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For four years, India Grill was downtown's quick-and-easy, moderately priced Indian buffet lunch spot.

The Florida agency that manages $132 billion in pension and local government investments is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The City Council will welcome one fresh face: Steve Kornell. He earned more than enough votes to beat Angela Rouson in the race for the seat in District 5 Tuesday.

Maine voters may have chosen to take marriage rights away from their neighbors, but not all was gloomy for LGBTs: three wins around the country brought victory to gay and lesbian politicians and their constituents.

Bill Foster pulled away to win St. Petersburg's mayoral race Tuesday, defeating Kathleen Ford with the backing of the city's political establishment in an election that tested voters' hunger for change.

Today voters in St. Petersburg will decide on 6 races, 5 for City Council and one for mayor.

Since I moved to St. Petersburg two years ago, I have become a frequent shopper at many of the thrift stores in the area.

St. Petersburg, Florida - A 51-year-old St. Petersburg man was listed in critical condition Sunday night after firefighters pulled him out of his burning home Sunday morning.

An unknown airborne irritant closed a security checkpoint for more than an hour this afternoon at St.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - It's been a marathon of a race and both Kathleen Ford and Bill Foster are ready for a breather.

St. Raphael's fest is Thursday through Nov. 1 The public is invited to Fun Fest on the waterfront grounds of St.

It's that time of year when even cemetery guards are more easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most persistent of crimes: grave robberies.Mostly, it's kids doing pranks or thieves looking for valuables, metals or marble.

Petersburg man has been killed in a shootout with police. It started late Wednesday when Pinellas County deputies tried to stop the black Mustang that Kentin Deon Brooks was driving, and ended in a gun fight after they forced the car to crash.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- St. Petersburg authorities were exhuming the body of a woman buried in 1948 to see if it matches a skull found in a former gravedigger's home.

A search crew from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg, Fla., recovered the body of a man in Tampa Bay at 9:08 p.m. on October 27, after a three hour search was conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies.

The University of Charleston has received $1 million from a frugal graduate who lived a quiet, unassuming life in Florida.

Deputies are trying to find the person they say beat another man up and them shot him.

TAMPA, Fla. Hillsborough County commissioners voted Wednesday to explore the idea of using a north Tampa office park as a homeless shelter.

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 8:11 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 8:11 a.m. ST.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning blaze that destroyed a small apartment.