Hernando sheriff blasts stimulus program while accepting funds
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — As he campaigns to win a seat in Congress, Hernando Sheriff Rich Nugent rails against a bloated federal budget and the...
View ArticleBrooksville man, 50, arrested, accused of molesting 3-year-old girl
Times staff Monday, October 25, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — A 50-year-old Brooksville man was arrested Monday and accused of molesting a 3-year-old girl.The Hernando County Sheriff's Office reported that the...
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Ex-stripper who brought down appellate judge is sentenced for bank fraud
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 Christy Yamanaka, who said former 2nd District Court of Appeal Judge Thomas Stringer helped her hide assets from creditors, walks into...
View ArticleSpring Hill man in child abuse case arrested on perjury charge
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 SPRING HILL — One day in May, Anton Angelo took the stand in a Hernando County courtroom and testified that he took photos used as evidence...
View ArticleRecord temperatures bring summer-like heat to Tampa Bay area
Times staff Monday, October 25, 2010 Summer-like heat and humidity have returned to the Tampa Bay area this week as a year of extraordinary weather continues.Monday's high reached 88 degrees at Tampa...
View ArticleAuthorities investigate death of Hillsborough jail inmate
By Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 TAMPA — Officials are investigating the death Sunday night of a Falkenburg Road jail inmate, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies...
View ArticlePasco man, 65, arrested after brawl with 79-year-old
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 WESLEY CHAPEL – A brawl between two senior citizens Sunday afternoon nearly turned deadly when one man wielded a steel furniture dolly as a...
View ArticlePinellas commission to discuss extending tourist tax as possible stadium...
By David DeCamp, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 It's years before a new stadium would be a reality for the Tampa Bay Rays, but money to help build one could be lined up by November.Part...
View ArticlePort Richey man accused of attacking pregnant girlfriend
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 PORT RICHEY — A man attacked his pregnant girlfriend Saturday, throwing a child's car seat at her head while she held another baby in her...
View ArticleFront-runner BCPeabody emerges to complete Hernando dredge project
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — A company affiliated with longtime developer and former road builder Gary Grubbs is the front-runner to complete the...
View ArticleWoman's body found at Treasure Island Beach Pavilion
Times Staff Monday, October 25, 2010 TREASURE ISLAND — A city employee cleaning the Treasure Island Beach Pavilion found a woman's body early Monday, police said. The dead woman was discovered about...
View ArticlePolice arrest teen in connection with theft of car with child in backseat
By Craig Pittman, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Police have arrested a teen on charges that he stole a car last week that had a 6-year-old boy in the back seat.Jabari...
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Anger, contempt flare in final Scott and Sink debate in Florida governor's race
By Steve Bousquet and Michael C. Bender, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Monday, October 25, 2010 Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio watches the gubernatorial debate Monday at USF. At left is Sink’s husband, Bill...
View ArticleMissing cows, cheap Rays gear, new massage competition and other happenings...
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 When Harold Seltzer reopens two former Sam Seltzer's Steakhouses in St. Petersburg and Port Richey under his name this week, customers...
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Chabad Jewish Center of Greater St. Petersburg starts its first new Torah scroll
By Waveney Ann Moore, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 Rabbi Yochanon Klein writes the first words of the new Torah for the Chabad Jewish Center of Greater St. Petersburg as Aaron Hayden...
View ArticleHindenburg Omen creator, once tracking possible market plunge, is now bullish
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Monday, October 25, 2010 Two months ago, a Tampa Bay area stock market watcher named Jim Miekka won a burst of national attention when his technical...
View ArticleTampa garden notes
Times staff Monday, October 25, 2010 Creating a pondscape: Add a serene water garden to the landscape in monthly classes on designing and installing a pond. Free. 9 a.m. Saturday, Pondscapes, 4213 S...
View ArticleCommunity Performing Arts Guild offers free tickets for two concerts
Times staff Monday, October 25, 2010 SPRING HILLFree tickets for two concertsThe Community Performing Arts Guild will distribute free tickets (limit two per person) for the season's first two concerts...
View ArticleAt Saddlebrook Resort, worker buses table, finishes drinks, lands in jail
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 WESLEY CHAPEL — Jonathan Brueckner had an efficient way of cleaning tables.As he moved about the Saddlebrook Resort, tending to the finer...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg Times one of few newspapers to grow Sunday circulation
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 25, 2010 The St. Petersburg Times bucked national trends as one of the few major daily newspapers to grow Sunday circulation, according to...
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