His roots and commitment run deep in Midtown

Jun 3, 2015

BY LAUREN HENSLEY and REBEKAH DAVILANNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – His family’s church once stood in a neighborhood where Tropicana Field is today. His

An educator by day, artist by night, he paints to celebrate jazz

May 27, 2015

By JEFFREY ZANKERNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When he finds himself in boring meetings, middle school principal Dallas Jackson likes to sketch on a

From the ashes, a resurgent church emerges to serve its community

May 26, 2015

BY JEFFREY ZANKER and PHIL LAVERYNNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – When Louis M. Murphy Sr. became senior pastor at Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist

For minister and his son, Boy Scout experience was pivotal

May 26, 2015

BY ANDREW CAPLANNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When Louis Murphy Jr. was 6, he told his father he didn’t want to join the Boy

Nude photos? Controversy follows when he gets ‘creative’

May 18, 2015

BY KRISTIN STIGAARDNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Shortly after Cory Allen opened what he calls the “world’s first public relations gallery” at 2121 Second