St. Petersburg family mourns 15-year-old who drowned in stolen car
The teenager had been living with her father in Wisconsin, where she was born and raised. She was smart, able to handle honors classes, said her grandmother Kristine Hayes, but the girl wasn't listening to her dad and was playing hooky from school."I said give her to me," Hayes, 53, said. "I'll take her."So Laniya came to live in St. Petersburg with her mother and Hayes. The girl was kind and sweet with a bright smile who dreamed of becoming an attorney, family said, but she was still making ba..>> view originalNew plans in wake of teen's death to combat St. Pete car theives
Today family and friends are mourning the deaths of Three teenage girls who died after crashing a car they stole into a St. Pete pond. In the wake of those deaths, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and St. Pete Police Chief Anthony Holloway are trying to figure out how to stop teen car thefts. The sheriff called it an epidemic. ABC Action News has reported on many of those cases. Just two weeks ago six people including four teens were inside a stolen car that crashed ..>> view originalRays will step up search for more corporate support
TAMPA — Baseball fans are often lauded as the lifeblood of the game. The less romantic reality is that corporations and businesses account for roughly two-thirds of season tickets at most major-league baseball ballparks. That’s a benchmark that has eluded the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, where only one-third of season tickets are bought by companies. As part of their search for a new ballpark site, the Rays will launch an initiative in the coming weeks with the St. Petersburg and Tampa ..>> view originalGuerreros de Miami suben al ring este sábado en Saint Petersburg
YORDAN FROMETA sube al ring este 2 de abril en Saint Petersburg. Rey Sanchez JORGE EBRO jebro@elnuevoherald.com FUENTE EL NUEVO HERALD Raúl Chirino, Armando Alvarez y Yordan Frómeta, tres guerreros asentados en Miami, subirán al cuadrilátero este sábado como parte de una cartelera que tendrá lugar en el Hilton Bayfront, de Saint Petersburg. De todos quizá el más conocido es Frómeta (7-0, 6 KO), un campeón mundial juvenil de Pinar del Río, que enfrentará en las 140 libras a Farkhad “Crazy Russ..>> view originalThis Saturday in live music: Bonerama, Robin Trower, Zach Deputy ...
Check out what's happening in live music on this Sat., April 2, below. Bonerama Get down at the Witch’s Den with brass-blasted funk rock from New Orleans mainstay Bonerama, with the three-piece brass section joined by a fourth player on lowend-booming sousaphone (when he isn’t playing bass), and fleshed out ever further by seari..>> view originalSevere thunderstorm warning expires
TBO.com staff Published: April 2, 2016 Updated: April 2, 2016 at 01:04 PM A severe thunderstorm warning expired at 1 p.m. for Hillsborough County and northern Manatee County, according to the National Weather Service in Ruskin. Local radar earlier showed that severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near the Gandy Bridge to St. Petersburg to 11 miles west of Anna Maria Island in Manatee County, moving east at 40 mph, the NWS said in a release. Officials said a strong..>> view originalNTSB issues preliminary report on fatal plane crash at Peter O ...
TAMPA — Two airplanes taking off almost simultaneously from two different but intersecting runways factored into the deadly crash at Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Islands on March 18, a preliminary investigation released Saturday said. The National Transportation Safety Board report did not directly blame pilots in either plane for taking off so closely together, but investigators were clearly focused on how that happened. Security cameras showed that a Cessna 340 took off shortly after a ..>> view originalWeather warnings issued as thunderstorms move across into Tampa ...
A nice touch of cooler, drier air will move in to Tampa Bay Sunday after the area was battered by severe thunderstorms Saturday. The high Sunday will be in the mid-70s and the air will be noticeably drier. Afternoon temperatures had heated up late in the week, in some inland areas reaching near 90. But Saturday morning was gray, followed by an intense batch of storms that moved through in the morning and early afternoon. Most of the bad weather was gone by mid-afternoon. Forecasters issued a tor..>> view originalPopularity of reddish egret again may be leading to its decline in ...
TAMPA — Among Florida’s 500 species of avians — ranging from noble birds of prey to stately waders to colorful paddlers — the reddish egret may be among the most fascinating and certainly the rarest the state has to offer. Its time in Florida comes with a history of oppression and resurrection and now fewer and fewer reddish egrets are being spotted, causing concern among environmentalists and bird watchers across the state. The colorful bird with a wacky hunting dance, was wiped out by plume h..>> view originalBookmarks: Singings, releases, storytimes
RUT-BUSTING Author and writing instructor Nancy Christie presents her “Rut-Busting” workshop for writers from 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the main St. Johns Library, 1960 Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine. On Thursday Christie introduces her latest work, “Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories,” from 5-7 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble San Jose, 11112 San Jose Blvd. This is a “buy a book, earn a buck” benefit for the Women’s Center of Jacksonville. FOR YOUTH St. Petersburg writer Ricky Roberts ..>> view original
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