BB gun vandal suspected of damaging more than 220 cars
Times Staff Saturday, January 22, 2011 LARGO — Pinellas Sheriff's deputies are investigating more than 220 reports of damaged car windows that occurred early Saturday.And they suspect the spree was...
View ArticleWoman accused of abandoning pets without food, water
By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer Saturday, January 22, 2011 KENNETH CITY - Authorities arrested a woman they say abandoned her pets after her home fell into foreclosure last year. Debra Costello,...
View ArticleEven Habitat for Humanity sometimes has to foreclose
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Saturday, January 22, 2011 Thousands of lenders are filing foreclosure lawsuits all over the country, but this one is a little bit different: Habitat for...
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Future of Mahaffey Theater rides on who the City Council chooses to manage it
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Saturday, January 22, 2011 Three companies have placed bids to operate the 2,031-seat Mahaffey Theater on downtown St. Petersburg’s waterfront. ST. PETERSBURG...
View ArticleLt. Col. Daniel Hall fought for the dignity of the dead
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Saturday, January 22, 2011 TAMPA — Every Memorial Day, members of the American Legion USS Tampa Post 5 have gone all out to remind the world why freedom...
View ArticlePolitiFact Florida: Bob Buckhorn's boast about panhandling beggars belief
By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Saturday, January 22, 2011 A key element of Bob Buckhorn's campaign for mayor is reducing small, quality-of-life crimes before they turn into bigger crimes. Think...
View ArticleDeputies: Man with dispute set woman's Seminole home on fire
Times staff Sunday, January 23, 2011 SEMINOLE — A man who had an ongoing dispute with a woman set her house on fire around midnight Saturday, authorities said.Pinellas County deputies arrested the man,...
View ArticleDeputies: In ongoing dispute, man set woman's Seminole home on fire
By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 23, 2011 SEMINOLE — It took hours of sweat equity, nearly a dozen classes and background checks to gain ownership of the Habitat For Humanity...
View ArticleMan set fire to woman's Habitat home in Seminole, deputies say
By Demorris A. Lee, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 23, 2011 SEMINOLE — It took hours of sweat equity, nearly a dozen classes and background checks to gain ownership of the Habitat for Humanity...
View ArticleHillsborough deputies shoot and fatally wound suspect they say held his wife...
Times staff Sunday, January 23, 2011 TAMPA — Hillsborough County deputies shot and killed a man who had been holding his wife at gunpoint late Saturday, authorities said.The suspect, Osmar Sebasco, 39,...
View ArticleTampa police lodge over 70 felony counts against woman they say was Dontae...
By Shelley Rossetter, Times staff writer Sunday, January 23, 2011 TAMPA — A woman police investigated last summer for her relationship with suspected police killer Dontae Morris was arrested Sunday on...
View ArticleTampa police lodge dozens of felony counts against woman they say was Dontae...
By Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 23, 2011 TAMPA —A woman police investigated last summer for her relationship with suspected police killer Dontae Morris was arrested Sunday on...
View ArticlePanhandling ban in Tampa won't solve our real problems
By Ernest Hooper, Metro Columnist Sunday, January 23, 2011 The more panhandling bans become the ordinance du jour in the Tampa Bay area, the more the phrase "unintended consequences" rises to the...
View ArticleToo drunk to drive, Gibsonton man allows 15-year-old son to, deputies say
By Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 23, 2011 TAMPA — Deputies charged a man with child neglect Saturday evening after they say he allowed his 15-year-old son to drive his minivan...
View ArticleFor Hillsborough mom, school science project turns into crusade
By Marlene Sokol, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 23, 2011 TAMPA — Lisa Giles Williams told the teacher 'You don't want me as an enemy', and it wasn't a threat. It's hard to find a more determined...
View ArticleGibsonton man tells deputies he's drunk so son, 15, driving him home
Times staff, wires Sunday, January 23, 2011 TAMPAMAN accused of neglect for son's drivingDeputies charged a man with child neglect Saturday evening after they say he allowed his 15-year-old son to...
View ArticleDriver dies after car veers on I-275, hits pole
Times staff Sunday, January 23, 2011 ST. PETERSBURG — The driver of a 2005 Toyota died Sunday evening after veering off the road and crashing into a light pole near the intersection of Interstate 275...
View ArticleOne man dies in I-275 crash
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Monday, January 24, 2011 TAMPA — One man died in a single-car crash early Monday on Interstate 275.A man driving south on 1-275 shortly before 3 a.m. lost control...
View ArticleBlood donors needed after St. Petersburg shootings tap low reserves
By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer Monday, January 24, 2011 Local hospitals need blood donors as soon as possible after the shootings of two St. Petersburg police officers and a U.S. marshal drained...
View ArticleSchool near St. Petersburg shooting still on lockout, but parents can come...
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Monday, January 24, 2011 Students who normally walk home from a St. Petersburg middle school will not be allowed to leave until their parents or guardians pick them up,...
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