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Tampa Bay Rays hit pitcher market hard on Day 2 of 2024 MLB Draft
Day 2 of the 2024 MLB Draft took place on Monday, and the Tampa Bay Rays got to work, making eight selections following Night 1 selections of Theo Gillen, Emilien Pitre, and Tyler Bell. Out of the eight picks made by the Rays during Monday's draft period, seven of them...
Evan Longoria on Rays’ stadium plans, Trop return, not playing and more
ST. PETERSBURG — Evan Longoria knows Tropicana Field, having played more games there — 725, including regular season and postseason — than anyone. And during last Saturday’s first in-season visit back since being stunningly traded to the Giants in December 2017, the all-time Rays great said he is hopeful the team gets approval to build its planned new stadium on adjacent land and eager to see how the project develops.
Aerial St. Pete: Downtown St. Pete’s tallest towers continue to rise
This month’s edition of Aerial St. Pete shows the construction progress on seven residential towers currently under construction throughout downtown St. Petersburg. Aerial St. Pete is a column by St. Pete Rising which features exclusive aerial photography of projects under construction in St. Petersburg, FL. To accomplish this, we have teamed up with AB3 Visuals.
Citizen accuses St. Petersburg council chair of voting in favor of donors
A constituent has filed an ethics complaint against the chairperson of the St. Petersburg City Council who voted in favor of donors to her re-election campaign when their business came before the council. In a complaint to the Florida Commission on Ethics, Lakewood Estates resident Bradlee McCoy documented how his...
St. Pete City Council candidate wants your vote, but never voted locally
Donald Bowens Jr. says his political role models are state Sen. Darryl Rouson, former state Rep. Frank Peterman and current St. Petersburg City Council members Gina Driscoll and Copley Gerdes, to name a few. But he’s never voted for any of them because Bowens, 36, has never voted in Pinellas...
Florida Holocaust Museum to close for major renovation
ST. PETERSBURG — Beginning July 22, downtown’s Florida Holocaust Museum will close until early 2025 due to some planned renovations. Following construction, a remodeled entrance will feature enhanced security features, an open-air second-story balcony and space for the Danish rescue boat Thor. The vessel, acquired by the museum...
Traffic Fatality: 20-year-old man dies after high-speed crash on 22nd Avenue South in St. Petersburg
A 20-year-old man critically injured in a two-vehicle traffic crash at 22nd Avenue South and 13th Street South on Sunday has died. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. on July 14th. A blue Toyota Corolla, occupied by Jeremiah Jones of St. Petersburg and a 26-year-old man, was traveling eastbound on 22nd Avenue South at a high speed.
Florida Man Dead After His Grandmother Gave Him A Candy Bar
This story is very devasting, ” Florida man dead after his grandmother gave him a candy bar.” This horrific incident happened in Winter Haven which is about an hour and a half from where I live in St. Petersburg. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s department, Henry Maynard got very upset that his grandmother sat a candy bar on his computer. Maynard got so upset, that he actually ran over his grandmother with his car.
Driver arrested for deadly fiery vehicle crash in Seminole on Bay Pines Boulevard
Deputies assigned to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Major Accident Investigation Team responded to a deadly crash Tuesday evening. The crash occurred at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, on Bay Pines Boulevard and 100th Way. A witness to the crash indicated that the driver of a...
Pinellas supervisor race latest in Florida to feature elections denier
The allegations were outlandish, but they still shocked Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Julie Marcus when they appeared on a blog in 2022. Clearwater resident Chris Gleason claimed that Pinellas County was “ground zero” for mail ballot fraud that stole the 2020 election from former President Donald Trump, even though Trump won Florida. To his followers online and at local political clubs, Gleason spread allegations that Marcus erased votes and attempted to hide the evidence which Marcus said is “categorically false.”
Heat index to soar to 107 degrees in Central Florida. Here’s where rain is most likely
ORLANDO, Fla. – There will be a little less rain Wednesday across Central Florida, but that means a little more heat for some of y’all!. We are tracking a dry pocket of air pushing in from the Atlantic, and it will limit rain coverage south of Orlando to 20-40%.
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