Tag: St. Petersburg

MLK Day Of Services Summary

BY: Haley Jordan, Corey Mapp and Kelli Carmack, Neighborhood News Bureau Martin Luther King Day brought the community of St. Petersburg together with a Day of Services to benefit the residents of the city. Murals were painted to brighten up the streets. Fraternities and sororities handed out food and family care packages. Information booths were set… Continue reading MLK Day Of Services Summary

Through her eyes: The MLK Candlelight Vigil Summary

  By Kay-Kay Smith, Neighborhood News Bureau Kenadi Smith is a second grader who attends the annual Candlelight Vigil honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum. There, she watched the performances of two young African-American’s, Maya Stevenson and Aleisha Mandela, along with the Florida Orchestra. While… Continue reading Through her eyes: The MLK Candlelight Vigil Summary

Lead results in Midtown homes raise health concerns

By Andrea Perez andrea67@mail.usf.edu  The Environmental Protection Agency says that lead levels below the action level don’t require public action, but 45 homes in the St. Petersburg Midtown area tested positive for lead in the water. Most of the homes that were tested contained very low traces. However, according to the EPA, any amount of… Continue reading Lead results in Midtown homes raise health concerns

Who’s Got the Power?: Duke Energy Struggles to Turn On St. Pete

By Eillin Delapaz Atlantic hurricanes have been the strongest and most destructive on record according to Weather Underground. Irma, the season’s second hurricane not only made landfall in Florida as a category 4, but caused severe flooding and left millions of people without power— the Tampa Bay Times reports a total 62 percent of the… Continue reading Who’s Got the Power?: Duke Energy Struggles to Turn On St. Pete

Cooking with Chef Collins: BBQ Cooking Class

  By: Alyssa Fedorovich At the St. Pete Culinary Center, Chef Patrick “PT” Collins was the guest chef at their BBQ cooking class. Chef Collins is an entrepreneur and owner of Deuces BBQ in Midtown, St. Petersburg. As guest chef, he taught the students the importance of cooking as a trade as well as the art… Continue reading Cooking with Chef Collins: BBQ Cooking Class

Campaign revolutionaries: Two radical candidates hope to shake up St. Pete politics

By Indhira Suero Acosta Eritha “Akile” Cainion, running for City Council 6, and Jesse Nevel, for Mayor, addressed the Tropicana Field’s future and housing issues during a rally held on April 9, 2017, at the St. Petersburg Uhuru House. Eritha “Akile” Cainion, a 20-year-old activist who works as a cashier at a local shoe store,… Continue reading Campaign revolutionaries: Two radical candidates hope to shake up St. Pete politics

Academy Prep Sixth Grade Students on Water Conservation & Lead

Academy Prep St. Petersburg (APSP) sixth grade students tested the water in Midtown St. Petersburg to check for the presence of lead in the water. They made a few discoveries and wrote a water conservation article in Steam Magazine and broadcasted their reports. “Lead is severely dangerous. It is dangerous because it can hurt people… Continue reading Academy Prep Sixth Grade Students on Water Conservation & Lead

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