Clearwater News
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Clearwater news from The Florida Press: city hall, Pinellas County government, schools, courts and public safety, business and development, and storms and weather in and around Clearwater, newest first.
HealthTampa Bay
Tampa Bay Dengue Outbreak Slows as Hillsborough Logs Its Smallest Weekly Rise Since August and Extends Emergency to Nov. 12
5 min
Business & Real EstateTampa Bay
Developer Plans Future for Former Wagon Wheel Flea Market Site in Pinellas Park, Rules Out Data Centers
5 min
Business & Real EstateTampa Bay
St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport Director Lays Out Plan for Terminal Overhaul, $60 Million Garage and Growth
6 min
PoliticsTampa Bay
Clearwater Council Refuses 3-2 to Repeal Garden Avenue Transfer to Scientology, Rejecting Petition and Referendum as Residents Head to Court
7 min
Crime & CourtsTampa Bay
Matthew Zoladz Pleads Guilty to Dumping Heather Strickland's Body in the Gulf Off Egmont Key, Nearly Four Years After Fishermen Found Her
7 min
National NewsTampa Bay
Anna Paulina Luna Edges Leela Gray by Less Than a Point to Keep Florida's 13th District as Democrats Win the House
5 min
Health
Florida Dengue Outbreak Hits 524 Local Cases as Hillsborough Logs Its Smallest Weekly Rise Since August and Extends Emergency
7 min
PoliticsTampa Bay
Pinellas commissioners shelve Vince Nowicki's Flock camera ban without a vote, look to Legislature instead
8 min
Crime & CourtsTampa Bay
Leo Govoni special needs trust fraud trial pushed to May 2027 as families wait for missing $100 million
5 min
PoliticsTampa Bay
Treasure Island commission removes Tammy Vasquez as vice mayor; she calls it retaliation
5 min
More Clearwater news
St. Petersburg nearly doubles parking fines after unanimous City Council vote
St. Petersburg Man on Supervised Release Charged With Robbing Two Pinellas Banks in 'Old Man' Mask
Clearwater approves interim agreement for $180 million sports complex at The Landings Golf Course
Clearwater approves $7.5 million FrankCrum settlement over erased Black cemetery as residents seek resolution
Pinellas Turns to Lee County Helicopters for Aerial Dengue Treatments as Tampa Bay Cases Reach 351
Florida Leads the Nation in ICE Detainer Arrests as Local Police Take a Growing Role, New Data Show
Judge Weighs Whether Jurors Can Hear About Jeff Knight's 2019 Boat Crash in Clearwater Ferry Case
Florida Supreme Court Suspends Pinellas-Pasco Judge Jennifer Cruz Dubbeld 20 Days Over 2024 Campaign Misconduct
Pinellas Judge Convicts Plastic Surgeon of First-Degree Murder in Attorney's Killing as Death Penalty Phase Nears
Pinellas Judge Finds Plastic Surgeon Tomasz Kosowski Guilty of First-Degree Murder in Attorney's 2023 Killing
Pinellas Judge Finds Former Plastic Surgeon Guilty of Murdering Largo Attorney Steven Cozzi
Pinellas Judge Finds Plastic Surgeon Guilty of Murdering Attorney Whose Body Was Never Found
Florida's Dengue Outbreak Reaches 252 Local Cases, the Largest in the Continental U.S. in Decades
Florida Public School Enrollment Falls as Voucher Program Keeps Growing
Florida Counties Issue Mosquito-Borne Illness Alerts as Local Dengue Cases Mount
St. Petersburg Police Search for Driver in Fatal Crosswalk Hit-and-Run
Dunedin Advances Ban on Motorized Watercraft Launches at the Causeway
Clearwater Police Issue Six Warrants After 'Teen Takeover' on the Beach Ends in Gunfire
Collins Aerospace Puts $26.5 Million Into Largo Plant for FAA Radar Push