A St. Petersburg police officer was involved in a vehicle accident this afternoon. ...more

December 3, 2009

Veterans Day festivities will last well into the weekend in South Shore. ...more

November 11, 2009

A memorial service will be held Friday for Gunner, the Zephyrhills police dog who died in the line of duty Thursday during a burglary call. ...more

August 11, 2009

T-bone crash in St. Petersburg slows traffic on 34th Street ...more

April 9, 2009

Kay Hooper tells a terrifying story in "Blood Sins" about the power of a charismatic cult leader called Rev. Samuel. Samuel has gathered his flock behind a fortified compound in the mountains in a small town named Grace. At least two women who lived in Grace have been found murdered in a way scientists can't explain. The Rev. Samuel is a known psychopath who possesses strange powers. Unable to approach him in an ordinary manner, the FBI enlists Tessa Gray to pretend to be a wealthy, grieving widow, seeking solace. The want her to infiltrate the compound and use her own psychic power to gain information. Tessa finds her powers are no match for the Rev. Samuel but Tessa has the courage to face this monster in hopes of rescuing children who are being held in the compound. One of the residents of "One Fifth Avenue" by Candace Bushnell describes the aging building as "being clean, authoritative and implying -- class and money and prestige." Not just anyone can live there. You have to be rich and or famous and to be accepted. You have to meet the approval of the older residents who also establish all the rules. The residents are described as being so greedy and filled with envy they will do anything to destroy each other or anyone who doesn't conform to their expectations. The media is also very involved in the story reporting the gossip about who's sleeping with whom and when and where. Seemingly happy marriages are exposed as bursting at the seams as passion leads to blatant adultery. The desire for money, recognition and even notoriety drives the residents to make rash decisions and uncomfortable liaisons. The surprise ending doesn't really solve problems but will at least lead to some changes in the drama at One Fifth Avenue. ...more

April 1, 2009

Police are looking for two people who broke into a Palmetto boarding home early this morning and shot dead a teenager who was in his bedroom. ...more

February 28, 2009

Investigators are searching for leads this morning in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Palmetto. ...more

February 28, 2009

Authorities have identified the passenger killed while fleeing police on Interstate 275 in St. Petersburg on Thursday night. Tyrone D. Dudley, 26, of St. Petersburg, died in a two-vehicle crash, Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins said. ...more

February 25, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG In the 10 years he has owned a St. Petersburg deli, Narendra Patel has been shot twice in two robberies. Police this morning were still searching for two men they say shot Patel, 53, and robbed Star Deli Food Store, 2451 Fifth Ave. N., about 10:30 p.m. Monday. ...more

December 2, 2008

The mural looks like a portrait of life here, a 2 feet-by-8 feet hand-printed acrylic work with at least two dozen symbols of Zephyrhills. ...more

November 13, 2008