Take a walking tour of the St. Petersburg Innovation District (Video)
In this video, take a walking tour of the area south of downtown St. Petersburg that holds promise for attracting high-power talent and high-wage jobs, and read ...>> view originalPolice SUVs gain St. Petersburg council approval
ST. PETERSBURG — The Police Department wants to slowly shift its marked patrol fleet from Crown Victorias to sport utility vehicles. They're safer and roomier, leading to fewer workers' compensation claims, police say. But they're also less fuel efficient and hardly symbolic of a city striving to be sustainable, a frequently cited goal of Mayor Rick Kriseman, said City Council member Karl Nurse. At Thursday's council meeting, those competing desires clashed as Nurse asked for a delay in approvin..>> view originalDozens from Tampa Bay going to Cuba for Obama, Rays
President Obama is heading to Cuba this weekend and he’s not alone; many Tampa Bay area residents, government officials and even the region’s Major League Baseball team are going as well. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman is going back to Cuba and his chief of staff Kevin King says he and two other city employees are too. Listen to the story here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/wmnf/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CubaFloridaRaysFull.mp3 King says the St. Pete delegation was invited by the Tampa Bay Rays,..>> view originalTonight in live music: Sh-Booms EP Release Show, Trae Stone ...
We've arrived at the weekend, which means a full night of live music ahead on this Fri., March 18, as well as some quality concerts coming up on Saturday and Sunday. A breakdown with highlights for tonight below. click to enlarge The Sh-Booms EP Release Show After finally finishing a new self-titled EP with Grammy-nominated p..>> view originalCan cameras reduce the number of garbage truck wrecks in Tampa ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Lauren Payton learned the hard way about garbage truck safety when a St. Petersburg sanitation driver made a wide right turn at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street and 72nd Avenue N and smashed into her Dodge Caliber. Payton, who had just turned 20, needed multiple surgeries to alleviate nerve and disc damage in her back from the July 2012 accident. The city eventually settled a lawsuit she filed for $85,000. "She was hurt pretty badly and those injuries were t..>> view originalIndictment charges St. Pete postal worker with stealing $2M in ...
A Tampa man who worked at a mail processing center in St. Petersburg is accused of stealing Social Security benefit checks valued at more than $2 million.>> view originalClosing arguments expected in Hogan-Gawker trial
Hulk Hogan, file photo ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The Latest on the trial of wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against the New York-based website Gawker (all times local): 1:05 p.m.: Jurors have begun deliberating in the civil trial of pro wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker media over a sex video. Lawyers for both Hogan and Gawker gave closing arguments on Friday morning. Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, is suing Gawker for $100 million for posting a video in 2012 of..>> view originalEditorial: Failure to think big on transit
The same week that Tampa and St. Petersburg lost out on new federal transportation grants, two major bay area roadways — the Howard Frankland Bridge and the Veterans Expressway — were closed down because of traffic accidents. And the same thing happened the very next week, where on four of five workdays, bad weather or accidents shut the Sunshine Skyway bridge, the Howard Frankland and the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Not that Tampa's application for electric cars or St. Petersburg's application ..>> view originalWhen will Rick Baker take the shot?
Not that the former St. Petersburg mayor is telling me much. He knows that my wife and I are close to Crist and so we've both agreed that when it comes to this ...>> view originalSt. Pete College partners with Smart Sparrow
St. Pete College partners with Smart Sparrow Article published on Thursday, March 17, 2016 ST. PETERSBURG – St. Petersburg College and Smart Sparrow recently unveiled the Learning Design Starter Kit, a free learning design tool designed to help faculty worldwide create their own digital resources and improve student engagement. Colleges and universities, worldwide, are making unprecedented investments in digital resources and data ..>> view original
Friday, March 18, 2016
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