4-year-old boy finds gun in St. Petersburg, fires shot
TBO.com staff Published: February 15, 2016 A 4-year-old boy found a gun under a house in St. Petersburg and fired a shot Sunday, but nobody was hurt, police said. At 5:15 p.m., the St. Petersburg Police Department was called to a home in the 1700 block of Yale Street South. The boy had been outside playing with a cat when the animal ran under the house. The boy followed the cat and found a gun in the crawl space under the home, police said. He took the gun onto the porch and then fired o..>> view original4-year-old boy finds gun in St. Petersburg, fires shot
TBO.com staff Published: February 15, 2016 A 4-year-old boy found a gun under a house in St. Petersburg and fired a shot Sunday, but nobody was hurt, police said. At 5:15 p.m., the St. Petersburg Police Department was called to a home in the 1700 block of Yale Street South. The boy had been outside playing with a cat when the animal ran under the house. The boy followed the cat and found a gun in the crawl space under the home, police said. He took the gun onto the porch and then fired o..>> view originalVinci beats Bencic to win St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Roberta Vinci snapped a losing streak in finals to beat top-seeded Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-3 and take the inaugural St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Sunday. It is the 10th career win for No. 16-ranked Vinci in a WTA singles final and ends her 0-4 streak in finals dating back to 2013 — including last year’s U.S. Open, where she lost to fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta. A to-and-fro first set between the top two seeded players saw Vinci broken twice as she landed just 51 per..>> view originalSt. Pete boy talks about finding, firing gun
Four-year-old Danny Waiters points to the crawl space where he found a gun, that he later fired.(Photo: WTSP)St. Petersburg, FL -- Residents of a South St. Petersburg neighborhood are calling for action. Too many guns, they say, and over the weekend it nearly cost a 4-year-old boy and his young siblings their lives.“The cat just runned away,” said 4-year old Danny Waiters, pointing to the crawl space under his mother’s house on Yale Street South.It’s where Danny chased after a cat on Sunday, but..>> view originalIn St. Pete, the water is fine
City’s drinking water routinely tests within safety limit Dr. Johnny Wong has been a citizen of several municipalities, both nationally and internationally. He now serves as an educator in the USF St. Petersburg Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Geography. “St. Petersburg has a real culture of environmental awareness, and USFSP is a microcosm of that,” said Wong. “If people truly investigated the treatment and accommodations (for water), they would be impressed. The governments in..>> view originalTall ship Lynx sales into Tampa Bay for a week
ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Bay will feel a little more sky-high this week as the tall ship Lynx makes an educational stop at Harborage Marina beginning Monday afternoon. The Lynx, a replica of an actual privateer ship used during the War of 1812, is scheduled to sail under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge at 12:30 p.m. and arrive at the marina by 2 p.m. said Donald Peacock, president of the ship's foundation. For the entire week, students of St. Petersburg's Admiral Farragut Academy will learn rigging m..>> view originalMelanie Bevan, Bradenton's new police chief, to be sworn in Tuesday
BRADENTON -- Melanie Bevan will officially become police chief of the Bradenton Police Department at 3 p.m. Tuesday when she is sworn in for duty at the Bradenton Auditorium.Bevan served her entire 29-year law enforcement career with the St. Petersburg Police Department, rising to the rank of assistant police chief, before accepting the position in Bradenton in late January. She was chosen out of 118 applicants and nine finalists.According to Mayor Wayne Poston, the city's police commissioner, ..>> view originalFlorida man pleads guilty to making threatening calls to mosques
TAMPA— A Pinellas County pleaded guilty Friday to making threatening phone calls to mosques in his county after the Paris terrorist attacks in November.Martin Alan Schnitzler faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the charge of obstructing persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs. He likely will get a more lenient sentence under a plea agreement formalized Friday in U.S. District Court.According to the agreement, Schnitzler made calls to the Islamic Society of St. Petersburg and th..>> view originalTall ship 'Lynx' sails into Tampa Bay for a week
ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Bay will feel a little more sky-high this week as the tall ship Lynx makes an educational stop at Harborage Marina beginning Monday afternoon. The Lynx, a replica of an actual privateer ship used during the War of 1812, is scheduled to sail under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge at 12:30 p.m. and arrive at the marina by 2 p.m. said Donald Peacock, president of the ship's foundation. For the entire week, students of St. Petersburg's Admiral Farragut Academy will learn rigging m..>> view originalPolice: Boy, 4, fires gun found under St. Pete home
A 4-year-old boy fired a gun Sunday evening that police say he found in a crawl space under his home. The child was playing outside with a cat when it ran under the house at 1742 Yale St. in St. Petersburg, according to police. The boy found the gun, a revolver, after following the cat under the house. According to police, the boy took the weapon to the front porch and fired one round. No one was injured. The boy’s grandmother and mother called the police. Neither of them ow..>> view originalPSTA makes last stop at Williams Park hub
The PSTA got an award from the Transportation Safety Agency, while its parent -- Homeland Security -- ordered the authority to return grant money.(Photo: WTSP)Big changes this weekend at a popular spot in downtown St. Petersburg many consider an eyesore.Over the years, Williams Park has gained a bad reputation for turning into a hub for the homeless because of the PSTA bus stops.But, Saturday night was the last ride. PSTA will now use a grid system where the buses will stop throughout downtown a..>> view original
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