Tarpon Springs News

Not sure what to do about those bugs chewing up your flowers? Concerned about selecting the right plants for your yard? Wondering what kind of grass is the most drought tolerant? Just pick up the phone and call the Pinellas County Extension .

The Centre offers cooking camp PALM HARBOR - The Centre of Palm Harbor, 1500 16th St., is offering a Mini Chefs Cooking Camp for ages 7 to 12 June 24-28, 9 a.m. to noon.

A group of teens from Lutheran Church of the Palms recently sacrificed a weekend during Lent to participate in World Vision's 30-Hour Famine - an event where teenagers fast for 30 hours, learn about global hunger and raise funds to feed and care for hungry children in their community and around the world.

Coast Guard crews continue to monitor the pollution cleanup Thursday from a boat that caught fire near the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs.

A difficult night around the Bay area, as two fires have caused damage in some well -known locations.

Flaming, spilling fuel spread an intense fire and threatened dozens of boats as an 85-foot shrimp boat burned at the west end of the city's famous Sponge Docks late Tuesday evening.

Among the dozens of people watching fire crew trying to contain a blaze aboard a wooden shrimp boat in near the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs is the boat's owner Sue Harris.

The 85 foot shrimp boat Sky Marie started burning around 8 PM according to Channel 10 news .

Tarpon Springs Cultural Treasures Program presents a series of workshops in Greek bouzouki for youth and adults with Leonidas Zafiris and Elias Poulos at the Safford House, 23 Parkin Court, Tarpon Springs.

Less than 48 hours after ABC Action News aired complaints of bed bugs from Cypress Place residents the landlord plans on bringing in specialists from Miami to take care of the problem.

A handful of residents at Cypress Place Apartments in Tarpon Springs said they are dealing with a bed bug infestation.

Two out of three Floridians support or strongly support the idea that immigration reform should include a pathway to citizenship for some undocumented residents, according to a new poll.

Just two weeks before K-9 Deputy John Gore was set to retire Col. Mike Maurer recommended the veteran law enforcement officer be fired.

Seminole has whittled down its list of football coaching applicants to 12 finalists, nearly all of whom have ties to the bay area.

A Tarpon Springs High School junior was arrested Monday after an anonymous tipster alerted police that the student brought a weapon to school.

On World Health Day, Tampa Scientologists Promote Drug-Free Living Volunteers from the Churches of Scientology of the Tampa Bay Area spent World Health Day April 7 helping local residents make healthy choices by providing the truth about drugs.[...] this still means that 4,126 Floridians died of drug-related causes - 4,126 too many, according ... (more)

Tarpon Springs Police say the school resource officer had received an anonymous tip a student may have a firearm on campus.

A four-vehicle crash sent one man to the hospital and closed a stretch of northbound U.S. 19 in Palm Harbor for two hours Wednesday afternoon.

Skin cancer will affect more than one in five Americans, and more than 1 million new cases are diagnosed annually.

The sudden resurfacing of a Pennsylvania woman who walked away from her family for over a decade, likely happened because of an incident that took place in Pinellas County several months ago.