Clearwater News

Drivers should expect some impacts to traffic at one of Dunedin's busiest intersections through June.

It is Vernon Yates' biggest baby. Ty is a nearly 400-pound big cat, most easily recognized as a tiger.

Rudi Saladia wears a cat when he buzzes around Philadelphia on his bike. Mary Jane, his tabby, keeps her perch despite the speed bumps and potholes of the City of Brotherly Love.

This month the RCMP asked a court in Montreal to freeze several bank accounts and a family trust belonging to former SNC executive vice-president of construction Sami Bebawi, as well as properties bought by his children, according to a 114-page affidavit sworn by Cpl.

Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911.

Fire officials in Pasco County are checking into what started a brush fire yesterday around 1 pm that could be seen from the Suncoast Parkway.

A bat boy for the Cleveland Indians got his stool out of the way of a double during tonight's game, but not much further.

In 1999, Clearwater officials received state permission to enforce a Slow Speed, Minimum Wake Zone in all waters from the western boundary of the Intracoastal Waterway eastward to the shoreline near the Seminole Launch Ramp, including 500 feet south of the Memorial Causeway Bridge.

Heading out to visit friends and family this long holiday weekend? Gas up early.

Nicholas Tornatore of Clearwater High has a GPA that seems to reach the stratosphere: 4.85. The Clearwater senior knows something about numbers, too, as he plans to be an accounting major when he enters the University of Florida in the fall.

Crews are working on construction projects from Countryside to downtown Clearwater so drivers should use additional time while traveling these routes: Tuesday, May 21 The eastbound lanes of Enterprise Road west of Parkstream Avenue are under construction for work on stormwater pipes.

Vernon Yates, founder of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, lays his hands on Ty, a 400-pound tiger, as staff prepare to surgically extract a 4-pound hairball from the big cat in Clearwater, Fla.

Make a basketball shot with a vacuum truck. Navigate and maneuver a backhoe. These are just some of the events in which 10 Dunedin public utility employees will compete against city workers from throughout the county as part of Public Works Day on Wednesday, May 22, in Clearwater.

Search warrants in the Aurora theater shooting case unsealed Wednesday morning show that suspect James Holmes received six deliveries from an online ammunition dealer in the weeks before the mass murder.

CLEARWATER, FL The Cape Fear Public Utility's Chief Executive Officer, Matt Jordan, has been offered a position in Florida as the new general manager for Tampa Bay Water, according to a news release from a Tampa Bay Water spokesperson.

The Performing Arts Group of Espiritu Santo presents We the People-the Musical, an uplifting musical salute to America and the Constitution.

CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 16, 2009. 4:04AM -- Here in this coastal resort town that is home to more Scientologists and assorted inventors and kooks than you can shake a stick at, Barry Holzsweig is breaking the mold today as he opens a long, sleek service station on a busy U.S. Highway 19 in an event that could be almost as important as the sale of ... (more)

Election Day 2014 is still a long way away, but that doesn't mean competition for local seats isn't starting to develop.

Two people were rescued at sea southwest of Abaco, Bahamas by a Coast Guard helicopter crew Monday, according to the Coast Guard.

A hilarious musical revue titled Ain't Retirement Grand plays in Clearwater for one weekend only starting May 24.