Two St. Petersburg police officers shot and killed a 40-year-old woman who appeared about to stab another woman with a large carving fork Tuesday night. ...more

February 11, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG -- A former Air Force sergeant was arrested this morning in Putnam County on charges he killed his girlfriend and their baby in St. Petersburg in 2007 while he was stationed at MacDill Air Force Base. Ralph Daniel Wright Jr., 40, of 1701 Wetherbee Road, was indicted this month and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Paula O'Conner, 37, and their 15-month-old infant son, Alijah O'Conner. ...more

December 31, 2008

Investigators say the same men may have shot two brothers in separate store robberies this week. ...more

December 4, 2008

St. Petersburg police say there have been two drive-by blowgun attacks since Monday, with no arrests or serious injuries. ...more

November 21, 2008

Police administrators said they warned cab company owners Thursday morning that having cabbies carry guns is not the answer to the city's recent increase in taxi robberies. ...more

July 25, 2008

Police administrators said they warned cab company owners this morning that cabbies carrying guns is not the answer to the city's recent increase in taxi robberies. ...more

July 24, 2008

One day after police complained of no civilian witnesses in the police shooting of 17-year-old Javon Dawson, a black activist group typically opposed to police says it knows of some, but the witnesses will talk to authorities only with a lawyer present. ...more

June 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG — One day after police complained of no civilian witnesses in the police shooting of 17-year-old Javon Dawson, a black activist group says it knows of some, but they will talk to authorities only with a lawyer present. At a press conference today, Omali Yeshitela, leader of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, said the witnesses, who he described as children, were traumatized by the event. ...more

June 12, 2008

Cuando Shirley Ives escuchó el timbre de la puerta, la viuda de 82 años se levantó de su silla, tomó un picahielo que había escondido en un florero y lo sostuvo por detrás. Vio por la mirilla de puntillas para levantar su cuerpo encogido por la osteoporosis. ...more

October 10, 2007

When Shirley Ives heard the doorbell ring, the 82-year-old widow got up from her chair, took an ice pick she had hidden in a vase of plastic flowers, and held it behind her back. She looked through the peephole, pushing on tiptoes to raise a body shrunken by osteoporosis. ...more

October 10, 2007