Crash kills Plant City man riding trike motorcycle
By Nandini Jayakrishna, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 BRANDON — Julie Fulkerson wishes she had picked up the phone Thursday and wished her father happy birthday. "I sent him a card and...
View ArticleCheckered past doesn't close classroom doors for Pinellas teacher Jason Pafundi
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010 He was reprimanded for sleeping in class. He resigned after allegedly stealing yearbook money. And after being given an extraordinary second...
View ArticleDangerous riptides possible along Florida's east coast as Hurricane Earl...
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Hurricane Earl, now a Category 4 storm, barreled toward the U.S. coast after battering islands in the northeastern Caribbean.The storm...
View ArticleHurricane Earl may bring dangerous riptides to Florida's east coast
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Hurricane Earl, now a Category 4 storm, barreled toward the U.S. coast after battering islands in the northeastern Caribbean. The storm...
View ArticleBoy, 4, comes to great-grandmother's rescue
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A 4-year-old's quick thinking may have saved his great-grandmother's life.Devonte Dawson was home with 67-year-old...
View ArticlePolice find woman dead, man semiconscious in Largo apartment
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 LARGO — A woman was found dead and a man semiconscious in an apartment Monday after a neighbor became concerned about newspapers piling...
View ArticlePolice find woman dead, man semiconscious in Largo condo
By Danny Valentine and Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 LARGO — Michael Winton was headed to work Monday afternoon when he noticed his neighbors three doors down hadn't...
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Workers evacuated and bomb squad called after reports of dynamite at Pinellas...
Times staff Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Local fire and police units and a regional bomb squad responded to county incinerator facility at 2855 109th Ave. N shortly before 10 a.m. PINELLAS PARK — Local...
View ArticlePolice: Pickup driver ran red light before crash with St. Petersburg garbage...
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A pickup driver was cited for running a red light and driving with a suspended license after striking a city garbage...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg woman witnesses police officer son's slaying in Alaska
By David DeCamp, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 A St. Petersburg mother visiting her police officer son in Alaska watched as a gunman shot him to death along with another officer in a...
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Airman returns from Iraq to surprise wife in Thonotosassa
By Nandini Jayakrishna, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Ashley Terry, a second grade teacher at Thonotosassa Elementary School kisses her husband, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Will Terry....
View ArticleAromatic candle blamed for Tampa house fire
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 TAMPA — An aromatic candle is responsible for a blaze that caused $75,000 in damage to a house early Tuesday, according to Tampa Fire...
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After tragic shooting, triumphant return for Paris Whitehead-Hamilton's family
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Shenita Williams smiles on her front step after walking into her Bartlett Park home for the first since the 2009 drive-by shooting...
View ArticleHillsborough day care worker testifies about rape in Kendrick Morris trial
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 TAMPA — The 62-year-old day care worker ran into the bathroom, shut the door and armed herself with a can of deodorizer in case the...
View ArticleHernando commission okays huge development north of Brooksville
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Hernando County will get what developers call a "new town" with the County Commission's approval Tuesday of the...
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Bomb squad detonates dynamite near Pinellas incinerator
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Local fire and police units and a regional bomb squad responded to county incinerator facility at 2855 109th Ave. N shortly before 10 a.m....
View ArticleTampa police search for serial bank robber
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 TAMPA — Police are looking for a robber they believe has robbed five banks in Hillsborough and Pasco counties.Tampa police say that...
View ArticleJury continues deliberations in Masaryktown slayings
By Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Jurors in the double-murder trial of Robert Jardin still had not reached a verdict as of mid-afternoon Tuesday, at one point...
View ArticleAdopt a stray, read at the Pier, learn glassblowing, free Food Fight film
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 St. PetersburgBargain City is site of pet adoption weekendThe Pet Pal Animal Shelter, a no-kill facility, will be on-site for adoptions from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and...
View Article'Vettes on the Pier' show will include more than 100 cars Saturday
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 St. PetersburgCome to Pier to hear a real American idleThe annual "Vettes on the Pier" show is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Pier, 800 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg....
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