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ABC Action News
February 15, 2018
St. Petersburg, Fla.- OneBlood, the local blood center in Florida, responded immediately to help victims of the school shooting that happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Wednesday. RELATED: At least 17 dead in Broward County school shooting, suspect in custody. AdditionalÃÂ ...
Creative Loafing Tampa
February 15, 2018
Our board of directors, St. Petersburg College marketing staff, The Zoo Studios, Elizabeth Baker, the staff at the Palladium Theater all contribute time and expertise, mainly toward the time of the festival. The planning process is about 9 months long and that is basically me. My first priority is to get the funding.
evertiq.com
February 15, 2018
The EMS provider says is plans to build a new worldwide headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida, pending final approvals from the State of Florida, Pinellas County and the City of St. Petersburg. Jabil will expand operations at its current site at Roosevelt Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King Street North viaÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
February 15, 2018
... consensus in favor of the amendment,” said the ruling, written by Judge Stevan Northcutt and joined by judges Patricia Kelly and Marva Crenshaw. “In short, the shade meeting was used to crystallize a secret decision to a point just short of ceremonial acceptance, in violation of Florida's Sunshine Law.”.
ABC Action News
February 13, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Police say a 23-year-old St. Petersburg man was fatally stabbed early Sunday morning after he forced his way into an occupied apartment in the same complex where he lived.. Officers say Zachery Eggleston entered the apartment, located at 545 77th Ave. N., where a family wasÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
February 12, 2018
Two boys were pulled out of a white Chevrolet Camaro after it smashed into a tree in November. One boy died last month and on Saturday, the other was charged with murder. St. Petersburg police charged Myles Abbott, 14, with vehicular homicide/third-degree murder. According to police, Abbott drove theÃÂ ...
Area Development Online
February 6, 2018
According to company officials, while many other locations were considered, the current St. Petersburg campus has been selected as the preferred site and will be finalized once all of the necessary governmental approvals are reached. The City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, the St. PetersburgÃÂ ...
Police News
January 31, 2018
THE ST. PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ACCREDITED WITH THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCIES, INC. (CALEA) SINCE 1985, AND WITH THE COMMISSION FOR FLORIDA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION, INC. (CFA) SINCEÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 30, 2018
SCOTT KEELER | Times Students walk across the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus, Thursday, 9/28/17. In the background is the school's Student Center. As people in the community discussed the departure of USF St. Petersburg regional chancellor Sophia Wisniewska this week, many ofÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 29, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG — A 17-year-old girl stabbed her boyfriend with a kitchen knife after they had an argument, police said. Diamond Stukes and her boyfriend, Darius Matthews, 18, were at a friend's house in the 700 block of 15th Street S Sunday morning and had an ongoing argument. Shortly before noonÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 29, 2018
CLEARWATER — A 29-year-old man died in Pinellas County Jail on Sunday morning, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported. Stephen Gregory James was found unresponsive in his sleeping area about 7:10 a.m, deputies said. Medical staff responded and administered CPR to the St. Petersburg manÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 28, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG — A St. Petersburg man led deputies on a chase from Lealman to Largo on Saturday in a stolen fire department vehicle, authorities said. Pinellas Sheriff's deputies said Michael James Chick, 31, took a 2014 District Chief Ford Expedition from the Lealman Fire District station just after 1ÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com (blog)
January 27, 2018
The University of South Florida St. Petersburg has some fierce defenders in Pinellas County, who have voiced concerns about the potential effects of a ... The retired faculty and staff association at USF St. Petersburg wrote letters strongly opposing the potential loss of accreditation at their university.
Tampabay.com
January 27, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG — A man died Saturday after being shot behind a St. Petersburg house. St. Petersburg Police Department officers responded to 785 22nd Ave. S., and the man was taken to a hospital where he died, police said. "Investigators are sorting through the details so we have no otherÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 25, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG — Story Stuart's coffee shop was a landmark before it officially opened last year. She had a gorgeous mural to thank for that. It became what her small cafe in the Old Southeast was known for: A man with thick-rimmed glasses sitting in front of an intricate geometric pattern beside theÃÂ ...
ABC Action News
January 19, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A movie opening today, called 12 Strong, is about the first group of U.S. Special Forces to go into Afghanistan. Some of the men portrayed in the movie riding on horseback to attack the Taliban are now charging into a very different kind of adventure: they're starting a business,ÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 18, 2018
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen asking the federal government to investigate St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum for what he called illegal "sanctuary city" policies in their cities.
