Bill Foster is this city's next mayor. Foster beat opponent Kathleen Ford by fewer than 3,000 votes in an election where roughly 30 percent of registered voters turned out. ...more

November 4, 2009

Bill Foster has won the race to become this city's next mayor. ...more

November 3, 2009

In a window at Atwater's Cafeteria, a soul food restaurant on the city's predominantly black south side, there are campaign signs for both of the candidates competing in this week's mayoral race. ...more

November 1, 2009

Rival candidates Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford are both white former city council members who work as lawyers. The similarities end there. ...more

October 30, 2009

Last month, the cash-strapped Pinellas School District decided to close or consolidate a number of elementary and middle schools. Sheriff Jim Coats announced this week a reorganization under which, he said, the Sheriff's Office could "serve citizens as efficiently as possible given the present and future budget challenges." ...more

February 7, 2009

Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark credits the high number of early voters and absentee and mailed in ballots as the reason everything went smoothly with the election in Pinellas County. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:51 p.m. As of 6 p.m., the Pinellas County elections supervisor estimates that 71 percent of the county's eligible voters have cast ballots in today's election. ...more

November 4, 2008

4:28 p.m.: If she were devious, Cynthia Makintosh could have voted for a second time today ...more

November 4, 2008

11:45 p.m.: Denise LaMorder says when she went to vote this morning at the library on St. Pete Drive in Oldsmar, she experienced an unwanted sense of deja vote. ...more

November 4, 2008

When: Today through Nov. 1 What to bring with you: A current and valid picture ID with a signature. Approved forms of picture ID are: a Florida driver's license; Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; U.S. passport; employee badge or identification; buyers club identification; debit or credit card; or military, student, retirement center, neighborhood association or public assistance identification. ...more

October 20, 2008