St. Petersburg Times Online: Tampa Bay
TampaBay.com
Place an Ad Calendars Classified Forums Sports Weather
tampabay.com
South Pinellas | North Pinellas | Hillsborough

May 6, 2001
For USF grads, 'It feels good'
photo
[Times photo: Toni L. Sandys]
The tassel has been turned and a new chapter begins for 3,100 students. St. Petersburg seniors will graduate today.
Mary Jo Melone
Community tales told on the edge of sidewalk
As a light mist fell over Davis Islands Boulevard one afternoon last week, a brown-haired woman ran up to a small bulletin board hanging on a wall between a coffee shop famous for its biscotti and a video store that also sells balloons and bikinis.

Top stories
SPJC gets special status
As part of a statewide university overhaul, SPJC will get to offer four-year degrees. Also, boards of trustees will replace the regents.

Teaching Chelsea how to read
Oren Link left school barely reading and now his daughter, Chelsea, is having the same trouble. More and more, scientists think reading difficulties can be genetic. Can dad's former teacher get Chelsea the help he never got?

Murder or suicide? Only one living person knows for sure
Edwin Rivera died in his home of a gunshot wound to the chest. But who was holding the gun and who pulled the trigger?

Tampa Bay briefs
CNN analyst praises Sunshine Law access

Orlando woman dies, 4 hurt in SR 54 wreck
ODESSA -- A 38-year-old Orlando woman was killed in a head-on collision on State Road 54 Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Week in review
Clearwater set to rein in rave clubs


South Pinellas headlines
  • Hate, hurt and healing
  • Bilmar gets approval for new addition
  • Girl's fall into septic tank was just tip of the iceberg
  • Muralist offers to beautify that pipe
  • Children's nurses sew comforting reminder
  • Library a healthy sign of progress
  • Mangled skate ramp leads to payment
  • Mall critic misses The Pier's charm
  • Vendor cart runs over 5-year-old boy
  • CNN legal analyst praises access with Sunshine Law
  • Bowling rolls to a stop at Largo Lanes
  • Sunken Gardens restoration plan gets commission okay
  • Group rallies to fight apartments' expansion
  • Week ahead
  • Grocery at Skyway Plaza plans to expand
  • Tyrone Square to add 8 stores
  • Business news
  • Just call 'Dr. C'
  • Board recommends zoning for upscale complex
  • Toby and Butch reign over SPCA fundraiser
  • Relay for Life events to be held this month
  • City police van leaves pooch, reporter in dust
  • City beginning extensive project to replace sea walls
  • Twins: double the fun, double the challenge
  • YMCA offers new facility for membership info
  • Housing for low-income disabled, seniors available
  • Art show to feature French-Canadian painter
  • Fifty jobs to be lost as retailer closes
  • Man says his mouth led to citations
  • Government calendar
  • Groups to hold interfaith dialogue
  • What's up on campus
  • Several area gymnasts are among the elite
  • Baseball Trojans continue their march to excellence
  • Largo, Skyway lanes are center(s) of attention

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Comforting kids, families
  • Experts: Elderly left vulnerable
  • Library's design looks to past, future
  • Sip by sip, guzzlers try to cut water use
  • Does Clearwater need to keep ocean vista?
  • Headlines through the years
  • Conflict in East Lake, FL

  • Hillsborough headlines

    Ernest Hooper
  • A singles scene, a kitchen, and places in between
  • For USF grads, 'It feels good'
  • Woman fights one-strike eviction policy
  • Surgeon, twins he saved are reunited

  • News of Florida

    Lucy Morgan
  • Late-night flurry ends in confusion
  • Year's push to curb growth falls short
  • Consumers load up on small successes
  • Session pays off for the consumer
  • Session a winner for Bush, GOP
  • Winners & Losers
  • Drug bill makes more generics accessible
  • Back to Top
    © Copyright 2001 St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.
     
    Special Links
    Mary Jo Melone
    Howard Troxler
    Lucy Morgan


    The Weather
    current temp: 82 °
    real feel: 89 °
    more
    Weather page