Saturday, February 6, 2016

TeBella Tea Co. continues expansion by opening in St. Petersburg's ... and other top stories.

  • TeBella Tea Co. continues expansion by opening in St. Petersburg's ...

    TeBella Tea Co. continues expansion by opening in St. Petersburg's ...
    It's pretty easy to drink local in the Tampa Bay area these days. There are dozens of craft breweries for beer drinkers. We've even got micro-distilleries and some wineries. Between Kahwa Coffee, Buddy Brew Coffee and a slew of other local coffee shops, you can get organic beans brewed just for you on both sides of the bay. But when it comes to local tea, there's pretty much only TeBella Tea Co. Owner and founder Abigail St. Clair opened a small store on Davis Islands in 2010. Since then, she ..
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  • Are the victims always to blame in St. Petersburg auto thefts?

    ST. PETERSBURG — Last year, police Chief Tony Holloway launched a campaign to get residents to lock their cars and take their keys, purses and other valuables with them. He took his crusade to a gathering of neighborhood leaders. "This past week, 25 cars stolen," he said in November. "How many keys do you think were in those cars? Twenty-four." On Jan. 20, the chief reiterated his message in Childs Park. "I can solve 90 percent of the crime in the city, car thefts, if people were to lock their v..
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  • Boys basketball: St. Petersburg 59, East Lake 45

    ST. PETERSBURG รข€” All season, St. Petersburg had one of the best guard combinations in the bay area with Serrel Smith and Darius Banks providing a 1-2 scoring punch. Now, the Green Devils have added a third option with the return of Travis Bianco. The senior guard, who already has committed to Eckerd, played sparingly during the regular season because of a groin injury. He sat out the past two weeks to be ready for the Class 7A, District 10 tournament. On Friday, he had his best performance of ..
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  • 6 reasons why this Tampa venture firm led a seven-figure ...

    6 reasons why this Tampa venture firm led a seven-figure ...
    The St. Pete-based digital brand management company will use the money to add to its sales force and bolster its marketing efforts, a press release said.
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  • Former Pinellas teacher arrested for impregnating student

    Former Pinellas teacher arrested for impregnating student
    ST. PETERSBURG — A former Pinellas County teacher faces a criminal charge of sexually abusing a student who gave birth to his child in August, according to St. Petersburg police. Ex-teacher Robert Celeste Jr. was in the hospital room for the delivery last year, according to his arrest warrant. The warrant said the teenage mother, who was not identified, told a nurse the 49-year-old man in the hospital room was the baby's father. Celeste was arrested in November on a charge of unlawful sexual act..
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  • Tonight in live music: Yonder Mountain String Band, Wild Child, On ...

    Tonight in live music: Yonder Mountain String Band, Wild Child, On ...
    It's time to do your Thank Whatever God There May or May Not Be, It's Friday dance. Breakdown for Fri., Feb. 5 below, plus a peek at the weekend ahead. click to enlarge Yonder Mountain String Band Yonder Mountain String Band with Keller and the Keels Colorado’s Yonder Mountain Str..
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  • St. Pete man found guilty of possessing crack cocaine to sell

    A St. Petersburg man has been convicted of a cocaine trafficking charge and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday. A federal jury found 48-year-old Tony Donnell Mathis gullty of possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Lee Bentley said in a news release. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 26. According to evidence and testimony presented at trial, Mathis operated a drug ..
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  • Atlanta Braves might be fading from view in Toytown spring training ...

    Atlanta Braves might be fading from view in Toytown spring training ...
    ST. PETERSBURG — A plan to bring Atlanta Braves spring training to Toytown might be tanking. Pinellas County staffers and SportsPark Partners LLC, a consortium that incudes the Braves, former major-league star Gary Sheffield and St. Petersburg developer Darryl LeClair, met Tuesday. Representatives for LeClair and Sheffield attended. But no Braves officials did. Are the Braves still part of the ambitious project to build a spring training facility and amateur sports complex on the 240-acre forme..
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  • The maestro, the money and the unfinished 'Great Gatsby' opera

    The maestro, the money and the unfinished 'Great Gatsby' opera
    Mark Sforzini's unfinished opera is about a complicated relationship. Daisy Buchanan — you've heard of her — is an irrepressible teen. She is drawn to Jay Gatsby — you've heard of him — an enigmatic, though problematic, wealthy older man. Sforzini labored over Daisy, his operatic prequel to The Great Gatsby, for more than a year. It was commissioned by a man he trusted. Then, one day, the checks stopped coming. The opera stopped cold. Thousands of opera fans are attending the St. Petersburg Oper..
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  • Red-light camera ban gets initial green light in Florida

    Red-light camera ban gets initial green light in Florida
    Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, contends local governments use revenue from the cameras as a "backdoor" or "hidden" tax increase and that intersections are not ...
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