Many youngsters enter elementary school already lagging behind children from other neighborhoods, says Angela Merck, who is better known to her students as Ms. Peaches.

To counter the impact of poverty, they stress early childhood education

Jul 16, 2015

BY BIANCA SOLERNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Shortly after the doors opened at 6:30 on a recent morning, a 5-year-old girl was playing with

Some of the youngsters at the camp, shown here with camp leader Lindsey Hosier (in blue T-shirt), have never been to the beach or to downtown St. Petersburg.

University strives to be ‘beacon of hope’ for Midtown students

Jul 15, 2015

BY LAUREN HENSLEYand SHELBY BOURGEOISNNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – From atop the new College of Business building going up at the University of South

When it opens in August, the college’s new Midtown Center will have four times its current space.

For St. Petersburg College, a big new building and a challenge

Jul 5, 2015

BY ANDREW CAPLANNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When St. Petersburg College’s sparkling new Midtown Center opens in August, the three-story, $15-million building will have

Glass artist Jake Pfeifer spent a month as an artist-in-residence at the Duncan McClellan Gallery in Midtown.

Childhood cancer shaped his work and outlook on life

Jun 28, 2015

BY LAUREN HENSLEYNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When he was 5, Jake Pfeifer got a grim diagnosis. He had a malignant, inoperable tumor behind