St. Petersburg

The city recently approved construction of apartment towers on downtown property once earmarked for Moffitt expansion. Mayor Ken Welch tells the St. Pete Catalyst the cancer institute is not out of picture.

A 9-foot-tall, 500-foot-long AquaFence will soon guard Lift Station 85, a wastewater treatment plant that services St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront. TGH's barrier protected it from storm surge during Helene.

Treatments that can slow the disease in some patients have recently become more widely available, but not everyone can benefit.

Advocates say helping people who've struggled with addiction find jobs and advance their education is critical to maintaining their recovery.

Two Tampa-area Republican representatives told council members that voting in favor of the funding would break state law, and they'd oppose further state appropriations from the state if the allocation passed.

Ken Welch, who is St. Petersburg's first African American mayor, will be sworn in during a virtual ceremony from his home.

Moffitt and a developer say the 4.5-acre site will include "a mixed-use modern family residential tower," along with shops, restaurants, public parking and a headquarters for United Insurance Holdings.

University of South Florida officials sent a letter to St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman asking to be a part of the redevelopment conversation.

Mayor Rick Kriseman said that a vaccine mandate would have to have some strength to it — but reducing city services is not something he wants to do.

Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to criticism that he's failed to declare a state of emergency, saying the state dedicated funding source to fight red tide and blue-green algae last year.