Students at St. Kevin Catholic School Get A Deathly Lesson
By Francisco Alvarado at 15 March, 2010, 9:00 am
Some students attending St. Kevin Catholic School in Southwest Miami-Dade were given an unexpected introduction to their religion’s death ritual. On the morning of February 10, sixth-, seventh-, … Continue reading “Students at St. Kevin Catholic School Get A Deathly Read More
Read More >>Black community leaders offer help to John Hopkins Middle
In the wake of rampant discipline problems , officials with the St. Petersburg chapter of the NAACP and several black ministers visited the school this morning to offer help. Superintendent Julie Janssen also showed up, bringing top staff to meet with principal Claud Effiom and consider Read More
Read More >>Words Fail Us
By Beach Blogger at 3 March, 2010, 10:56 pm
Words fail us. The great and hilarious blog satirist, “Jon Swift” aka Al Weisel, has died at the too-young age of 46. Tom Watson has the tragic story . His mother posted the sad news in the comments section of the “Jon Swift” blog early this morning. Scroll down a bit and Read More
Read More >>Tonight – Not to be Missed
By Beach Blogger at 3 March, 2010, 9:50 pm
Not To Be Missed, tonight, 8 pm CST: Rep. Michele Bachmann, the darling of the Tea Party right, will square off in a debate tonight with Florida liberal stalwart Rep. Alan Grayson over health care. The two will be guests on Larry King Live, which airs tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern (8 Central) on Read More
Read More >>Republican Health Care Crisis
By Beach Blogger at 3 March, 2010, 8:10 am
At the federal level, Republicans are resisting all ideas to solve the mounting health insurance crisis — even some of their own . At the state level in Florida, they’re about to the make crisis worse by cutting back or even eliminating state employee health benefits. As Karen Read More
Read More >>Tales from the War onTerrorism
By Beach Blogger at 3 March, 2010, 7:25 am
A suspicious brown bag was spotted yesterday in a 10-story St. Petersburg building that houses “courtrooms and other government offices, including veterans services, the tax collector and the supervisor of elections.” Security guards ran a metal-detector wand over it, got a hit. Read More
Read More >>Dog survives plane crash; owner dies
By admin at 25 February, 2010, 10:53 am
A stricken plane was unable to make a safe landing on U.S. 92 in Polk County this morning. One person died in the crash and another was badly injured.
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Plane in water off Whitted Airport
A small plane crashed in the waters off the end of a runway in St. Petersburg late this morning. The pilot was rescued without injury.
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