BY LAUREN HENSLEYand SHELBY BOURGEOISNNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – From atop the new College of Business building going up at the University of South
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For St. Petersburg College, a big new building and a challenge
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
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In a once-gritty industrial area, they create art
Courtesy of Five Deuces Galleria Story and photos BY PHIL LAVERYNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Drawn by low rent and abundant space, artists have
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Up and down the Deuces: new businesses, new hope
Story by REBEKAH DAVILAPhotos by REBEKAH DAVILA, CANDICE RESHEF,ZACHARY GIPSON-KENDRICK and LAUREN HENSLEYNNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – When Mac Arthur was a teenager, he
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Where freight trains once rumbled, artists fire up clay creations
Candice Reshef | NNB Photos and story BY KELSEY ALNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – The last locomotive passed through in 1967, but the 1926
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Childhood cancer shaped his work and outlook on life
BY LAUREN HENSLEYNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When he was 5, Jake Pfeifer got a grim diagnosis. He had a malignant, inoperable tumor behind
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BY CAITLIN ASHWORTHNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – For years, national publications taunted St. Petersburg as “God’s waiting room” – a “city of green benches”
Read MoreA father’s tribute: gym teaches boxing skills and drug awareness
BY JEFFREY ZANKERNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When Raymond Montchal decided to start a boxing club in 2013, he converted his fence company building
Read MoreDecades later, its taxicabs serve the neighborhood – and beyond
BY CAITLIN ASHWORTHNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – In its heyday during decades of segregation, the city’s 22nd Street S was the vibrant heart of
Read MoreOn the street and in the courts, they were courageous
BY JEFFREY ZANKERNNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When police officers Leon Jackson and Freddie Crawford patrolled in the early 1960s, they were always alert
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