NASCAR driver David Reutimann returns to Zephyrhills for his charity fundraiser
By David Rice, Times Correspondent Wednesday, December 8, 2010 David Reutimann, here after winning the 2009 NASCAR Coca-Cola 600, hosts an annual golf tournament, auction and cookout that raises money...
View ArticleA kind act that clicks
By Logan Neill, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 8, 2010 Holding her 10-day-old daughter, Sophia, Elizabeth Sanders poses for a portrait for her husband, Benjamin, who is serving in Iraq. SPRING...
View ArticleTransportation hearing seeks residents' ideas
Times staff Wednesday, December 8, 2010 COUNTYWIDETransportation hearing seeks residents' ideasThe Florida Department of Transportation invites residents to participate in a public hearing for its...
View ArticlePasco, Port Richey have unresolved disputes over city-county utility service...
By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 8, 2010 The Hampton Inn is located in unincorporated Pasco but spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to send the hotel's wastewater through a...
View ArticleHealth and support
By Phyllis Day, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 8, 2010 Alcoholics Anonymous: For Hernando County locations, call (352) 683-4597.Alzheimer's Association: The Florida Gulf Chapter of the...
View ArticleSmall jet safely makes emergency landing at TIA
Times staff Wednesday, December 8, 2010 TAMPA — A small jet made an emergency landing at Tampa International Airport on Wednesday night as fire rescue crews awaited its arrival. The Learjet touched...
View ArticlePasco neo-Nazi's letters read to jury at murder retrial
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 8, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY — When neo-Nazi John Ditullio went to trial last year in a 2006 double stabbing, prosecutors presented letters he...
View ArticleBrandon religion calendar
Times staff Thursday, December 9, 2010 Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brandon, 818 N Parsons Ave., invites all to The Road to the Manger, a drive through Nativity from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today, Saturday and...
View ArticlePinellas deputies go Christmas shopping for the less fortunate
By TERRI BRYCE REEVES, Times Correspondent Thursday, December 9, 2010 OLDSMAR – The Oldsmar Wal-Mart looked like it was under siege Thursday morning as dozens of patrol cars filled the parking lot.But...
View ArticleNorth of Tampa events
Times staff Thursday, December 9, 2010 Motorcycle awareness seminar: The event will promote safety and feature a motorcycle simulator to mimic riding in bad weather and on rough terrain, towing demos...
View ArticleHernando Nightlife
By Phyllis Day, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 Bar Envy: 11060 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill. DJ Rhinestone from Wild 94.1 FM, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday. Latin Night, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Sunday....
View ArticleReport largely clears TIA executive, but board bashes former boss Louis Miller
By Steve Huettel, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 TAMPA — Former Tampa International Airport executive Lou Russo didn't violate state law when he put himself in a position to influence a...
View ArticlePinellas deputies seek help finding woman with Alzheimer's
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 SEMINOLE — Authorities are asking for help in locating an elderly woman who hasn't been seen since she left a medical office this...
View ArticleMan accused of breaking into church, stealing collection envelope
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A St. Petersburg man was accused Thursday of breaking into a church and stealing a collection envelope.His take: $37....
View ArticlePort Richey man charged in billiard lounge stabbing
By Erin Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 HOLIDAY — A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing so severe that it left a man with a spinal fracture and a...
View ArticleTampa Bay area pottery studios host kiln openings
By Theodora Aggeles, Times Correspondent Thursday, December 9, 2010 John Moore, who made this pot, will be a guest artist at Paper and Clay Studio. PALM HARBOR — Looking for something unique to do...
View ArticleDunedin man shoots himself while cleaning gun
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 DUNEDIN — A man accidentally shot himself Thursday morning while cleaning his handgun, authorities said.Teddy Allen Palinkas, 53, of 935...
View ArticleMike Merrill hired as permanent Hillsborough County administrator
By Bill Varian, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 TAMPA –– Mike Merrill is the new Hillsborough County administrator.Reversing a decision they had made eight days ago to keep Merrill in the...
View ArticleWeekend activities step off with Christmas parade
By Phyllis Day, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 From left, sisters Mia and Samantha Lopez wave to floats as their mother, Tonia Rojero, holds their sister Briahna Lopez during last year’s...
View ArticlePrice of flood insurance to decrease in parts of Pinellas and Hernando counties
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 9, 2010 Flood insurance premiums are heading down in two Tampa Bay area counties as a reward for improved efforts to protect floodplains and...
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