Mayor Rick Baker, who has led the city since 2001, has been chosen America's Mayor of the Year by Governing magazine. ...more

October 9, 2008

The city council voted to ban panhandling, charity collections and newspaper sales on medians along city streets, rejecting pleas from people who said they will lose money in the move. ...more

October 2, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays are inviting fans to join in welcoming the American League East champs home from Detroit tonight. ...more

September 28, 2008

Mayor Rick Baker has asked Tampa Bay Rays fans to gather near Tropicana Field tonight for a street party. ...more

September 27, 2008

The city's commitment to building neighborhood parks has won it a $70,000 grant for a new playground in Childs Park, Mayor Rick Baker said Wednesday. ...more

September 27, 2008

Signs of the Tampa Bay Rays' improbable run for a World Series championship are popping up everywhere, from banners at Tampa City Hall to the Rays apparel dress-down days promoted for businesses by St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker. ...more

September 26, 2008

With the Tampa Bay Rays on the verge of winning the American League East Division, public party plans are well under way. ...more

September 25, 2008

St. Petersburg's commitment to building neighborhood parks has won it a $70,000 grant for a new playground in Childs Park, Mayor Rick Baker said today. The grant was among three awards the city received Monday at the America's Promise Alliance National Forum on Youth in Washington, D.C. ...more

September 24, 2008

For Habitat for Humanity and the city of St. Petersburg, it is the 100th house they have built together for a deserving family. More importantly, they agreed, it is the first house for Cynthia Ivey and her 15-year-old daughter, Chauncey. ...more

September 3, 2008

The guest of honor was an 8-foot-long yellow metal device that looks like a torpedo. ...more

August 29, 2008