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Former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman Sunday received the 2022 Men & Women of Distinction’s Gwen Reese Lifetime Achievement Award by St. Pete-based advocacy group the Gathering of Women.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ramon Buckley, a Clearwater native, is stationed nearly 5,500 miles from home serving in the U.

Feedback from a series of “Community Conversations” held by St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch showed affordable housing is “not surprisingly” the top concern among residents in one of the country’s hardest-hit cities for inflation and rental increases.

In anticipation of Global Movie Day on Feb 12., Lawn Love ranked the Best Cities for Movie Lovers in 2022. The list (very rudely) ranked St. Petersburg No. 184 out of 193 cities.

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch Tuesday raised the Carter G. Woodson flag above City Hall on the first day of Black History Month.

The open-air Sundial plaza in downtown St. Pete is set to be sold to a Safety Harbor real estate developer, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported Tuesday.

Two cities in Pinellas County took the cake (and melted the icing) as the country’s most humid metros.

The Florida Aquarium is mourning the loss of its founder, Bill Crown, who died Jan.12.

Pinellas County’s COVID-19 numbers are trending upward, with the county reporting 14,316 new cases this past week and a positivity rate of 27.

Florida Rep. Chris Latvala is asking the state to fund $3 million for Pinellas County’s West Klosterman Preserve, according to an appropriations request the legislator filed.