Kenneth City News

Get ready to say cheese, red light runners. You soon may be caught on camera. Come January, surveillance devices will be rolling as you blow through some Oldsmar intersections.

The Kenneth City Police Department is hosting its fourth annual Pet Donation Drive to benefit homeless pets at the SPCA of Tampa Bay.

Every time you hear the phrase "happy holidays," someone cries, "They're trying to take Christ out of Christmas." But I don't think Christ would have camped outside a Best Buy for a week to get a flat-screen television.

It's a small town with a big reputation for cracking down on traffic scofflaws. Now Kenneth City, with 4,500 residents and all of five traffic lights, plans to be the first place in the county to use cameras to catch red light runners.

City firefighters may soon take over operations in Kenneth City after the Lealman Fire District suddenly canceled its contract over an annexation dispute.

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Worried about a high dropout rate, Pinellas, Florida schools are emulating Burger King.

While antiannexation activists in the unincorporated Lealman area are trying to find a way to protect their turf, the mayor here is thinking about her town's future.

In trying economic times, why would any school board member turn down free money for its district? Pinellas School Board member Linda Lerner says that in the case of money from a group called Learning for Life, it's because it will send a message: that the district doesn't condone discrimination against gay men and lesbians.

Activists in this unincorporated area want protection against annexation, but it's far from certain they'll get it.

Lealman fire board members, angered by recent annexations, unanimously voted to end a controversial contract to provide fire service to Kenneth City.

For more than two hours residents shared with the City Council and other municipal officials what was on their respective minds at a Town Hall meeting.

Police checking a license plate on a suspicious car arrested two men Sunday night, one for auto theft and the other on warrants for home invasion, robbery and drug charges.

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To report a crime or suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Naples Police and Fire Department at 213-4844, the Collier County Sheriff's Office at 774-4434 or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050. Collier sheriff Domestic violence arrest Andrew Smith McKay, 41, 2663 Poinciana St., East Naples, was arrested by deputies Saturday ...

Man reportedly commits suicide by bus KENNETH CITY - A man was killed on July 13 after he intentionally fell in front of a PSTA bus, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say robbed a Kenneth City deli this afternoon by throwing a cash register out of the store and breaking it open.

Hundreds of residents were moved out of Graham-Rogall after a sale was planned. But it fizzled, as has the county's interest.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly accident between a person and a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus.

Activists in this unincorporated area have fought long and hard against annexation.