A Largo teenager accused of trying to rundown a hotel security guard on Clearwater Beach was arrested at his home this morning, police said.

Travel is expensive this summer with the rising cost of gasoline and airfare. We have chosen to vacation in our state of Florida, both to save money and to help the state economy.

According to the City of Largo there is a sinkhole that occurred at the intersection of 142nd Avenue North and 71st Street North Monday night.