Tampabay.com
January 16, 2018
"We are not turning anyone away and nothing has changed operationally," said Beth Hardy, a spokeswoman for BayCare Health System, which operates 15 hospitals including St. Joseph's in Tampa, St. Anthony's in St. Petersburg and Morton Plant in Clearwater. At Florida Hospital — which operates aÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 12, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG — AER, a newly built apartment tower in downtown St. Petersburg, has been sold for $127 million in Tampa Bay's biggest ever apartment deal. Camden, one of the country's largest owners of multi-family rental communities, said it will rename the 17-story, 358-unit building Camden PierÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 12, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG — During a recent Insane Clown Posse concert at Jannus Live, the horrorcore hip-hop duo known for wearing macabre clown makeup started spraying soda at the crowd. Then they invited concertgoers to join them on stage. Among the audience of fans, who call themselves Juggalos,ÃÂ ...
Maxim
January 11, 2018
We've already told you that Florida's Gulf Coast has some of the greatest beaches, bars and, yes, strip clubs in the entire country. But it doesn't end there. Nestled on a peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, St. Petersburg has become one of the top destinations for food lovers who aren'tÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com (blog)
January 10, 2018
The man they called the ninth council member around St. Petersburg City Hall leaves colorful memories unlikely to face term limits. ... Later, Smith worked in financial services for Florida Power Corp., Florida Federal Savings and Goldman Sachs before beginning his freelance consulting career in 2002.
Tampabay.com
January 4, 2018
St. Petersburg's long-awaited partnership with Duke Energy to replace its old street lights with new LED lights was announced by Mayor Rick Kriseman at a news conference Thursday at ... Hours earlier, the White House announced plans to expand offshore drilling, potentially including off the Florida coast.
Tampabay.com
January 4, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG — Buoyed by the success of its existing downtown apartment tower, a Miami company is moving ahead with plans for another one. And to the relief ... We think St. Petersburg is one of the hottest markets in all of Florida and we're excited about playing off the success we've had at AER.".
American Journal of Transportation
January 3, 2018
“The Tampa Bay, FL region is one of the fastest growing areas in the country due to its reasonable cost of living, overall quality of life, and opportunities for recent college graduates in a variety of industries. Specifically, we chose to locate the office in downtown St. Petersburg. It's an attractive area thatÃÂ ...
TBO.com (blog)
January 3, 2018
The Tampa Bay Rowdies kick off the 2016 fall season against the Jacksonville Armada FC in a match at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, FL on Saturday evening, July 2, 2016. the teams played to a 1-1 tie.After the match, fans were ... Maybe Florida just got too cold for Flo Rida. The mega-selling hip-popÃÂ ...
Orlando Sentinel
January 3, 2018
Her journey, tracked on OCEARCH.ORG, has taken her down the Eastern seaboard and around the Florida Keys up to the Gulf of Mexico. The 1,668-pound carnivore was pinged off St. Petersburg late Monday night. She has spent the past week swimming closer to Florida after starting further out in the GulfÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
January 3, 2018
Bayfront Health-St. Petersburg and Tampa's St. Joseph's Hospital, which have long operated trauma centers, have opposed the Northside proposal. Bayfront filed a lawsuit in March in Leon County circuit court, arguing that the Florida Department of Health should be blocked from allowing Northside toÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 3, 2018
Facebook video captured shows mist whipping through the wind in St. Petersburg. Some thought the mist was actually snow. Tampa Bay's 7-day forecast [WTSP] ... Yeah, it's definitely cold outside, especially for Florida. 10News WTSP. Feels-like temperatures around the Tampa Bay area. The NationalÃÂ ...
Patch.com
January 3, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG, FL - St. Petersburg police arrested a suspect in the death of a 68-year-old man and the beating of his sister. Police found the body of Paul Dumas and his sister, 63-year-old Elaine Vidinha, who was severely injured. Police received a call for help from the residence at 4245 Elkcam Blvd.
WTSP 10 News
January 2, 2018
This shelter will be made available at 5 p.m.. Northwest Presbyterian Church, 6330 54th Ave. N. in St. Petersburg, Church Phone: (727) 544-4551. The Turning Point, 1810 5th Ave. N. in St. Petersburg, Phone number: (727) 823-7811. Salvation Army, 1400 4th St. S. in St. Petersburg, Phone number: (727)ÃÂ ...
Gainesville Sun
January 1, 2018
A hundred years after an ordinance made them official — and 50 years after they were ordered off the sidewalks — St. Petersburg's green benches hold a ... “It was a motley collection of benches,” said Ray Arsenault, a professor of history and politics at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg andÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 1, 2018
Mayor Rick Kriseman made several new promises for St. Petersburg ahead of his second term, including raising the minimum wage to $15 for city workers and reducing the city's poverty rate. As Kriseman prepares for his next round as mayor, PolitiFact Florida evaluated his performance on 25 campaignÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 30, 2017
(AP) — A hundred years after an ordinance made them official — and 50 years after they were ordered off the sidewalks — St. Petersburg's green benches ... "It was a motley collection of benches," said Ray Arsenault, a professor of history and politics at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg andÃÂ ...
