St. Petersburg teen shot on his birthday dies; 17-year-old arrested
ST. PETERSBURG — The Lakewood High School student shot on his 18th birthday Wednesday has died, and police arrested a 17-year-old in the killing. Maxwell Curtis Muennich was shot about 5:30 p.m. outside his house at 2121 First St. S, according to investigators. He was taken to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg and died about 9:30 p.m., police said. Investigators said the shooting was targeted, though it was not a drive-by as police initially reported. About 3 a.m. Thursday, detectives arrested Chr..>> view originalSt. Petersburg spontaneous combustion mystery to be featured on ...
On a hot St. Petersburg night in 1951, Mary Hardy Reeser was consumed by a mysterious blaze. Little was left of her body. Her chair was destroyed, except for its springs. Her room suffered only smoke damage. Firefighters thought Reeser was struck by lightning, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ruled Reeser's death accidental. But others believed that Mary Reeser died from spontaneous combustion, that a chemical reaction caused her body to ignite. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Woman's fiery death rema..>> view original400-pound fish caught with wrench in St. Petersburg
Posted: 5:51 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2016400-pound fish caught with wrench in St. Petersburg By Troy Kless"The biggest fish of my life!!!" That's what Ryan Hein wrote on his Facebook about the 400-pound Goliath grouper he caught last week.The St. Petersburg man also used a home-made lure, comprised of a number-11 wrench, and two hooks. He posted a picture of the rig a week earlier as a joke.The hook came in handy for this catch:VIDEOHein also noted he plans to build more home..>> view originalSt. Petersburg City Council committee agrees to $3.4 million to study ...
The city's sewer system isn't perfect, but it could be worse. That was the verdict delivered by Public Works Administrator Claude Tankersley, summarizing a consultant study prompted by last summer's heavy rains, which overwhelmed the system and resulted in 16.5 million gallons of raw and partially-treated sewage dumped into Tampa and Boca Ciega bays. Still,upgrading the capacity of the city's three sewer treatment plants, fixing leaky pipes and increasing storage capacity for wastewater could c..>> view originalSt. Petersburg police detective suspended for one month after DUI ...
By Zachary T. SampsonTampa Bay Times ST. PETERSBURG — A detective has been suspended for 30 days without pay after he pleaded no contest to driving under the influence last month, police announced Wednesday. Detective Michael Egulf, who has served with the St. Petersburg police department for nearly three decades, will also have to avoid drinking alcohol for the rest of his career and submit to random drug and alcohol testing for 18 months.Egulf pleaded no contest to..>> view original'A Night With Janis Joplin' opens in St. Petersburg
Janis Joplin died more than 45 years ago after only three years in the public eye. But her legacy is still thriving.Evidence is in "A Night With Janis Joplin," the musical about Joplin's life and music. The show was a big Off-Broadway hit and had a short run on Broadway. Now it's touring the country for 10 weeks. The tour will stop at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg for one show only, on Friday.Starring as Janis is Mary Bridget Davis, who was nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway r..>> view originalSt. Pete detective suspended after DUI conviction
TBO.com staff Published: April 21, 2016 A St. Petersburg police detective was suspended for a month after he was convicted of DUI, the police department said. A Command Review Board also ordered Michael Egulf, 49, to abstain from alcohol for the rest of his career and to submit to random drug and alcohol tests for 18 months. Egulf was arrested by the Pinellas Park Police Department on October 18 for DUI. When an employee is charged with a crime, the Police Department’s Office of Professi..>> view originalDaniel Ruth: When preservationists become obstructionists
Just because you're well-intentioned, deeply committed and more altruistic than Florence Nightingale doesn't mean you're right. St. Petersburg Preservation is a fine, admirable group of citizens who have dedicated themselves to protecting the city's rich architectural legacy. Very nice. Thanks a bunch. And now, please, please go away. In recent days St. Petersburg Preservation has filed a lawsuit in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court to overturn a city decision to permit the owners — accent on the wor..>> view originalSpill prompts St. Pete to assess sewer pipes
Spill prompts St. Pete to assess sewer pipes Avery Coffman, WTSP 3:27 PM. EST April 21, 2016 St. Petersburg Public Works has a three-phase plan to repair the old, leaky sewage pipes some of which date back a hundred years. WTSP photo Millions of gallons of sewage spilled into Tampa Bay last year due to heavy rainfall. The problem still hasn't been fixed, but the city of St. Petersburg is tackling the problem head on.Claude Tankersley and St. Petersburg Public..>> view originalSt. Pete's former mayor wants $500000 in BP money for trees
ST.PETERSBURG — Former mayor David Fischer planted more than 10,000 trees in the late 1990s while in office. Since getting tapped last year by Mayor Rick Kriseman as the city's volunteer "tree czar," Fischer, 82, has found a second life as a modern day Johnny Appleseed. He's now pushing an ambitious tree-planting program that would use $500,000 of BP settlement funds to plant up to 550 trees spread across all eight city council districts. The money would also create a tree inventory, assess the ..>> view original
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