Pinellas County News

St. Petersburg, Florida - Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies are on the scene of a reported shooting at Palms of Pasadena Hospital in Pinellas County.

A Clearwater infant has died after apparently choking on sunflower seeds, deputies said.

Swimmers are being asked to stay out of the water at the Courtney Campbell Beach this weekend, after tests showed the water had high bacteria levels.

A police officer resigned this morning from the Tarpon Springs Police Department after an internal investigation determined that he slashed the bicycle tires of a homeless man.

A man was found dead after a fire at an auto body shop Tuesday afternoon. Emergency officials were called out to Chuck's Auto Body and Detail Shop in Gulfport due to a fire.

Knowing how and, just as importantly, when to trim a palm can help create a healthy tree.

A fish kill could happen soon in Tampa Bay. Scientists in Pinellas County are concerned about an algae bloom stretching 14 miles from Safety Harbor to Weedon Island.

Authorities are trying to find the family of a young boy who showed up at a stranger's Tampa Bay home.

Bob Melton exposed bad accounting in the Penny for Pinellas construction program.

Coast Guard Seaman Christopher M. Gongaware, son of Kim D. Gongaware of Clearwater, graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J. During the eight-week training program, Gongaware completed a vigorous training curriculum consisting of academics and practical instruction on water safety and survival, military customs ...

Debris lies along Dr. Martin Luther King Street near Ninth Avenue N in St. Petersburg from a roof ripped off the Econo Auto Painting and Body Work shop.

A Georgia sex offender accused of beating, raping and stabbing a Clearwater mother of three was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday afternoon and may face execution.

A Florida couple married in Lisbon on June 11 after securing a license may not be legally wed since officials now think the groom has one wife too many.

A line of potent thunderstorms surged through Pinellas County late Tuesday, kicking off a spectacular lightning show, knocking out power to thousands of residents and ravaging a mobile home park.

Overnight storms wreaked havoc in parts of Pinellas County. Some 5,400 Porgress Enery customers were still without power when they woke up this morning.

The following military personnel completed Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is displaying their new hybrid SmartBus this weekend.

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio never passes an opportunity to plug light rail. When Iorio lobbied Gov.

Police nabbed a suspected bank robber after two different witnesses reported seeing him drunk and covered in red dye Thursday.

Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 7:10 p.m. Waste Pro USA, one of Southwest Florida's main garbage and recycling collectors, has acquired St.