Magnolia Soap and Bath Company opens on Central Avenue

Pinellas County resident Jennifer Shankle has been a soap collector for years. Spending most of her career in the corporate world as a staffing director and recruiter, she knew it was time for a change.

Pursuing her hobby professionally made sense. For Shankle, it’s all for the “fun” of it.

Amazon-powered store opens at Tropicana Field	Places This Week: Madeira Beach home up for auction
Anniversary Repost: The Skyway Bridge tragedy: The survivor	Affordable housing planned for former Playhouse Theatre property

‘What I Would Have Missed’: A conduit for survival, hope and healing

Julie Rocco is a survivor. In 2009, she lost her partner to suicide, and shortly after, she attempted to take her own life. Her book, What I Would Have Missed: Stories by Suicide Ideation, Attempt and Loss Survivors, is a conduit for connection and healing for other survivors whose lives have been impacted by suicide.

Rocco will launch the book and speak on the topic Tuesday, May 12 at Coastal Creative in St. Petersburg.

Arts Alive! podcast: Dalí Museum Curator Peter Tush

Peter Tush has been with the Dalí Museum, in St. Petersburg, for 39 years and change. Tush was a college student when he started as a docent and a gift shop clerk. Today, carrying a Masters in Art History, he is Curator and Senior Interpreter.

	Frog Pond restaurant owner arrested for pornography
	Tampa General Hospital celebrates 15,000 organ transplants
	Courtney Campbell Causeway closed overnight May 11 and 12
	USF Foundation creates Marine Science Operating Fund