North Tampa sports and recreation digest
Monday, October 11, 2010 Miniature golf: Enjoy golf and prizes at the Brandeis National Committee miniature golf tournament. $15. Sunday 10 a.m., Grand Prix Tampa, 14320 N Nebraska Ave., Tampa. (813)...
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Mission accomplished at Signature Place condo, developer Cantor eyes new Rays...
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Monday, October 11, 2010 Joel Cantor, 46, developer of St. Petersburg’s Signature Place, sits in the lobby of the downtown condo building. Cantor sold out...
View ArticlePasco Middle math teacher Brad Ash dies of injuries from bicycle crash
By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 11, 2010 DADE CITY — A popular math teacher died Sunday, a week after being hit by a sport utility vehicle — bringing the death toll of Tampa Bay area...
View ArticleClearwater burglars ram police car, one suspect shot
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 CLEARWATER -— Police were alerted about 4 a.m. to a burglary that left at least one suspect with life-threatening injuries.As the...
View ArticleOne burglary suspect shot, three injured as they try to ram two Clearwater...
By Danny Valentine and Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writers Tuesday, October 12, 2010 CLEARWATER — A burglary suspect was shot and three others injured early Tuesday after attempting to ram a police...
View ArticleSeason's ninth hurricane, Paula, threatens Mexico's Yucatan
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Paula strengthened to become a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday morning.Bay News 9 meteorologist Juli Marquez said the center of the...
View ArticleSeason's ninth hurricane, Paula, threatens Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Paula strengthened to become a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday.Bay News 9 meteorologist Juli Marquez said the center of the storm is...
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Driver dies after hitting deer in Brooksville
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 A driver was killed early Tuesday after colliding with a deer, hitting a fence and striking a tree, according to the Florida Highway...
View ArticleAttorney: 21-year-old posing as 14-year-old for football team needs mental...
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 TAMPA — Julious Threatts has a serious but temporary mental health problem and needs to go to a special treatment program in Pasco...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg man dies after truck rolls on top of him
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A 51-year-old man died Monday evening after the Ford F-350 he was working underneath rolled on top of him at this...
View ArticleHillsborough County fair opens Wednesday
Times staff Tuesday, October 12, 2010 BRANDON — The Hillsborough County Fair opens Wednesday and runs through Sunday.There are livestock shows, a pageant and several contests, according to the fair's...
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Woman accused in connection with two St. Petersburg bank robberies
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Mai Phan Heim, 48, faces two charges of armed robbery in connection with robberies at BB&T; at 7100 Fourth St. N and Sterns Bank at...
View ArticleRapist Kendrick Morris to be sentenced Dec. 17
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 TAMPA — Convicted rapist Kendrick Morris, 19, will be sentenced Dec. 17 for assaults on a 62-year-old day care worker and an...
View ArticleValrico man dies after car strikes semitrailer truck in Riverview
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 RIVERVIEW — A Valrico man was killed early Tuesday after his car collided with a semitrailer truck, according to the Florida Highway...
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Police: Clearwater officer shoots burglary suspect after he tries to ram...
By Danny Valentine and Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writers Tuesday, October 12, 2010 The stolen white Dodge pickup truck ended up across a drainage ditch Tuesday morning at a Shell gas station at...
View ArticleZephyrhills officials seek $750,000 grant to fix up fire station
Times staff Tuesday, October 12, 2010 ZEPHYRHILLS — The City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to apply for a federally funded grant to improve the old, brick fire station downtown.If approved,...
View ArticleHillsborough High evacuated because of propane gas leak
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 TAMPA — A gas leak at Hillsborough High School forced students and faculty members to evacuate to the football field Tuesday.A...
View ArticleDeputies: Tampa man hits man eight times — with a bike
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 TAMPA — A Tampa man hit another man over the head eight times Monday night, deputies said. His weapon? A bicycle.Michael Anthony Perry...
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Incumbent faces retired teacher in Hernando School Board District 5 race
Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 As a four-term incumbent, Sandra Nicholson is the veteran of the School Board. She ran unopposed in 2008 but this year drew two challengers....
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Ballot question could bring new waste collection system in Hernando County
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, October 12, 2010 The future of Hernando County's solid waste collection system rests in the hands of voters and the County Commission. On Nov. 2,...
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