Pasco County school activities
By Michele Miller, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Calendar• Monday is the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. No school.Performing artsThe Nature Coast Children's Chorale is holding...
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Award-winning Wesley Chapel student volunteer prepares for a class of her own
By Michele Miller, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Shelby Thompson, 16, left, helps second-graders Devoni Rodriguez, right, Aniya Timmons, center, and Blake Devisfruto, all 7, create...
View ArticleProgress Energy's charitable giving likely to remain strong after merger with...
By Steve Huettel and Mark Puente, Times Staff Writers Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Don't be surprised if folks at local nonprofit organizations look a little pale.With Progress Energy, one of the area's...
View ArticleDade City victim Haag had lived a life on the road
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2011 DADE CITY — Born in Tennessee, raised in Alabama, Charles Haag was a man in transit.He spent most of his adult life between odd jobs, in...
View ArticleChanges to 2009 growth law are on Pasco County wish list
By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2011 DADE CITY — New state laws that would let Pasco more easily steer growth into two key areas top the county's legislative wish...
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Garden helps give Pasco students second chance to graduate
By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2011 NEW PORT RICHEYMatt Neck never counted on graduating from Gulf High School. He ditched classes for most of his freshman, sophomore...
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Hernando County events
Times staff Tuesday, January 11, 2011 From left, Jessica Nichole is Aldonza, Bill Scott is Duke, Matt Veasey is the Innkeeper and Karen Doxey is the housekeeper in Man of LaMancha at Stage West...
View ArticleLongtime Pasco schools leader to retire soon
Times staff Tuesday, January 11, 2011 LAND O'LAKESLongtime Pasco schools leader to retire soon Longtime Pasco County educator Jim Davis has decided to retire as district assistant superintendent a year...
View ArticleOlympic-sized pool at St. Pete's North Shore complex to get renovation
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — Starting Monday, the city will embark on a $312,000 renovation project at the North Shore Pool complex.Some of the work...
View ArticleMan killed running into downtown Tampa road
By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2011 TAMPA — A driver headed into downtown Tampa hit a pedestrian with his car Tuesday evening, killing the pedestrian.The accident occurred on an...
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Cat torturer faces up to 5 years in prison
Staff reports Tuesday, January 11, 2011 SKIP O’ROURKE | Times cat torturer faces up to 5 years in prisonOne Giovanni Estrada, above, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Hillsborough Circuit Court. A better known...
View ArticleSchool zoning changes get preliminary approval
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 11, 2011 The Pinellas County School Board gave initial approval Tuesday to proposed school zoning changes that will affect about 900 middle and high...
View ArticleCold weather back in Tampa Bay; freezing temperatures expected tomorrow
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Another cold stretch began early Wednesday as temperatures dropped into the 30s and 40s across Tampa Bay.Temperatures are only...
View ArticleTampa Bay under freeze warning
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Another cold stretch began early Wednesday as temperatures dropped into the 30s and 40s across Tampa Bay.Temperatures are only...
View ArticleMore flights canceled at Tampa International Airport as heavy snow moves...
By Danny Valentine and Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writers Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Despite more than 40 canceled flights out of Tampa International Airport, the hub remained calm and lines short...
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Bayshore rape trial continues as police and others testify
By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Luis Munuzuri-Harris, 31, will continue to act as his own attorney as testimony continues today in the rape case against him. TAMPA — More...
View ArticlePolice seek men who robbed woman at St. Petersburg ATM
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 12, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — Police are asking for help finding two men who robbed a 19-year-old woman at knifepoint at an ATM Thursday.The woman...
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Police seek men who robbed woman at St. Petersburg ATM
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Police released photos of two men sought in connection with Thursday’s robbery of a 19-year-old woman at knifepoint at an ATM. ST....
View ArticlePolice identify pedestrian killed in Tampa
By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 12, 2011 TAMPA — Police have identified a pedestrian killed Tuesday night in a downtown Tampa crash as Sidney Robert Summerlin, 32. Police said the...
View ArticleTwo men rob elderly man at gunpoint
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, January 12, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — An 77-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint by after getting out of his vehicle in his apartment complex parking lot...
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