A group wants to use a plot downtown to memorialize African American history, which has faced opposition from some residents.

Reporting from Clearwater, Fla. — When the Church of Scientology secretly purchased the dilapidated 11-story Fort Harrison Hotel in this western Florida city in 1975, locals didn’t know what ...

The Church of Scientology has resorted to a variety of intimidation tactics since it secretly bought downtown Clearwater’s Fort Harrison Hotel in 1975, and this is only its latest attempt to ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — The Church of Scientology withdrew its application asking the City of Clearwater to vacate a downtown street ahead of the scheduled city council vote. If the $1.4 ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Church of Scientology has withdrawn what's become a controversial application to purchase a stretch of land from the City of Clearwater. A letter obtained by 10 Tampa Bay ...

Clearwater City Council postponed voting on the sale of South Garden Avenue between Court Street and Franklin Street to the Church of Scientology. The church wants to close the street and build an ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Dozens of people in Clearwater are fighting a plan to give more land to the Church of Scientology. The church wants to build a theater and ask the city to sell a public ...

The council delayed a vote to sell a portion of a downtown road to the Church of Scientology after hours of public comments. Hooters' Clearwater founders reclaim control in bankruptcy deal ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla — The Church of Scientology has withdrawn its controversial proposal that had the potential to reshape a part of Downtown Clearwater. At the center of the debate was a ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Church of Scientology has withdrawn its request to purchase a downtown Clearwater strip of public land on the eve of a vote by the City Council. The item was removed from Thurs ...

Residents, City Council members and the Church of Scientology have been locked in a tug-of-war over a portion of roadway in ...

Limited liability companies managed by a Church of Scientology parishioner made a massive purchase this week, acquiring an 11-story office tower and seven other properties in Clearwater.