St . Petersburg's City Council votes 5-3 to allow Tampa Bay Rays to ...
ST. PETERSBURG — The St. Petersburg City Council voted 5-3 to approve Mayor Rick Kriseman's deal with the Tampa Bay Rays to let the club look elsewhere for a new stadium.Council chair Amy Foster and members Charlie Gerdes, Karl Nurse, Darden Rice and Lisa Wheeler-Brown voted for the deal. Council members Jim Kennedy, Steve Kornell and Ed Montanari voted against it.It took council members less than 90 minutes Thursday to end an eight-year stalemate between St. Petersburg and the Rays that bedevil..>> view originalNeighbors celebrate St . Petersburg drug bust
Antonio Ford and Patrick Green, Pinellas County Jail photosST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – A well-known crack house is out of business Thursday night in St. Petersburg, and neighbors couldn’t be happier. In fact, neighbors are credited with tipping off police officers so they could make the bust.“It was a crack party, so we invited ourself to the party,” Police Chief Anthony Holloway said.Devonsha Tyson, Pinellas County Jail photoThe small house on 5th Avenue North sits in the Historic Uptown Neig..>> view originalPolice: Several arrested in St . Pete drug house
Like this topic?You may also like these photo galleries:AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideSt. Pete Police raid a drug house Wednesday.(Photo: WTSP)St. Petersburg, Florida -- The SWAT team used an armored vehicle to break into a suspected drug house on Wednesday resulting in the arrest of three people and the seizure of narcotics.Police Chief Anthony Holloway said the arrests were part of a warrant being served on the drug house after a lengthy investigation. Detectives had ..>> view originalFree Saturday STEM classes for South St . Petersburg elementary ...
Bored on the weekends? Why not build a robot, design a computer program or learn to print objects in 3-D?Pinellas Technical College will host the county's first free Saturday STEM Academy for elementary and middle school students in south St. Petersburg. STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The academy will be held at PTC's St. Petersburg campus, 901 34th Street S., from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 6, Feb. 20, March 5, March 12, April 2 and April 16. Students will..>> view originalCreed's Scott Stapp talks Florida roots, recovery ahead of St . Pete ...
Scott Stapp has made headlines for different reasons over the years. When his band, earnest, straightforward rockers Creed broke during the mid-90s, the charismatic and often shirtless Stapp made news fronting the act, which has sold more than 50 million albums. “It’s always good being noticed for making music,” Stapp said. “It was such an amazing feeling back then when we connected with fans for the first time.” However, during a..>> view originalMaxwell: Don't let MLK speaker erode St . Petersburg's progress
The annual MLK Leadership Awards Breakfast is one of the best civic events in St. Petersburg. It honors the life's work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.Until now, the organizer of the breakfast, the local branch of the National Council of Negro Women, avoided unnecessary controversy by inviting keynote speakers who to a large degree embody the universal ideals of King. The breakfast, now in its 30th year, has been a unifying force, bringing people of different..>> view originalState of south St . Petersburg address
I find it encouraging that Mayor Kriseman is addressing some of the intrinsic issues that has plagued the African- American community for decades , at least publicly. However, appointing a few astute black members of the community who have been silent and dismissive, as our community continued to regress, won’t change a thing. In fact, I would rather support a white person that believes in doing the right and just thing for our people, than a black person that’s only concerned about doing the r..>> view originalFatherlessness: Black fatherlessness in St . Petersburg
New task force targeting crime in South St . Pete
By Saundra Weathers, ReporterLast Updated: Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 11:20 PMST. PETERSBURG --The St. Petersburg Police Department has a new task force targeting the most crime-ridden areas of the city.They’re pouring their resources into the South St. Pete area. On Wednesday night, officers were out knocking on doors, talking to neighbors for leads and checking for suspicious activity. It’s part of the Neighborhood Enhancement Initiative.“Generally on any given night there’s about 27 extra o..>> view originalAfter 2015 pullback, Draper returns to sell one facility, open another ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Draper is back.Nine months after announcing plans to exit most of its operations in Florida, the MIT spin-off on Thursday unveiled new plans to open a St. Petersburg tech facility next month serving Special Operations Command, or Socom, at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.The 20,000-square-foot facility, based on Blue Heron Boulevard near Roosevelt Boulevard, will start with 20 employees, with 50 likely by latter 2017. Its mission: To help expedite military advanced technology ..>> view original
Thursday, January 14, 2016
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