https://stpetenow.com/Local news for St. Petersburg, Florida: city hall, schools, police and fire, real estate, high school sports and things to do across Pinellas County.en-GBSun, 08 Nov 2026 00:17:07 +0000https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-fresh-start-mobile-market/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-fresh-start-mobile-market/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFour city-backed mobile produce stands start selling in St. Petersburg neighborhoods in December. The city wants residents to say where they should stop.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-police-forfeiture-grants-2026/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-police-forfeiture-grants-2026/Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSt. Petersburg police will hand about $289,000 in seized criminal assets to 54 community programs on Monday. It is the largest round in at least six years.https://stpetenow.com/morning-notes-2026-11-06/https://stpetenow.com/morning-notes-2026-11-06/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNov. 6: 3 items from St. Petersburg's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-water-bond-cost/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-water-bond-cost/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe city puts the $600 million water bond at about 0.96 mills, or $96 a year per $100,000 of taxable value. Bonds would be sold from 2027 to 2030 at an estimated 4.5%.https://stpetenow.com/daily-debrief-2026-11-05/https://stpetenow.com/daily-debrief-2026-11-05/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNov. 5: 3 items from St. Petersburg's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://stpetenow.com/vinoy-basin-seawall-fema-funding/https://stpetenow.com/vinoy-basin-seawall-fema-funding/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFEMA plans to fund the city's rebuild of the Vinoy Basin seawall, damaged by Hurricane Milton, with a steel wall and new sidewalk. Comments are due Nov. 11.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-election-results-2026/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-election-results-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCharlie Crist took 62% to Mayor Ken Welch's 38%, and voters passed the $600 million water bonds and four other city questions. Unofficial results, all precincts.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-veterans-day-ceremony-2026/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-veterans-day-ceremony-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe city's 13th annual Veterans Day ceremony is 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the Albert Whitted Airport hangar. Two veterans get the Honored Veteran Award.https://stpetenow.com/pinellas-county-early-voting-turnout-2026/https://stpetenow.com/pinellas-county-early-voting-turnout-2026/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000News264,647 Pinellas County voters, 43.1% of the active rolls, voted early or by mail before Tuesday. Where St. Pete voted early, the busiest day and what's left.https://stpetenow.com/pinellas-animal-services-holiday-foster-2026/https://stpetenow.com/pinellas-animal-services-holiday-foster-2026/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFoster an adoptable Pinellas County shelter dog or cat for up to 30 days through Dec. 30. The county provides food and supplies. How to sign up and where to go.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-restaurant-inspections-october-2026/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-restaurant-inspections-october-2026/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsState inspectors checked 126 St. Petersburg food businesses in October; 96 ended in the clear. A Domino's had an emergency order and passed the next day. Full list.https://stpetenow.com/morning-notes-2026-10-29/https://stpetenow.com/morning-notes-2026-10-29/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOct. 29: 3 items from St. Petersburg's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://stpetenow.com/mlk-essay-oratorical-contest-2027/https://stpetenow.com/mlk-essay-oratorical-contest-2027/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsPinellas middle and high school students have until Nov. 30 to enter the city's 37th MLK essay contest. Finalists speak Jan. 15 for a $500 scholarship.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-unemployment-september-2026/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-unemployment-september-2026/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSt. Petersburg's jobless rate fell to 3.9% in September from 4.2% in August, level with a year ago. Pinellas County was 4.1%, Florida 4.2% and the U.S. 4.0%.https://stpetenow.com/st-pete-mayors-challenge-world-series-free-clinic/https://stpetenow.com/st-pete-mayors-challenge-world-series-free-clinic/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMayor Welch's World Series bet with Milwaukee raises food and money for St. Pete Free Clinic. Drop items at City Hall, rec centers or libraries.https://stpetenow.com/world-series-tropicana-field-parking-shuttle/https://stpetenow.com/world-series-tropicana-field-parking-shuttle/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe Brewers beat the Rays 4-1 in Game 5 at Tropicana Field on Oct. 28 to win the World Series four games to one. Scores of all five games and the parking guide fans used at the Trop.https://stpetenow.com/halloween-on-central-2026/https://stpetenow.com/halloween-on-central-2026/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHalloween on Central parking: free spaces in Tropicana Field lots, free SunRunner rides to 13th or 22nd Street, and Central Avenue closed 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-mlk-mini-grants-2027/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-mlk-mini-grants-2027/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSt. Petersburg will fund up to 20 MLK Day events with $2,500 grants. Nonprofits, churches and small businesses in the city can apply until 4 p.m. Oct. 28.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-hit-and-run-arrest-5th-avenue-north/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-hit-and-run-arrest-5th-avenue-north/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSt. Petersburg police arrested a 21-year-old on a warrant Tuesday in the Aug. 19 hit-and-run that killed a scooter rider at 5th Avenue North and Tyrone Boulevard.https://stpetenow.com/beyond-the-rainbow-exhibit-studio-620/https://stpetenow.com/beyond-the-rainbow-exhibit-studio-620/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe city's Beyond the Rainbow LGBTQ+ portrait exhibit opens with a free reception 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at The Studio@620 and runs through Nov. 16.https://stpetenow.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/https://stpetenow.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSt. Pete arts this fall: Scheherazade at the Mahaffey Oct. 17, Meteor Shower at American Stage Nov. 4-22 and the Dalí's new Disruption + Devotion from Nov. 7.https://stpetenow.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/https://stpetenow.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnSt. Pete this weekend: the St. Pete Fall Festival on the Pier, the Haunted Fire House Saturday night, Scheherazade at the Mahaffey and a free movie Friday.https://stpetenow.com/sunrise-st-pete-milton-173-million/https://stpetenow.com/sunrise-st-pete-milton-173-million/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHUD fixed a geocoding error that sent Milton aid outside the city. $126 million goes to housing repairs, and denied Sunrise St. Pete applicants come first.https://stpetenow.com/pinellas-dengue-emergency-extended/https://stpetenow.com/pinellas-dengue-emergency-extended/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsPinellas has 80 locally acquired dengue cases, up 13 in a week, the state's latest report shows. Helicopters sprayed larvae treatment over parts of St. Pete on Thursday.https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-fy2027-budget-approved/https://stpetenow.com/st-petersburg-fy2027-budget-approved/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCity Council adopted a $1.018 billion budget: $185.8 million for police, about $100 million for water and sewer and $15 million for one drainage project.