The city tentatively voted in March to sell a segment of Garden Avenue to the Church of Scientology. But the church withdrew ...

CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology's proposal to bring retail and entertainment downtown is a novel development, but the recent rollout of its plans has a tone that goes back decades.

So it was in Clearwater, a city of 110,000 that is now Scientology’s international headquarters. County records show that the church owns 66 properties in the city, where an estimated 12,000 ...

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 ...

Residents supporting the Save the Garden movement march to the plot of land for sale in front of the Church of Scientology's Flag Building on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Clearwater, Florida.

The Church of Scientology and its parishioners now own a lot of real estate in Clearwater, Fla., as reported by the Tampa Bay Times. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with reporter Tracey McManus.

The hunt is on for David Miscavige, the fiery, controversial and elusive head of Scientology, who’s being sought by lawyers in a civil child trafficking suit brought by former church members in ...

CLEARWATER -- Shawn Lonsdale, who became one of the most bedeviling local critics of the Church of Scientology, died last weekend -- apparently by suicide -- at his Clearwater home. He was 39.

For the sixth episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, the A&E series returned to Clearwater, Fla., which The King of Queens’ cohort, Mike Rinder, said was home to “the spiritual ...

A grassroots campaign to memorialize African American history in Clearwater — and thwart the Church of Scientology from purchasing another piece of downtown land — has picked up backers and ...