OJ Simpson's children have put down roots in St. Petersburg and other top stories.

• OJ Simpson's children have put down roots in St. Petersburg

  Few TV shows have had a bigger impact on recent pop culture than The People vs. O.J. Simpson: An American Crime Story. Ending earlier this month, the FX show was a ratings smash and hailed by critics as one of the year's best. Most of all, the show rekindled interest in the "trial of the century," 21 years after the verdict. Its renewed relevance led paparazzi to Tampa Bay, of all places. The celebrity gossip website TMZ reported in February that one of Simpson's daughters, Sydney, had resurface..

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• 3 teens charged after stolen car nearly flips in St. Petersburg

  

   ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Early Friday morning, three St. Pete teens allegedly stole a car and nearly flipped it about a block away. The incident took place near the intersection of 53rd Street and 20th Avenue North.According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, the owner had started the car, but went back inside to grab his coffee. That's when he said the three teens, two 15 and one 16, got in his Camry and sped off. The driver hit a parked, unoccupied car and all three ran after the crash...

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• Painful lesson learned in St. Pete

  

  Painful lesson learned in St. Pete WFLA Web Staff Published: April 18, 2016, 12:53 pm Updated: April 18, 2016, 1:06 pm St. Petersburg Police Department photo ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA)– A St. Petersburg resident learned the hard way why it’s not a good idea to leave your keys in your car with the car running. St. Petersburg Police Department photo St. Petersburg Police Department photo St. Petersburg Police Department investigators say just before 7 a.m. on Friday, a ..

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• St. Pete man gets prison time for real estate scheme

  

  A condo conversion scheme at the height of the real estate bubble has led to a prison sentence for a St. Petersburg real estate agent. U.S. District Judge James ...

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• Tampa Bay Times wins Pulitzer Prizes in local and investigative ...

  

  The Tampa Bay Times won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for investigations that exposed rampant indifference and inequity in five predominantly African-American Pinellas County schools and neglect in Florida's state-run mental health system. Reporters Cara Fitzpatrick, 35, Lisa Gartner, 28, and Michael LaForgia, 32, won the Pulitzer award for local reporting. Combining data and powerful narrative accounts, the reporters detailed how the Pinellas County School Board's 2007 decision to abandon integ..

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Ramirez, 3 homers help Rays stop White Sox, 7-2 .	Fan hit in eye by foul ball at Rays game, removed on stretcher .
St. Petersburg man credits psychic numbers for lottery win .	Renewed effort to rid St. Petersburg of boarded up houses .