Questions raised after surveillance video shows St. Petersburg ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Surveillance video of a bar dispute last month appears to show a St. Petersburg police officer kicking a patron in the groin while the man lay on the ground after being zapped by a stun gun. Jerry Theophilopoulos, who is representing the man who was stunned, said the force used by Officer Ruben DeJesus was "unprovoked." "Just because you have a badge doesn't mean you're allowed to commit batteries on innocent people," he said. "And that's what happened here." The man shown being..>> view originalDonation helps St. Petersburg Free Clinic expand food bank
Thousands of families in the Tampa Bay area don’t earn enough to buy the right amount of food, even with some government assistant programs. That’s where community food banks come in — like one in the small downtown headquarters of St. Petersburg Free Clinic. Its executive director, Beth Houghton, says it provides people shelter, health and food, but will be able to expand food bank services as it announces a new community food bank. The Jared S. Hechtkopf Community Food Bank will be in Lealman...>> view originalPanel weighs public artwork for St. Petersburg pier project
ST. PETERSBURG Although the demolished inverted pyramid was itself a work of art for some, the new pier will have something the old one did not — actual public art. A committee appointed by the city's public art commission held its first meeting last week to determine how to spend what could be a minimum of $500,000 on artwork for the Pier District that's scheduled to open in the fall of 2018. "This is a big number that is going to be carved out of the construction budget as required by our code..>> view originalSt.Petersburg takes grant applications for redevelopment area
ST. PETERSBURG — Tuesday marked an opening day of sorts for the South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area, which covers neighborhoods in Midtown and Childs Park. The city began taking applications for grants drawing from the area's tax increment financing revenue, estimated to be about $470,000. About 40 applications have come in, said Rick Smith, the city's redevelopment coordinator. That's about 10 more than he expected for the first day. Soon, the city will convene a selection committ..>> view originalPenthouse at downtown St. Petersburg's Bliss condo tower sells for ...
ST. PETERSBURG — A recent hard-hat tour of downtown's 18-story Bliss condo tower has quickly paid off — the penthouse is now under contract for $2.95 million. With the pending deal, all 29 units in Bliss have found buyers even though the building remains under construction at 176 4th Ave. NE just off Beach Drive. "This Bliss sale is just one of many this year that show how demand is simply outpacing inventory'' in downtown St. Petersburg's luxury condo market, said David Traynor, a vice presid..>> view originalSt. Petersburg's Kenwood neighborhood earns honor for its ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Historic Kenwood has come a long way since its charming bungalows first captured the rehabbers' imagination a few decades ago. But skyrocketing sale prices and eager bungalow tourists aren't the only signs of the neighborhood's success. At the Neighborhoods, USA national conference in Memphis last week, the neighborhood won first place in the "Physical Revitalization-Single Neighborhood" category. The prize honored the neighborhood's partnership program, which paired volunteers ..>> view originalSt. Petersburg Free Clinic expands food warehouse to Lealman
LEALMAN — After years of storing food in a 1920s building and maneuvering transport vans through a narrow alley, the St. Petersburg Free Clinic is expanding its food bank to a warehouse in Lealman. The 14,000-square-foot space at 3115 44th Ave. N will serve as a storage facility and hub for the roughly 65 agencies the clinic partners with to distribute food, said Beth Houghton, the clinic's executive director. "This food bank really provides the platform, the ability to really go the next step,"..>> view originalAllegiant plane forced to make emergency landing two days in a row
An Allegiant flight that made an emergency landing Thursday at St. Petersburg / Clearwater airport (PIE) is the same plane that experienced issues a day before. Allegiant Flight 844 landed safely at 9 a.m. Thursday. It was headed to Stewart International Airport in New York from the St. Petersburg Clearwater Airport. The plane, aircraft 228NV, experienced an issue Wednesday while flying into St. Petersburg from Moline, Illinois. It also made an emergency landing. Allegiant t..>> view originalHillsborough County, city of St. Petersburg tell Tallahassee to end ...
They may not have any power to change it, but Hillsborough County commissioners took a symbolic and united stance Thursday against the state's black bear hunt. In a 6-0 vote, commissioners approved a resolution and letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission opposing this year's hunt. The resolution came at the urging of Commissioner Stacy White, a self-described "avid outdoorsman" and hunter who said he supported hunting as a conservation tool for other animals — but not for..>> view originalProtesters to condemn gun violence at events in Tampa and St ...
Gatherings are planned today on both sides of Tampa Bay for the Second Annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The events will recognized local residents who have been affected by gun violence or who know someone who has. Participants will be wearing orange, a color that, according to organizers, was chosen because it's the same one hunter's use in the woods for protection. The first annual event last year was held in memory of Hadiya Pendleton, a Chicago high school student killed by gunfir..>> view original
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