Three north Pinellas men in jail after two families fight over guns
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 Two different arguments over guns landed three men in jail early Monday, authorities said.In the first incident, a 34-year-old Palm Harbor...
View ArticlePinellas Park police seek driver racing motorcycle just before fatal crash
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 PINELLAS PARK — Investigators are still searching for the driver of a red sports car seen racing a motorcycle moments before the rider was...
View ArticleHernando teachers reprimanded over political e-mail
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Three weeks before Hernando County voters would decide the fate of a veteran School Board member, Jessica Nicolai sent an...
View ArticleGrandmother charged in drowning death of Clearwater baby boy
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 CLEARWATER — A 42-year-old St. Petersburg woman is accused of leaving her grandson alone in a tub to drown while she was high on...
View ArticleCortnee Brantley seeks public defender for appeal
Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 TAMPA — Cortnee Brantley, the sometime-girlfriend of suspected Tampa cop-killer Dontae Morris, is seeking a federal public defender, according to pleadings...
View ArticleGun goes off during cleaning, wounding Spring Hill man
Times staff Monday, November 29, 2010 SPRING HILL -- Sean Santana was about to clean his pistol on Saturday afternoon when it went off and he shot himself in the hand, records show.Santana, 26, told...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors target websites selling counterfeit goods
Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 TAMPA — Just in time for Cyber Monday holiday shopping, federal prosecutors in Tampa have filed warrants to shut down five websites they say sell...
View ArticleLong Thanksgiving holiday ends with no sign of travel disruption
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 TAMPA — The last day of the busy Thanksgiving travel weekend came and went smoothly Monday with no sign of the much-feared holiday...
View ArticleSpring Hill man accused of beating, choking 7-year-old
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 SPRING HILL – A man angry that a 7-year-old boy had cut the blinds in his house choked, threw and kicked the boy Saturday afternoon, Pasco...
View ArticleSeminole man arrested for possession of child pornography, officials say
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 SEMINOLE — A 43-year-old Pinellas County man was arrested Monday on 20 counts of possession of child pornography, according to state and...
View ArticleAnonymous attacks slam Hillsborough GOP chief seeking top party job
By Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 TAMPA — With Florida Republicans set to choose a new leader in January, an anonymous attack campaign has been launched against Hillsborough...
View ArticleMove to make interim Hillsborough County administrator permanent faces hurdles
By Bill Varian, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 TAMPA — With elections over, Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan is seeking to restore a sense of stability at County Center.Hagan...
View ArticlePinellas school board tosses plan to merge schools
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 The Pinellas County School Board on Monday shot down a plan to create more fundamental school seats in south Pinellas by merging an existing...
View ArticleOnce more unto the breach for Dick Greco
By Howard Troxler, Times Columnist Monday, November 29, 2010 Dick Greco now becomes the only candidate for mayor of Tampa with his own statue.They gave it to him in 2008, along with a roast to honor...
View ArticleSeminole man faces 20 charges of child porn possession
Times Staff Monday, November 29, 2010 A Seminole man has been arrested on 20 charges of child pornography possession. Christopher Allan Meixner, 43, had multiple images of child pornography in his...
View ArticleFive things you should know about the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season
By Emily Nipps Monday, November 29, 2010 We made it. Tuesday ends the 2010 hurricane season, and once again Florida came through unscathed. Given sea surface temperatures and weather patterns, we...
View ArticleAs hurricane season ends, bay area, Florida breathe sigh of relief
By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 We made it. Today ends the 2010 hurricane season, and once again Florida came through unscathed. Given sea surface temperatures and weather...
View ArticleAs hurricane season ends, bay area, Florida breathes sigh of relief
By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 We made it. Today ends the 2010 hurricane season, and once again Florida came through unscathed. Given sea surface temperatures and weather...
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Shirley's Soul Food deal devolves into he-said, she-said story
By Waveney Ann Moore, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 Shirley Tigg and Ron Donaldson were all smiles days before the restaurant’s soft opening on Oct. 2. Six weeks later, it was over....
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Hillsborough judge shows mercy for girl who murdered
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 29, 2010 Yajaira Jimenez-Castillo, 18, is consoled by Lilly McCarty, one of her attorneys, as she reacts to her sentence of 15 years in the...
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