SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – So far in 2021 there have been 13 fatal traffic crashes in the City of St. Petersburg, compared to five during the same time period last year. This includes vehicle, motorcycle and pedestrian crashes where someone lost a life. Excessive speed…
Read More 204 Drivers Ticketed On Thursday In St. Pete Speed Enforcement
Today, Governor DeSantis demanded that the Biden Administration rescind its recent executive action allowing criminal aliens to go free. “These dangerous and reckless policies jeopardize the health, security and wellbeing of Florida communities,” said the Governors office in a statement. The Governor called on the…
Read More Florida Governor DeSantis Demands Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Today, deputies assigned to the Community Policing Unit will be loading sheriff’s office vehicles with holiday meals. The deputies will deliver those meals to 50 families that they identified through their daily work in the community. Those families have been identified…
Read More Pinellas County Sheriff Deputies To Deliver Easter Meals To Those In Need
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a proposal to provide $1,000 bonuses to public school principals and full-time classroom teachers for grades Pre-K through 12th grade in Florida. The funding for the bonuses would be $216 million from the third round of the Elementary and Secondary…
Read More Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Proposal of $1,000 Bonuses for Florida’s Principals and Teachers
Pending home sales dipped for a second straight month in February, according to the National Association of Realtors. Each of the four major U.S. regions witnessed month-over-month declines in February, while results were mixed in the four regions year-over-year. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI),*…
Read More Pending Home Sales Slip 10.6% in February
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – On Tuesday at approximately 9:40 a.m. Pinellas Park Police responded to 8043 55th Street N. Pinellas Park, regarding a battery investigation. Upon arrival, officers located a victim, Dale Neary, 77, sitting in the back yard of his residence with multiple stab…
Read More 77-Year-Old Florida Man Stabbed With Steak Knife Over $60 Stimulus
South Florida federal prosecutors have charged 37-year-old Drew Curtis Sikes with attempting to kill an officer of the United States and with a federal gun crime after an armed standoff in Everglades National Park on Sunday. According to allegations in a criminal complaint affidavit, on…
Read More Florida Man’s Armed Standoff In Everglades National Park Leads To Federal Attempted Murder Charges
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. – One man was killed in a St. Petersburg shooting Tuesday afternoon, according to Police. At 3:49 p.m., St. Petersburg Police received a call about shots fired and a person injured in front of a home at 1227 Fargo St. South. The…
Read More One Dead In St. Pete Shooting, Police Investigating
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 79-year-old Jamestown, Pennsylvania man was killed in a crash that happened around 11:15 AM Tuesday. Troopers say an SUV, driven by a 65-year-old Wesley Chapel woman, was traveling eastbound on Eiland Boulevard approaching Fountain Road. The…
Read More 79-Year-Old Pennsylvania Man Killed In Pasco County Head-On Crash Tuesday
A felon who held a woman at knifepoint two days after he was released from prison pleaded guilty today in federal court, said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Kuna-Gi Lowe pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in Indian Country and assault with a dangerous weapon in…
Read More FBI: Felon Pleads Guilty to Holding a Woman at Knifepoint in an Attempted Robbery