Cheating by SAT prep coach points to systemic problems Here’s another reason not rely too heavily on SAT scores in college admissions: Not only are teachers and students vulnerable to the temptation to cheat, … via Daily Times

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One person was reported dead shortly before midnight Saturday in a fire in a residence at 1137 55th Ave. N in St. Petersburg.
Watch This Just In for more information as it becomes available.
Times staff writer

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TAMPA — One person was killed after a car veered across a median and crashed into a palm tree on Dale Mabry Highway early Saturday.
According to Tampa police, a driver and two passengers were traveling south at high speed near Cayuga Street at 5:24 a.m.
The driver lost control of the 2000 silver Honda Accord, crossing […]

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An iron sparked a home fire in St. Petersburg Saturday night, but no one was injured, according to Lt. Rick Feinberg of St. Petersburg Fire Rescue.
Laurel Janeen Stoddard, the owner of the house at 4437 17 Ave. S, wasn’t home when it started.
The blaze burned through her bedroom, where the iron was in a closet, […]

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St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts celebrates the opening of its new Hazel Hough Wing tonight, but so far traffic has not been a major hindrance.
St. Petersburg Police officers helped direct drivers and closed off Bayshore Boulevard NE along Straub Park for parking.
The gala opening began at 6 p.m. and ends at 8.
Stephanie Garry, Times […]

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Gov. Charlie Crist, the self-dubbed "People's Governor," opposes higher university tuition because he says he wants to keep college affordable for the families he represents. Leading lawmakers like Senate President Ken Pruitt say tuition should remain low enough that all residents here have a chance to earn a degree.
But a majority of Floridians recently polled […]

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