Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Pinellas County deputies arrested 50-year-old Rhett Andrae Drummond of Tampa on a child abuse charge after he allegedly rammed his golf cart into a 15-year-old's cart and struck the boy repeatedly during a slow-play dispute at Lansbrook Golf Club in Palm Harbor on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Public Safety
Pinellas County deputies arrested 50-year-old Rhett Andrae Drummond of Tampa on a child abuse charge after he allegedly rammed his golf cart into a 15-year-old's cart and struck the boy repeatedly during a slow-play dispute at Lansbrook Golf Club in Palm Harbor on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Pinellas County deputies arrested 50-year-old Rhett Andrae Drummond of Tampa on a child abuse charge after he allegedly rammed his golf cart into a 15-year-old's cart and struck the boy repeatedly during a slow-play dispute at Lansbrook Golf Club in Palm Harbor on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Public Safety
NOAA's Aug. 6 updated forecast cuts the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook to 7–13 named storms and 0–2 major hurricanes as a potentially record-breaking El Niño suppresses storm development, though Gulf "homegrown" systems still threaten Pinellas County as peak season begins.
Public Safety
Pinellas County Schools earned its third consecutive "A" district grade from the Florida Department of Education, with 70 percent of schools rated "A" and third-grade reading proficiency reaching a district record, as the 2026-27 school year opened with new campus safety policies and a school board workshop on consolidation feedback set for Friday, Aug. 14.
Public Safety
Colorado State University's Aug. 5 forecast calls for just nine named storms this hurricane season, the second-lowest August outlook since 1984, but Pinellas County emergency managers urge Palm Harbor and Dunedin residents to stay prepared as peak season begins.
Public Safety
The YMCA of the Suncoast, partnering with the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, is expanding therapy-based adaptive swim lessons for children with autism and other disabilities at the John Geigle YMCA in Palm Harbor.
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A multi-vehicle crash at Citrus Drive and US-19 North in Palm Harbor on Friday, July 31, drew a second-alarm medical response, though official details on injuries and cause remain unreleased.
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Dunedin is using vehicle-mounted sensors and new software to measure road roughness across its 127 lane miles, guiding how the city spends its $1 million annual paving budget on streets including several near downtown.
Public Safety
A statewide severe weather alert issued Wednesday warns Palm Harbor and Dunedin residents of damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph, flash flooding, extreme heat, and dangerous rip currents along the Pinellas coastline through Saturday, Aug. 1.
Public Safety
A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deputy originally from the northeast successfully captured and relocated an alligator on July 8, with body-camera footage released by PCSO on July 22 showing the board-and-leash technique he used near a Pinellas County home.
Public Safety
Pinellas County commissioners are set to request a $140 million FDOT grant Tuesday to widen East Lake Road through Palm Harbor and seek federal funding for safety improvements at the Keystone Road intersection, a key hurricane evacuation route.
Public Safety
Tropical Storm Bertha formed Monday, July 20, in the Gulf, bringing 2 to 8 inches of rain and flash flood risk to Palm Harbor and Dunedin through Friday, though Pinellas County is not under a Tropical Storm Watch.
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