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It’s 2006-ish, and Star Booty Salon owner Mimi Reilly is standing outside her shop on the 600 Block of Central Avenue by the old State Theater. With a hot pink hand-shaped chair next to her, her thrifted Starbucks apron is on, her hair golden in the sun, her hands are on her hips. Her big bright smile is there too, electric. A clothing rack of cheap band t-shirts and old goth boots perched next to her, the shop window packed with incense and cheap glass pipes for sale. Her dog, Dex, sleeps on the floor. Blondie or Devo or the Stooges blares from a stereo. A homeless guy comes in...

When I graduated from high school, I was ignorant about the racial history of my native South. I embarrassed myself in my first college class in American history.

Tracey Kiem, a St. Petersburg High School teacher, is helping fill some of the gaps.

A 15-year-old student at St. Petersburg High School brought a gun to school on Tuesday, authorities say.

ST. PETERSBURG — They slipped out of their homes and into the Saturday night darkness without their parents knowing.