Top Headlines: 'Lens' Funding, Longoria Gets Tacos, Motel Shooting

1. Additional 'Lens' Funding Approved by St. Pete Council

The $869K in approved funding, however, is only a partial approval of the $1.5 million the proposal was originally seeking.

2. Few Changes Coming to Sidewalk Cafe Ordinance

City council has asked for few changes to the city's sidewalk cafe ordinance.

3. Is That Evan Longoria at Taco Bus?

The third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays was spotted during lunchtime at the St. Petersburg restaurant on Central Avenue.

A man recently fired from his job and evicted from the New Plaza Motel in St. Petersburg shot wounded the manager, then turned the gun on himself, police said Tuesday.

An additional suspect is charged as part of an alleged prostitution ring that included a brothel in Pinellas County.

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