911 consolidation proposal in Hillsborough draws questions, reservations
By Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer Thursday, October 14, 2010 TAMPA — A Hillsborough County proposal to consolidate 911 emergency services got a lukewarm reception at a workshop Thursday. County...
View ArticleMan killed in Tampa trash bin accident
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 TAMPA — A man known to search Tampa trash bins for useful items died early Friday in what appears to be an accident, deputies...
View ArticleDeputies identify man killed in Tampa trash bin accident
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 TAMPA — A man known to search trash bins for useful items died early Friday when a garbage truck driver accidentally set a trash bin on...
View ArticlePain clinic doctor gets nine years in prison for illegally prescribing oxycodone
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 TAMPA — A local pain clinic physician was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Friday for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and...
View ArticleTampa Bay pain clinic doctor sentenced to nine years for illegally...
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 TAMPA — A local pain clinic physician was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Friday for signing blank prescription slips for...
View ArticlePolice accuse five teens in at least 20 St. Petersburg burglaries
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Five teens suspected in at least 20 residential burglaries in St. Petersburg over the past two months were arrested...
View ArticlePalm Harbor High's IB program could be safe, Janssen says
By Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 In response to outcry from Palm Harbor University High School parents, Pinellas County school superintendent Julie Janssen has...
View ArticlePasco school district proposes third year without raises
By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 LAND O'LAKES — The Pasco County school district has flatly dismissed an employee proposal to pay annual step increases and higher...
View ArticlePawn shop ordered to pay lawyer fees in dispute over stolen Tampa Bay Rays ring
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A Clearwater pawnshop must pay $1,460 in attorney's fees arising from a court case over a stolen Tampa Bay Rays...
View ArticleSuspected cop-killer Dontae Morris and Cortnee Brantley exchanged texts about...
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 TAMPA — Cortnee Brantley and murder suspect Dontae Morris exchanged text messages about hiding Brantley's car after the fatal...
View ArticleClearwater police dispatcher arrested on drug charge
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 CLEARWATER — A police dispatcher was arrested Friday on a drug charge after, authorities say, she drove her boyfriend to sell crack...
View ArticleJudge tosses Jim Norman off November ballot in Senate race
By Marlene Sokol, Janet Zink and Lee Logan, Times Staff Writers Friday, October 15, 2010 TAMPA — Jim Norman should be tossed from the ballot for state Senate for not disclosing a half-million dollar...
View ArticleTrial set for teen in crash that killed Hernando sheriff's Capt. Scott Bierwiler
By Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — A trial date has been set for a Weeki Wachee teenager who was involved in a head-on collision that left Hernando sheriff's...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg pastor sentenced in child sex case
By Waveney Ann Moore, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 LARGO — The pastor of a St. Petersburg church pleaded guilty Friday in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court to sexual battery and promoting...
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"I'm surprised he's alive'' doctor says of man who survived Tylenol overdose,...
By Richard Martin, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 Stephen Bailey, here with fiancee Brittany Klobuchar, was taken to Tampa General Hospital in June with severe liver damage. TAMPA —...
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Five years since Florida enacted "stand-your-ground" law, justifiable...
By Ben Montgomery and Colleen Jenkins, Times Staff Writers Friday, October 15, 2010 Billy Kuch is pictured in the hospital after was shot in 2009. He drunkenly stumbled to the door of the wrong house...
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Three men indicted in separate Pasco slayings
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 Indicted: John Sexton Jr., 47, of Port Richey is accused of killing a 94-year-old woman. NEW PORT RICHEY — A grand jury on Friday...
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New developer presents pared-down plan for Largo Towne Center
By Dominick Tao, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 An architect’s rendering shows Largo Towne Center as it was first proposed. More recent plans have been scaled back. LARGO — When the Largo...
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Things to do, from bellydancing to bridal show
Times staff Friday, October 15, 2010 JAMES BORCHUCK | Times (2009) 17 TodayBellydance Superstars: Bombay Bellywood: World premier dance troupe Bellydance Superstars elevates the art of belly dance to...
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Dog recovered after naked intruder trashed Pasco house
By Erin Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010 Justin C. Barker, 21, of Hudson. NEW PORT RICHEY — Vickie Bankowski spent Thursday afternoon making fliers with Gizmo's picture and, at 6...
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