St. Petersburg man convicted in Realtor attacks sentenced to 20 ...
The terror of being held at gunpoint still haunts Elaine Goller's dreams. More than a year ago, the St. Petersburg Realtor was showing a house to a man, later identified as Paul Pinkston, when he brandished a gun in her face and shackled her with handcuffs and zip ties. The same day, he tried to rob another real estate agent. The attacks unnerved the local real estate community until Pinkston's arrest days later. "I don't hate him, but I don't forgive him," Goller said in court Friday during Pin..>> view originalSt. Pete Pride: What you need to know
Tampa Bay Times , WTSP 3:21 PM. EST June 24, 2016 The St. Pete Pride Night Parade in 2015. [LARA CERRI | Times] St. Pete Pride, one of the country's largest LGBT celebrations, is back with another round of revelry this weekend. Here is everything you need to know to take part in the rainbow of events. St. Pete Pride Festival The daytime festival from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday expands another block covering Central Avenue from 22nd Street to 28th Street with more than 35..>> view originalEditorial: Don't add too many restaurants along St. Petersburg pier
Dining will be a key element of St. Petersburg's new pier, but the city should take another look at how much space it allots for restaurants. One signature eatery in the pierhead overlooking downtown may be a key to the project's success. But adding two more restaurants along the pier approach would be too much, create unfair competition for a flourishing Beach Drive and beyond, and add clutter to the beloved waterfront. The new Pier Park will include fishing areas and a bait shop, an expansive ..>> view originalFound guilty twice of strangling woman with a lamp cord, St ...
Leo Richard Berube's attorneys say he didn't strangle Ann Griffith with a lamp cord 13 years ago. Two separate juries disagreed, finding Berube, a former factory worker registered as a sex predator, guilty of murder. On Monday, after an appeals court reversed his latest conviction a second time due to a jury instruction error, Berube will be back in Pinellas court for a third trial. "We think they've got the wrong guy," said his defense attorney, J. Jervis Wise, who has represented Berube since ..>> view originalThe St. Petersburg Opera Company Presents “South Pacific”
The St. Petersburg Opera Company, after producing 3 fully staged opera productions during the 2015-16 season, is celebrating the end of the season with a Broadway production. This year St. Pete Opera is producing a fully staged production of South Pacific, the Rogers and Hammerstein musical that is the perfect way to start the summer. The production runs from July 1 thru July 10th. It’s a great time for locals and visitors to enjoy the musical excellence that the burgeoning artistic community ..>> view originalSt. Petersburg police to open Emergency Operations Center during ...
ST. PETERSBURG — After marching next to the mayor in the Pride parade Saturday night, Police Chief Tony Holloway will head up the road to the city’s Emergency Operations Center, where officials from several agencies have set up a command post for the celebration. Following the terrorist attack that killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando last week, police in St. Petersburg have increased security at the local Pride event on Central Avenue. On Friday, Holloway showed the command post to re..>> view originalAwolnation playing free concert at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg
Alt-rock outfit Awolnation just announced they’ll be opening for the rap-rock supergroup Prophets of Rage on a tour that comes to Tampa on Oct. 1. If you can’t wait that long, how about a free concert to tide you over? The Sail rockers is teaming up with local alt-rock station 97X for another free “Shindig” show at Jannus Live in St. More…>> view originalMARKET SPOTLIGHT | Tampa/St. Petersburg industrial market
MARKET SPOTLIGHT | Tampa/St. Petersburg industrial market By: Kevin McQuaid | Commercial Real Estate Editor June 24, 2016 COURTESY PHOTO The Tampa and St. Petersburg industrial submarket has been among the strongest and most robust sectors along the Gulf Coast since the region’s economic recovery began in 2011. Although the area has seen limited build-to-suit activity, few speculative projects have come out of the ground this cycle. Like the Interstate 4 corridor, between Tampa and Orlando,..>> view originalBlock party for developers
Block party for developers By: Business Observer June 24, 2016 A so-called super block in downtown St. Petersburg, part of a complicated battle and now agreement between a preservation group and landowners, is open for development. “We are thrilled to have reached an understanding that we believe benefits everyone,” says Don Mastry, an attorney for First States Investors, one of the key players in the agreement. The complex, two buildings in the 400 block of Central Avenue, has often been call..>> view originalTight Tampa Bay area primary races will divide Democrats this ...
It's looking to be a long, hot summer for a number of mostly Democratic Tampa Bay politicians battling it out in the Aug. 30 primary. House District 68, which covers much of St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park, Lealman and Feather Sound, pits two well-funded, well-connected 30-something candidates, Eric Lynn and Ben Diamond, against one another in a race that has local Democrats divided. All by himself, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman shows just how split Democrats are. He endorsed Lynn when he..>> view original
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