St. Pete Catalyst

Mark Ferguson strives to operate a “very accepting” and “blue collar bar” that equally attracts celebrities, local leaders and, most importantly, the “everyday people who make it so special.”

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has already discussed a 10-year contract extension with Duke Energy to “ensure reliable service and build the substantial capital plan required for municipal electric utility acquisition and operation.”

Former congressman David Jolly believes he and his supporters “have the opportunity to launch a political movement in the state that can’t be stopped.”

The "multimodal hub" will be able to welcome over 2,300 passengers daily.

The fifth annual Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) Playwrights Festival will be on Sunday at the Maureen and Douglas Cohn Jewish Community Campus (JCC) in Tampa.

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will not reuse the Cross Bay Ferry’s moniker. Darden Rice, with PSTA, said it is a "whole new day" for waterborne transit in Tampa Bay.

The women’s soccer team plays its first game Saturday in New York.

Janet Echelman's sculpture was removed "for assessment and repair" in February after last year's hurricanes. An engineering hired by the city concluded the hanging artwork had been improperly attached.

Lorei was WMNF’s news director for 43 years and hosted TV’s "Florida This Week" for 24 years.

The state’s chief financial officer said auditors should act like police investigators, and doubted protestors pay property taxes.

Public Works Administrator Claude Tankersley said officials now expect to receive disaster recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) “sooner than we had anticipated.”

“Those development rights are the city’s now; they’re not the Rays’ after 30 years,” St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch said. “That gives us a very, very strong negotiating position now.”