CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — A Clearwater church is turning a negative into a positive after its Black Lives Matter sign was vandalized. They debuted a new sign showering love back into the community. Signs saying “Black Lives Matter” adorn the walls around the Unitarian Universalist Church in Clearwater for all to see. 2 Florida cities […]
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LGBTQ pride mural in Delray Beach vandalized again; Clearwater man faces charges
A 19-year-old man from Clearwater turned himself in Monday after police said he intentionally vandalized the LGBTQ pride mural at an intersection in Delray Beach, the same one vandalized in 2021 a day after it was unveiled. Dylan Brewer was booked into the Palm Beach County jail shortly before 11 a.m. on one count of […]
Man, woman dead in Clearwater shooting, police say
CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Two people were killed Friday night in a shooting in Clearwater, according to police. The shooting happened in the 2300 block of Hillcreek Circle East, according to police. Police received multiple calls for multiple gunshots at about 8:15 p.m., police said. One man and one woman were found dead. Police are […]
Pilot killed in Clearwater crash split time between Indiana, Melbourne Beach
MELBOURNE BEACH — The pilot killed late Thursday in the crash of his small plane into a Clearwater mobile home park split his time between Melbourne Beach and Indiana, where he owned a tech company. Jemin Patel, 54, was killed Thursday evening when his single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 crashed about an hour after taking off […]
Man arrested after crossing police line at Clearwater plane crash site
A St. Petersburg man was arrested Thursday evening after police say he repeatedly tried to enter the scene of the plane crash in the Bayside Waters mobile home park in Clearwater. Joseph Salvatore Schifano, 66, was charged with obstructing or resisting an officer without violence. According to an arrest report, Clearwater police officers saw Schifano […]
Clearwater plane crash victim had stayed at mobile home to help clean up, husband said
As soon as Bobby Dixon heard about a small plane crashing into the Bayside Waters mobile home park in Clearwater Thursday night, he knew he needed to get there. His wife, Mary Ellen Pender, had gone to the 55+ community that day after golfing with nine other friends. She hadn’t come home, and Dixon knew […]
Names released of 3 killed in Clearwater plane crash; flight began in Vero Beach
VERO BEACH −The names of two women who were killed when a small airplane crashed into a Clearwater mobile home park, and the identity of the pilot who died in the fiery crash, were released Saturday by officials in the city of Clearwater. Martha Parry, 86, was a resident of a double-wide mobile home that […]
Plane crash in Clearwater, Fla. mobile home park kills 3: FAA
A small plane crashed and burned in a mobile home park in Florida, killing three people, including the pilot and two people on the ground, according to fire officials and the Federal Aviation Administration. The pilot of the Beechcraft Bonanza V35 issued a distress call on Thursday around 7 p.m., just minutes before the single-engine […]
Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District will look at Clearwater River as source
Jan. 24—The Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District will get $1.2 million from the Idaho Water Resources Board to partially design an infrastructure project that envisions tapping into the Clearwater River. For more than a decade, the district, Nez Perce Tribe, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other partners have been working to secure a reliable water source […]