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• Sailor surprises young daughter at St

  By Trevor Pettiford, ReporterLast Updated: Friday, November 13, 2015, 9:45 PMST. PETERSBURG --It's been a long eight months for Navy Petty Officer Keila Vilchis. That's how long the St. Petersburg sailor has been deployed."There were times where I couldn't sleep for couple of days because I was working," Vilchis said. "And then I wouldn't be able to get on the computer or the phone, so it was pretty hard."Vilchis says the hardest part is being away from her 6-year-old daughter, Mika.On Friday sh..

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• Police canvass St

  

  ST. PETERSBURG —Police officers are looking for information that will generate leads in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy earlier this week. At about 7:47 p.m. Tuesday police responded to a “shots fired” call at 2593 Langdon Ave. in south St. Petersburg. By the time police got there, 16-year-old Lenny Acostas had been taken by friends to All Children’s Hospital, where he died shortly after arriving. Police Chief Anthony Holloway said the shooting ..

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• 15-year-old arrested for sexual battery on a 2-year-old

  

  1:03 p.m. EST November 14, 2015arrest graphic(Photo: WTSP)PINELLAS COUNTY, FLA. -- Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit have arrested a St. Petersburg teenage boy for sexual battery on a 2-year-old female victim.According to detectives, their investigation began on Friday, November 13, 2015, after the 2-year-old female victim was brought to a local hospital with complaints of genital pain.Detectives say that through interviews and various investigative techniques, they were ab..

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• Rick Kriseman continues to push pro-business agenda

  

  St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is touting a key business ranking. A financial education and empowerment website and resource ranked Florida the seventh most ...

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• This Saturday in live music: Slow Magic, James McMurtry, Juicy J...

  

  Here's a look at some concerts happening on this Sat., Nov. 14. click to enlarge &#..

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• Tampa Bay area law enforcement considering possible precautions...

  

  TAMPA — Following Friday's bloody terrorist attacks in Paris, tonight's Tampa Bay Lightning home game against the Florida Panthers will feature more security than usual, the team said.Doors to Amalie Arena will open about 5:30 p.m., 30 minutes earlier than normal, to allow for more time to get everyone in the arena for the 7 p.m. game."Fans should expect more thorough security measures for tonight's game than they may have experienced in the past at Amalie Arena," Lightning executive vice presid..

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• Pinellas cancels school trips to lead-tainted lake

  

  Mike Deeson, WTSP6:34 p.m. EST November 13, 201510Investigates found high levels of lead in Sawgrass Lake.(Photo: WTSP)St. Petersburg, Florida -- A potential environmental danger uncovered by 10Investigates has the Pinellas School Schools changing the location of where it conducts Nature's Classroom field trips.A memo about the field trips went out to all teachers in the Pinellas system after we tested the water at Sawgrass Lake.Here is the memo:Teachers,Due to an alleged environmental issue her..

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• David Axelrod recalls his years as presidential confidante during...

  

  byBenjamin MullinPublishedNov. 14, 20151:11 pmUpdatedNov. 14, 20152:07 pmDavid Axelrod, former adviser to President Barack Obama, poses for a portrait at Poynter Friday. He spoke at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club to more than 300 people later that evening. (Photo by James Borchuck, Tampa Bay Times)President Obama had to know the polling numbers weren’t encouraging. So, in the summer of 2009, David Axelrod visited the Oval Office to tell his boss that the effort to overhaul America’s medical syste..

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• VA hospital in Tampa reaches out to patients

  

  TAMPA —James A. Haley Veterans Hospital staff and administrators on Saturday put in extra time to call Tampa Bay area veterans identified as possibly having urgent medical needs. It was part of the National Access Stand Down event held at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals throughout the United States. At James A. Haley, Director Joe Battle and his staff dialed more than 1,000 patients Saturday after the national VA identified about 2,600 people i..

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• Central Floridians in shock, mourning after deadly Paris attacks

  France native Naeva Collado was working in her parents' Thornton Park cafe when the news broke about the deadly attacks in Paris.Customers at the Benjamin French Bakery Café on Saturday kept offering Collado and her family their condolences.Her mother wore a T-shirt adorned with the French flag as she poured coffee while guests took photos of the Eiffel Tower replica near the entrance of the bakery with a sign that read "Pray for Paris."Collado and her family had moved to Orlando from Le Bordeau..

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