Pinellas County students struggle despite increased mental health support

Pinellas County is working to enhance mental health services in schools, providing students with improved support to help them navigate the challenges they encounter. (Photo courtesy of France School Calendar)

By Stephanie Glass Pinellas County schools recently increased their budget for mental health services, but many students feel the expanded resources are not sufficient to address the pressures of modern adolescence.  “I think they try, but they really don’t know how to reach out,” a junior from Gibbs High School, who prefers to remain anonymous, said.… Continue reading Pinellas County students struggle despite increased mental health support

Healing the Community Through Food

Expanding knowledge of health through urban agriculture BY MIKE SINGER The Et Cultura festival was hosted in South St. Petersburg from Nov. 15-19. There were a number of themes of the event, including music, art, healthy eating, addressing the future of St. Petersburg and its schools and more. On Thursday, Nov. 16, the Et Cultura… Continue reading Healing the Community Through Food

Urban Agriculture About More Than Just Resilience

By Michael Singer When Hurricane Irma was on a collision course with the mainland of the United States, Floridians were rushing to their local grocery stores to stock up on food in the chance that the storm would knock out power for an extended period of time. Instead of relying on non-perishable foods in times… Continue reading Urban Agriculture About More Than Just Resilience

Having the ‘Talk’: Help Us Help U provides sex education to young adults in poor communities

Loreal Dolar (left) and Maureen Oginga (right) work for the Help Us Help U program.

Listen to the audio file here: http:// By Devin Rodriguez Pinellas County is ranked number one in Acute Hepatitis C in Florida. It’s ranked number seven for HIV infections, according to the Florida Department of Health. Sexually transmitted infections disproportionately affect low-income areas, like Midtown or the greater Southside of St. Petersburg, in part because… Continue reading Having the ‘Talk’: Help Us Help U provides sex education to young adults in poor communities

African American Heritage Trail: Mercy Hospital’s past is linked to Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center’s present

BY YURI ROSS,  TATIANA CUBAS, AND DAVID STONER NNB Reporters MIDTOWN — Mercy Hospital was the only facility that provided medical care to St. Petersburg’s African-American residents. It operated between 1923 and 1961. This had its advantages as compassionate professionals dedicated the best possible care to their community. Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center maintains the historic… Continue reading African American Heritage Trail: Mercy Hospital’s past is linked to Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center’s present

Resource Center Reinvigorating Lives

BY BRIGITTE TOULON and CHOYA RANDOLPH NNB Reporters MIDTOWN– Nearly 21,000 people have walked through the doors of the Pregnancy and Family Resource Center in Midtown, and received help with more than they anticipated. Originally built in 1992, the center received grants and donations from the community and Suncoast Baptist Church to help them help… Continue reading Resource Center Reinvigorating Lives

They stress fundamentals on the gridiron and lessons in life

Andrew Caplan | NNB Murphy’s father, the Rev. Louis M. Murphy Sr. (in orange shirt), leads some of the high school campers in prayer.

BY ANDREW CAPLAN NNB Student Reporter “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” That quotation from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one that Louis Murphy Jr. said he lives by every day. So when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver stepped back onto Lakewood High School’s football field… Continue reading They stress fundamentals on the gridiron and lessons in life