Seconds after Samuel McGinnis asked a clown-masked robber not to hurt anyone in a CVS drugstore, the gunman shot him a second time - point blank in the chest. ...more

December 8, 2008

For the second time in three seasons, the University of South Florida likely will play in an inaugural bowl game, as the Bulls appear headed to the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl. ...more

December 6, 2008

In the 10 years he has owned a St. Petersburg deli, Narendra Patel has been shot twice in separate robberies. ...more

December 3, 2008

The owner of a convenience store was shot and wounded even though he gave two armed robbers everything in the store's cash register, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

December 2, 2008

County Commissioner Jeff Stabins' self-styled economic stimulus program will be expanded a second time to try and drum up interest in the community. ...more

November 29, 2008

The Greater St. Petersburg Area Awesome Original Second Time Arounders Marching Band brought some Florida sunshine to New York City today in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. ...more

November 27, 2008

The husband and sister of a Gibsonton woman in a persistent vegetative state agreed today that the husband is the woman's guardian, heading off a potential dispute akin to the one involving the late Terri Schiavo. ...more

November 25, 2008

The Greater St. Petersburg Area Awesome Original Second Time Arounders is one of 10 bands that will be marching in the 82nd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday. The 500-member band is expected to reach the "star" in front of Macy's at approximately 11 a.m. The parade will be broadcast live on NBC from 9 a.m. to noon. ...more

November 25, 2008

State officials are taking steps to revoke the license of a nursing home here, maintaining it does not meet various standards of care. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has not issued a deadline for Long Term Care of St. Petersburg to close. But the agency has ordered the nursing home to begin evaluating patients at the facility, at 3479 54th Ave. N., to determine types of facilities suitable for their placement. ...more

November 25, 2008

Florida fans can read into this whatever they want. When junior QB Tim Tebow - serenaded by chants of "one more year" - ran around The Swamp high-fiving and posing for photographs after the Gators crushed The Citadel on Saturday in the season's final home game, he insisted backup QB John Brantley join him for the tour. ...more

November 23, 2008