Patch.com
December 21, 2017
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Pinellas County patients authorized to use medical marijuana products have a new place to pick up a supply of the drug. ... Other Tampa Bay dispensaries include Trulieve in Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Bradenton and Tampa, Grow Healthy Florida Dispensary in Lakeland, AltmedÃÂ ...
Florida Politics (blog)
December 18, 2017
Knox Medical, which operates medical marijuana dispensaries in five separate locations throughout Florida, is opening its sixth such facility this week in St. Petersburg. After receiving approval to dispense medicinal cannabis from the Florida Department of Health, the Knox dispensary — located at 601ÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
December 15, 2017
Where do you want to die? When asked, the vast majority of Americans answer with two words: "At home." Despite living in a country that delivers some of the best health care in the world, we often settle for end-of-life care that is inconsistent with our wishes and administered in settings that are unfamiliar,ÃÂ ...
Travel+Leisure
December 8, 2017
On Florida's gulf coast, in an area known as Tampa Bay, travelers can explore two distinct cities known for incredible beaches and world-class golf courses. But during a trip to this stretch of western Florida, visitors will find an impressive number of things to do, including paddle boarding, boating, and fishingÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com (blog)
December 31, 1999
ST. PETERSBURG — The news Friday that the Tampa Bay Rays have chosen Tampa for their new ballpark was viewed mixed emotions across the bay in the Sunshine City, the only ... Rice acknowledged that losing a professional baseball team would carry a psychological cost for Florida's fifth-largest city.
ABC Action News
December 31, 1999
Similar rallies were held across the country this weekend. Women's March Florida led a statewide "Day of Action" Sunday at four official Women's March locations: St. Petersburg, Miami, Orlando and Jacksonville.
TBO.com
December 31, 1999
ST. PETERSBURG — In the 1950s, before air conditioning came into widespread use, the new Vision-Aire homes at the tip of the Pinellas peninsula were designed ''by Florida itself.'' To take advantage of the semi-tropical setting near Tampa Bay, all living areas faced the prevailing southeast breezes.
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
GABRIELLA ANGOTTI-JONES | Times Sharon Gaumond, center, and daughters Zoe Gaumond, 8, center bottom, and Sydney Gaumond, 11, right, read a protest sign before the Women's March Day of Action: St. Petersburg march and rally on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 in St. Petersburg, Florida. "I want my girlsÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
ST. PETERSBURG — Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille, a popular Sanibel Island restaurant with locations on Captiva Island and Fort Myers Beach, will now be able ... Kriseman said "the restaurant's name and Florida theme, based on the novels by New York Times best-selling author Randy Wayne White, willÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — At least 10 people were injured Wednesday by an explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city and the site of a deadly subway bombing this year. The Investigative Committee, the nation's top investigative agency, said a device containingÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
"It was a motley collection of benches," said Ray Arsenault, a professor of history and politics at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and author of St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream: 1888-1950. "(Lang) didn't like the proliferation of all these ugly benches." The benches were installed, often inÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
December 13, 2017
SCOTT KEELER | TIMES From a May 2105 file photo, former St. Petersburg Police Sgt. J.D. Lofton during a training session in St. Petersburg. A long-tenured St. Petersburg police sergeant and executive vice president of the local police union is being demoted to the rank of officer after he threw a bullet atÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
December 13, 2017
ST. PETERSBURG — Police have arrested several people, including a son of a prominent flooring store chain's late founder, as part of an investigation into the death of a 22-year-old woman whose body was found in an alley last year. The woman, Taylor McAllister, a mother of two, was last seen alive atÃÂ ...
TBO.com
December 12, 2017
All around them in the Station House building in St. Petersburg, workers pounded the last nails, bartenders unpacked boxes of glassware and jewel-toned bottles of Amari, and the kitchen rolled through a final round of karaage and izakaya small plates. The floors of Ichicoro Ane remained a rough,ÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com (blog)
December 12, 2017
Two Lakewood High students arrested Monday now face felony weapons charges after the school was placed on lockdown following reports of a weapon on campus. The 16-year-olds will be charged with possession of a weapon on a school campus and aggravated assault. St. Petersburg PoliceÃÂ ...
Florida Record
December 11, 2017
St. Petersburg property trustee accuses tenants of breaching lease agreement ... CLEARWATER — A trustee for St. Petersburg property is suing tenants, alleging breach of a lease agreement. ... Next time we write about 6th Judicial Circuit of Florida - Pinellas County, we'll email you a link to the story.
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