Friday April 19, 2019 01:56 PM A storm system moving through the South is being blamed for the death of an 8-year-old girl in Florida Written by The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on severe weather in the South (all times local): 1:40 p.m. A storm system moving through the South is being blamed for the death of an 8-year-old girl in Florida. The Leon County Sheriff's Office says a tree fell Friday into a house in Woodville south of Tallahassee, killing the girl and injuring a 12-year-old boy. The office said in a statement that the girl died at the hospital while the boy has non-life-threatening injuries. Their names weren't immediately released. Much of Florida was being hit Friday by strong storms that were also creating a threat of tornadoes in parts of the Carolinas and Virginia. ___ 1:15 p.m. A storm system moving through Georgia has knocked down trees, caused minor flooding and cut off power to thousands of residents. Georgia power companies reported … [Read more...] about The Latest: Storm topples tree, kills girl in Florida
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‘Highways to Hope’: Read a Times reporter’s account of a road trip through racism in 1964
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Last week we wrote about Samuel Adams, a St. Petersburg Times race reporter who spent two weeks traveling the South with his wife Elenora just months after the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964. Adams documented the 4,300-mile journey in a seven-part series, “Highways to Hope." Since we wrote about Adams online and in print, we’ve received many comments and messages from readers who wanted to read his original series. Here is the entire series from our archives. Editor’s note: During this period, the Times used language to describe black people that is now outdated or, in certain cases, offensive. Introduction: Highways of Hope Published November 8, 1964 "Four months after passage of the Civil Rights Act color bars are toppling in the South. But they haven’t fallen. In some areas, there is open defiance, with violence just beneath the surface. In others there is evasion and subterfuge. But almost everywhere there are heartening signs of progress. Times … [Read more...] about ‘Highways to Hope’: Read a Times reporter’s account of a road trip through racism in 1964
Bristol: 2 cities share name, but 1 is in big trouble
GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER The Washington Post Published 1:47 p.m. UTC Jul 7, 2018 BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — On a warm night when State Street is lit like an Appalachian Broadway and music blares from restaurants and rooftop partiers yell "Honk your horn!" to passing cars, Bristol doesn't seem like a city in trouble. But there are two sides to this old railroad hub about six hours southwest of Washington — one in Tennessee and one in Virginia. Facing each other across the yellow line down State Street, the Tennessee city is healthy; its mirror image in Virginia is in near-crisis. Too many years of bad decisions have left Bristol, Va., strangled with debt. The jail is desperately overcrowded, and only a last-minute boost in state funding saved the schools from deep cuts. City staff positions are being eliminated, although so far nothing has been shut down. Interest payments will soon climb to nearly a quarter of the city's general fund. "We're about as low as you can go and not … [Read more...] about Bristol: 2 cities share name, but 1 is in big trouble
2 cities share name, but 1 is in big trouble
Published 8:00 am CDT, Saturday, July 7, 2018 BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — On a warm night when State Street is lit like an Appalachian Broadway and music blares from restaurants and rooftop partiers yell "Honk your horn!" to passing cars, Bristol doesn't seem like a city in trouble. But there are two sides to this old railroad hub about six hours southwest of Washington — one in Tennessee and one in Virginia. Facing each other across the yellow line down State Street, the Tennessee city is healthy; its mirror image in Virginia is in near-crisis. Too many years of bad decisions have left Bristol, Va., strangled with debt. The jail is desperately overcrowded, and only a last-minute boost in state funding saved the schools from deep cuts. City staff positions are being eliminated, although so far nothing has been shut down. Interest payments will soon climb to nearly a quarter of the city's general fund. "We're about as low as you can go and not have cuts to services," … [Read more...] about 2 cities share name, but 1 is in big trouble
Ex-Virginia Tech student gets 50 years in fatal stabbing of girl, 13
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. -- A former Virginia Tech student convicted of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old girl said he was sorry before he was sentenced to 50 years in prison. David Eisenhauer was an 18-year-old freshman studying engineering when he developed a relationship with Nicole Lovell, a 7th-grader in Blacksburg. Prosecutor Mary Pettitt said Eisenhauer and Lovell communicated online for months before meeting at least once in person. Pettitt said they met again in January 2016, when Eisenhauer lured Lovell out of her family's apartment with the promise of a "secret date," then killed her because he was afraid she would expose their relationship. "48 Hours" investigated the case in the episode, "Killer App." Investigators determined Lovell had been communicating over the messaging app Kik with someone using the screen name, "Dr_Tombstone." Using an IP address provided by the app after a disclosure request, the FBI traced the username to Eisenhauer. Before the sentence was … [Read more...] about Ex-Virginia Tech student gets 50 years in fatal stabbing of girl, 13