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Pastor Andy Oliver bills Pinellas sheriff $10K for staging at his St. Petersburg church

By Selene San Felice

Pastor Andy Oliver in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 28, 2025.

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By Valerie Smith

A handmade sign reading “ICE 6/17” outside of a Home Depot in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 17, 2025.

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President Donald Trump urged additional states to build immigrant detention centers following his tour Tuesday of the 3,000-capacity tent and trailer Everglades…

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Tampa Bay is home to dozens and dozens of tried and true places to celebrate immigrants’ contributions to the food scene. From…

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Photos: All the wet and wild people we saw at St. Pete Pride’s 2025 Sunday street festival

Saturday’s St. Pete Pride parade included hundreds of thousands of revelers lining Bayshore Drive on the downtown waterfront, and the party continued…

By Ray Roa, Dave Decker

Partygoers outside Mari Jean Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 29, 2025.
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Photos: Every beautiful person we saw celebrating St. Pete Pride 2025

Organizers said that more than 350,000 people took to the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront last Saturday as the Southeast’s largest Pride parade…

By Ray Roa, Jorge Cordova

Image: Photos: Every beautiful person we saw celebrating St. Pete Pride 2025
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