The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has announced a new partnership with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
The sheriff’s office has used its photo recognition software along with law enforcement databases for several …

Astronaut Nicole Stott isn’t the only thing from Clearwater that’s set to ride into orbit on space  shuttle Discovery, now set to launch at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday.
The space shuttle couldn’t launch, maneuver, or land without …

Largo Police have arrested the so-called ‘stun gun granny’ and says she’s not even a grandmother.
Rose Tyrka is accused of using a stun gun to rob businesses in Pinellas County and telling clerks she needed …

Largo Police have arrested a woman they say used a stun gun to rob businesses in Pinellas County.
Rosa Tyrka, 59, is in custody.
Investigators say an older woman was telling clerks she needed money to …

Clearwater students now have a high-tech way to report school violence without being noticed.
After four students at Walker Middle School were accused of sexually assaulting a classmate as other teens watched, school officials are turning …

Treasure Island city officials have found a way to turn a
growing problem into a money maker.
Dozens of Canary Island date palms have lined the median of Paradise Boulevard for more than three decades. But now …

A construction project in Largo has fallen behind schedule after crews discovered an
eagle’s nest – and some baby eagles – in the area.
Crews working on upgrades to Walsingham Road in Largo found the nest in …

Clearwater Police Chief Sid Klein is retiring after 28 years in the department.
Klein began his career with the Clearwater Police Department in 1981.
“We’ve been able to make some good things happen in this community,” he …

Clearwater native will be on board for the next space shuttle mission.
Nicole Stott, a graduate of Clearwater High School, will serve as a mission specialist and flight engineer on the Aug. 25 launch.
Stott, 46, also …

The Pinellas Park Police Department is using a $1 million grant in federal stimulus money to increase patrols in a specific area of town.
They plan to use those funds to hire five new officers to …