M. S. Butler
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Tampa Police Investigated For Crackdown On Black Bicyclists
The Tampa Police Department is under federal scrutiny for the number of times officers have pulled over black bicyclists. Here's the transcript of the → Read More
Book Store Holds Read-a-Thon for New Novel
The Barnes and Noble at Brandon Town Center hosted a read-a-thon of the Harper Lee classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," on Monday.The 12-hour reading event was → Read More
Tampa Bay Counties Partner with Germany for Student Apprentice Program
Not every high school student wants to or even needs to go to college, but graduating students without a college degree may have a hard time gaining entry → Read More
Tampa Bay Program Helps Fifth Graders Make Sense of Their Financial Futures
The first time some students learn about finances is during a high school economics class. Others learn by trial and error, but one program in the Tampa → Read More
Tampa Bay Welcomes New Citizens for World Refugee Day
Refugees flee their homes out of fear, violence or persecution. Like Manael Ibrahim. She fled the war in Iraq in 2002 for safety in Jordan. But after being → Read More
St. Pete Officer Recovering from Gunshot Wound by Teen
St. Petersburg police are still trying to sort out how a local teen got a loaded handgun and ended up shooting a police officer and rattling the → Read More
Charter Schools Take Aim at At-Risk Students
Of the more than 600 charter schools in Florida. Some focus on the arts, some on sciences. Others are high schools that help students who are at risk for → Read More
LGBT Youth Make up a High Percentage of Homeless Teens
Florida's Department of Children and Families said in 2014 there were at least 5,700 homeless people under the age of 18 in our state. Some of them → Read More
Program to Help Homeless Teens Expands to Pinellas
A Hillsborough County project to help teens is expanding across the bay with the help of some well known local dignitaries. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick → Read More
Project Gives Developmentally Disabled a Chance to Go to College
A college education is generally considered a student's best shot at getting a good job these days, and it's often assumed most high schoolers are → Read More
Bill Seeks to Restrict Red-Light Camera Use
A new legislative proposal by Florida Sen. Jeff Brandes would place greater restrictions on how cities use red-light cameras. The St. Petersburg Republican → Read More
Private Middle School Preparing Low-Income Students for Brighter Future
Everyone wants to improve the quality of education in America. But there are no silver bullets to accomplish that. Parental involvement, a more challenging → Read More
Supporters Rally for St. Petersburg African-American Museum
During an event billed as a “Call to Assemble,” about 100 people gathered at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Museum to voice their opposition to a January 22nd → Read More
Ceremony Remembers Those Lost in Coast Guard Disaster
It still stands as the U.S. Coast Guard's worst peacetime disaster. And 35 years later survivors, family members and supporters still gather near the → Read More
Governor Pushes STEM Funding Amidst Distractions
Gov. Rick Scott was in Tampa Wednesday to talk about education, particularly his push to expand funding for STEM programs - or science, technology, → Read More
Buckhorn Struggles with Decision to Fire Elia
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn weighed in on the firing of Hillsborough County School Superintendent Mary Ellen Elia on Wednesday. Following Gov. Rick Scott's → Read More
Same Sex Newlyweds Enroll for State Employee Benefits
With same sex marriage now the law in Florida, a lot of new husbands and wives will be able to join their spouse's state of Florida insurance plan. → Read More
Piano Music is in the Pinellas County Air
Pianos are popping up on street corners, sidewalks and other unexpected places in Pinellas County. This is all part of the Pianos in Pinellas program an → Read More
St. Pete Council KO's Rays Move
On Thursday, the St. Petersburg City Council rejected by a 5-3 vote Mayor Rick Kriseman's proposed agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays that would have → Read More
Rays Stadium Vote Scheduled for Thursday
The near future of the Rays in the Tampa Bay area could be determined on Thursday afternoon. The St. Petersburg City Council is scheduled to vote at 3 p.m. → Read More