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Thieves smash car windows, steal belongings as parents watch little league games
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Pinellas County deputies are investigating after several cars had their windows smashed and belongings stolen, as parents were watching a little league baseball tournament. Investigators say it happened around 7:00 p.m. Thursday night near Greater Dunedin Little League. “None of us heard anything and the alarms...
Largo man snuck in house, killed woman and granddaughter. Is he guilty or insane?
A Largo man who snuck into a home and killed a woman and her 17-year-old granddaughter three years ago showed signs of mental illness long before the killings, his lawyers said during closing arguments on Tuesday. The prosecution and defense didn’t disagree about whether Sage Curry, now 22, killed Zhaneta...
Movie stunt academy for actors opens in Clearwater
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The K75 Stunt Academy recently opened in Clearwater after actor and co-owner David Siracusa said he could not find a place in the Tampa Bay area that offered movie stunt training. “I got into the movie business about 2 years ago,” he said. “I am kind...
Florida man arrested after ‘throwing pasta with sauce’ amid road rage incident
A Florida man has been arrested after flinging pasta with sauce at another driver in a bizarre road rage incident.Nolan Goins, 46, was arrested on Thursday on a misdemeanour of simple battery, jail records show after he allegedly got caught up in a road rage incident over “glaring headlights”.Mr Goins was travelling along Park Street near Bay Pines Boulevard in St Petersburg, Florida, at around 9pm when the glare from a driver’s headlights sparked a road rage incident, according to an arrest affidavit.While the traffic was still moving, Mr Goins purportedly threw “pasta with sauce” from his passenger side, hurling...
Florida man, 22, arrested after fleeing trooper at speeds over 147 mph on I-275: troopers
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - A St. Petersburg man was taken to jail after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase on Interstate 275 in Hillsborough County, troopers said. Forbes: You Are Probably Overpaying for Auto InsuranceForbes|. Tayvion Robinson, 22, was arrested Monday on charges of reckless driving, fleeing to elude...
New apartment complex opens to those with very low incomes
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Dozens of people in Pinellas County now have a place to call home after experiencing homelessness, thanks to a new development completed by Volunteers of America. The new residents pay what they can in rent and are given the resources needed to start a new...
Pinellas County’s Gateway Expressway is open. We checked it out.
When the Florida Department of Transportation began work on the $600 million Gateway Expressway project in 2017, it was with the acknowledgement that a burgeoning Tampa Bay region needed more highway capacity. It saw the Gateway area — where St. Petersburg’s neat grid gives way to a tangle of curvier roadways, posing a complex sequence of merge lanes and traffic lights for anyone trying to get from Interstate 275 to U.S. 19 or the Bayside Bridge — as a logical place to relieve congestion.
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