Clearwater police are looking for a man they say robbed the Pinellas Federal Credit Union this morning at gunpoint – and then took a credit union employee's car. ...more

January 21, 2009

A 21-year-old man is being held at the Pinellas County Jail this morning, accused of molesting a 12-year-old Clearwater girl after following her from a bus stop, records show. ...more

January 20, 2009

The eastbound lanes of Gulf to Bay Boulevard in Clearwater are closed as police investigate a fatal traffic crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle. ...more

January 14, 2009

A Clearwater bicyclist hit by a truck Tuesday has died. Walter Castore, 76, was trying to cross Countryside Boulevard near U.S. 19 when he was hit by a truck driven by Esteban Gonzales II. ...more

January 14, 2009

Wildlife authorities are asking for the public's help this morning in locating a rhesus macaque monkey that is on the loose. ...more

January 14, 2009

Pinellas County Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the county's first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 2, 2009

Pinellas Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 1, 2009

Clearwater police say they arrested a 37-year-old man when he returned to a car he abandoned when a mother caught him having sex with her teenage daughter. ...more

December 19, 2008

Detectives with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office do not think a Clearwater house fire is suspicious, but the investigation is continuing. The fire started in the living room and kitchen area of the home at 1215 Palm St. about 10:40 p.m. Monday, detectives said. ...more

December 16, 2008

As the number of Hispanics getting robbed at gunpoint continues to climb, the city's Hispanic outreach center is trying to arrange workshops to encourage the city's Mexican population to keep their cash in banks. ...more

December 15, 2008