Friday, April 8, 2016

St. Petersburg bicyclist suffers minor injuries after being struck by ... and other top stories.

  • St. Petersburg bicyclist suffers minor injuries after being struck by ...

    ST. PETERSBURG — A bicyclist sustained minor injuries in a collision with an undercover sport-utility vehicle driven by a Pinellas County sheriff's detective on Thursday morning. Brianna Northcutt, 33, of St. Petersburg, was biking south on 31st Street in the bike lane at about 7:30 a.m. The detective, driving on the eastbound off-ramp of Interstate 275 at 31st Street S, began to make a left turn. A vehicle blocked his view, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said, and the detective struck Nor..
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  • St. Petersburg police investigate possible homicide after teen ...

    St. Petersburg police investigate possible homicide after teen ...
    ST. PETERSBURG — A 32-year-old man was killed at the Alta Mar at Broadwater Apartments on 34th Terrace S early Thursday, police said. The man, Shermaun Akins, lived in the complex, investigators said. A teenager discovered his body near the parking lot. Sanita Gibson, 48, said her son was on his way to the bus stop around 5:30 a.m. He had just kissed her goodbye when her phone rang. "Mom, I see a body in the street and I think he's dead," he told her. She told him not to touch anything and conti..
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  • South St. Petersburg Democratic Club April 9 Lunch Meeting-Noon

    The South St Petersburg Democratic Club will welcome Mr. JerJuan Green, Director of Operations at VML Community Education Center and President of Pinellas County Urban League Young Professionals, to their regular monthly meeting on Saturday, April 9. Mr. Green will speak at 12:30pm discussing his roles both in the VML Community Education Center and as President of the Urban League Young Professionals. The Club meets on the second Saturday of the month at the Sanderlin Center, 2335 22nd Ave. S,..
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  • Annual St. Pete's Promise Awards Celebration

    Annual St. Pete's Promise Awards Celebration
    We Value Diversity. We Value Education. We Value History.
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  • St. Pete ordinance could prohibit puppy mill pets in stores

    St. Pete ordinance could prohibit puppy mill pets in stores
    A plan in the works in St. Petersburg could help put an end to puppy mills.   Those operations force innocent animals to endure terrible conditions.      From 2011 to 2015, Pinellas County Animal services was forced to put down more than 30,000 dogs and cats, but a new ordinance from St. Pete City council is trying to cut that number down.   Still in its infancy, the proposed ordinance would prohibit pet stores from selling dogs and cats from commercial breeders, but let them cont..
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  • Putin says Panama Papers part of US plot to weaken Russia

    Putin says Panama Papers part of US plot to weaken Russia
    President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as part of a U.S.-led plot to weaken Russia.Putin also defended a cellist friend named as the alleged owner of an offshore company, describing him as a philanthropist who spent his own funds to buy rare musical instruments for Russian state collections.Speaking at a media forum in St. Petersburg, Putin said Western media pushed the claims of his involvement in..
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  • St. Pete authorizes funds for pier

    St. Pete authorizes funds for pier
    St. Pete authorizes funds for pier WTSP 12:49 PM. EST April 07, 2016 New pier  On Thursday, the St. Petersburg City Council passed resolutions approving both the schematic design and funding for the new St. Petersburg Pier.The votes today authorize city staff and the design team to proceed with the next phases for design and construction for the Pier.Said Mayor Rick Kriseman: "Today's vote was another important step forward towards a new St. Pete Pier. I thank Cit..
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  • Events: Amber Tamblyn to read, sign at Inkwood in Tampa

    Events: Amber Tamblyn to read, sign at Inkwood in Tampa
    Book Talk Author Nancy Christie (Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories) will sign her book at 1 p.m. April 10 at Books at Park Place, 10468 Roosevelt Blvd. N, St. Petersburg. Cartoonist Tom Hart (Rosalie Lightning) will discuss and sign his bestselling graphic memoir about the death of his young daughter at 3 p.m. April 10 at Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa. The Plume Poetry Series presents poet and fiction writer Terese Svoboda (When the Next Big War Blows Down the Valley: Selecte..
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  • St. Pete Pier demolition contractor owes money, says staffing company

    St. Pete Pier demolition contractor owes money, says staffing company
    ST. PETERSBURG — Along with being months behind schedule in demolishing the Pier, Sonny Glasbrenner Inc. is again the target of allegations that it has fallen behind paying its bills. Rick Hermanns, CEO of Trojan Labor, a Charleston, S.C., staffing company, said Glasbrenner owes his company more than $100,000. That cost is mainly from a job at Clearwater's Morton Plant Hospital, he said. In October, another staffing company, Harris Ventures in Georgia, sued Glasbrenner, claiming the Clearwater ..
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  • Tampa Bay Blues Festival in St. Pete

    Tampa Bay Blues Festival in St. Pete
    Friday-Sunday; Vinoy Park, 701 Bayshore Drive N.E., St. Petersburg; $30-$40 per day for general admission; $95 three-day pass plus various VIP options; ...
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