An off-duty St. Petersburg police officer was arrested Friday after authorities say he was driving drunk when he struck another car and fled. Anthony Green, 30, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage and drunken driving. He is a four-year police veteran. ...more

December 21, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG -- Motorists traveling on I-275 through St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning and on I-175 on Thursday evening and early Friday morning will encounter lane closures, the Florida Department of Transportation said. ...more

October 27, 2009

Two men accused of stealing a washer, dryer and other appliances from a St. Petersburg home this afternoon caused two car crashes as they fled from deputies, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 11, 2009

Authorities have identified the passenger killed while fleeing police on Interstate 275 in St. Petersburg on Thursday night. Tyrone D. Dudley, 26, of St. Petersburg, died in a two-vehicle crash, Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins said. ...more

February 25, 2009

Drivers heading southbound on Interstate 275 near 38th Avenue North in St. Petersburg will need to use caution this morning. ...more

January 13, 2009

A sometime air conditioning technician was sentenced to 12 years in prison today for a Nov. 17, 2007, wreck that killed his wife, who was a passenger. ...more

January 5, 2009

– The step-grandfather of a 7-year-old girl was arrested on sex charges after her grandmother told authorities she found the child's diary that spelled out sex acts she had with the man. ...more

December 4, 2008

4:49 p.m.: The Pinellas Community Church, 54th Avenue South and 31st Street, saw heavy voting early this morning that eventually trailed off, but there's been a steady stream of voters in the afternoon. There have been no complaints of long lines. One man said "it was so simple a 2-year-old could do it." ...more

November 4, 2008

At least two e-mails are spreading false information on the Internet about a serial rapist who supposedly carjacked and raped three women last week in northeast St. Petersburg, police say. ...more

October 16, 2008

Getting from Tampa to Tropicana Field to see the Tampa Bay Rays used to be a breeze: Take Interstate 275 to St. Petersburg, swing into a parking space and stroll in minutes before the first pitch. ...more

September 15, 2008