Parents seize control to save St. Petersburg charter school
Related Coverage ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – It appears Windsor Prep Academy is a million dollars in debt and heading to the graveyard of financially failed charter schools in Florida. But on Tuesday there’s hope. “I think there’s a huge sense of hope and I won’t accept anything less,” parent Abbey Millis said. “Once we saw the school had been run into a ditch, we just all kind of banded together.” Abbey Mills, left, and Dorothy Dulau Windsor Prep had indeed been run into a rather deep ditc..>> view originalEvidence released in St. Petersburg pond crash that killed three ...
Newly released dash cam video shows how Pinellas County deputies responded as they followed three teenagers who they say crashed a stolen car into a St. Petersburg pond and died. One clip shows one deputy speaking to another next to the pond. Watch portions of one dash cam video in the video player above “They’re done,” the deputy tells the other. “They’re done.” Video shows the pond, like a marsh, too thick for deputies to save the girls. At a news conference follow..>> view originalPolice arrest St. Petersburg murder suspect in Puerto Rico
ST. PETERSBURG — Detectives have arrested a 33-year-old man wanted in connection with a St. Petersburg murder who was on the run in Puerto Rico. Juan Carlos Jimenez was arrested Monday at a relative's house in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, at about 9 p.m., according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. He was wanted on a first-degree murder warrant in the death of Shermaun Akins, 32, whose body was found April 7 outside the Alta Mar at Broadwater apartments on 34th Terrace South. A high school stud..>> view originalPrep baseball | Bayshore routs St. Petersburg Gibbs to set up district ...
BRADENTON -- Isaac Loviglio wanted to believe Bayshore had turned a corner down the stretch of his senior year. The suspensions that depleted the roster early in the season were long gone. The nagging injuries that stopped the Bruins from ever rounding into form during the middle of the season were in the past, too. Loviglio wanted to believe BHS' attitude change was real and Bayshore would see the results of it on the field.The penultimate game of the Bruins' regular season sent them on the ro..>> view originalSt. Petersburg man catches 400-pound fish with wrench
The catch of a lifetime. That's how Ryan Hein of St. Petersburg describes the 400-pound Goliath grouper he caught last week. The bait: a lure he made out of a number-11 wrench."A lot of mechanics know that you don't really use an 11 for anything," Hein said. "At least I never have." All he did was attach two hooks to the lure then tied it to his line."Some jigs can cost $20," he said. "I was just looking for a way to make a jig without spending so much money."He posted a picture of the makeshif..>> view originalSt. Pete woman dies when car crashes after being forced off road
TBO.com staff Published: April 19, 2016 Updated: April 19, 2016 at 05:48 PM A 40-year-old St. Petersburg woman died Tuesday morning when the car she was a passenger in was forced off the road and into a telephone pole by another vehicle, police said. St. Petersburg Police said that April Morrow died from her injuries at 11:30 a.m. at Bayfront Health. Morrow was a passenger in a Nissan Murano driven by her sister, 37-year-old Tina Morrow. At 3:20 a.m. Tuesday, Tina Morrow was forced off ..>> view originalTop 5 reasons to make a day with the Rays on May 1
Top 5 reasons to make a day with the Rays on May 1 10News Staff , WTSP 2:34 PM. EST April 19, 2016 ST. PETERSBURG, FL - APRIL 08: Exterior general view of Tropicana Field prior to the opening day game between the Seattle Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays on April 8, 2008 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images) (Photo: J. Meric, 2008 Getty Images) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Why just go to a Rays game when you can make it a whole fun..>> view originalTroubling discovery after girls drown in pond
Troubling discovery after girls drown in pond Here is a timeline of events before three teens died driving a stolen car into a pond. Tammie Fields, WTSP 3:50 PM. EST April 19, 2016 Three teenage girls died when they crashed this stolen car into a pond in St. Petersburg. WTSP photo St. Petersburg, Florida -- There are some serious questions about what happened in the hours before three teenagers died in a St. Petersburg pond.10News WTSP put together a timel..>> view originalGroup aiming for fast improvement in Pinellas schools
By Jason Lanning, Reporter Last Updated: Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 4:13 PM ST. PETERSBURG -- A turnaround plan for failing schools remains a major concern for the Pinellas County School District, as well as other groups increasing involvement. The issue also is now being targeted by a community group that says a turnaround is needed fast. In fact, the group is using just that description as its moniker, FAST (Faith and Action for Strength Together). Group..>> view originalSt. Pete teen sentenced to prison for manslaughter
CLEARWATER — A St. Petersburg teenager who shot another teen in the head during the Independence Day weekend last year has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge. Dayshawn Hopkins, now 17, was charged with manslaughter after police said he shot La’menzo Burnett Jr., 17, on July 5 at 2011 Queensboro Ave. S. The shooting happened at about 7 p.m., and Hopkins turned himself in the following day. Burnett was declared dead before noon on July 6, which led to the manslaughter charge despite him rem..>> view original
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