Crack at Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant explained
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 CRYSTAL RIVER — From the start, one question especially has concerned the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Why Crystal...
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Five Labor Day weekend events in North Pinellas
By Terri Bryce Reeves, Times Correspondent Thursday, September 2, 2010 In keeping with tradition, fireworks will end the holiday celebration. Ah, Labor Day weekend. That melancholic time of year when...
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Former editor George Sweers brought color to the pages of the St. Petersburg...
Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 2, 2010 George Sweers met Marilyn Monroe in Korea when she was entertaining troops and he worked for the AP. In 1961, Mr. Sweers got a tip that...
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No one injured in fire that destroys shuttered Lealman bar
By Andy Boyle and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Friday, September 3, 2010 Flames were shooting 10 to 15 feet above the roof of the former Hideaway bar, 5046 37th St. N in Lealman, when...
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Namesake of oldest Pasco garbage company dies working on garbage truck
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 J.D. Parker, center, with sons Jamey, left, and Dave in 2009. J.D. Parker & Sons got its start in 1949 when neighbors asked...
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Truck crushes J.D. Parker, longtime Pasco hauler
By Bill Stevens and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Friday, September 3, 2010 John David Parker, center, and his sons, Jamey, left, and Dave, pose with one of their trucks last summer. With 61...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg police staking out convenience store arrest ex-con in string...
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG – Police detectives staking out a convenience store early Friday watched as an ex-con walked in with a towel on his face and...
View ArticleEx-con arrested in string of robberies during St. Petersburg stakeout
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Police detectives staking out a convenience store early Friday watched as an ex-convict walked in with a towel on his face...
View ArticlePolice identify couple killed in east Tampa crash
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 TAMPA — Police identified the couple killed Thursday night after the vehicle they were riding in was struck by another in an east Tampa...
View ArticleCouple killed in east Tampa crash 'loved one another so much'
By Kim Wilmath and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Friday, September 3, 2010 TAMPA — A preacher and his wife were identified as the victims of a fatal car crash Thursday night at an east Tampa...
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Columbia restaurant revived by re-creating its signature Cuban sandwich
By Becky Bowers, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 Richard Gonzmart, president of the Columbia Restaurant, shows off the Cuban sandwich he’s reinvented since a newspaper article lamented...
View ArticleDeputies find 9-month-old on side of St. Petersburg road
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A Pinellas County sheriff's deputy saw something curious Wednesday night on a curb next to the road: a 9-month-old baby...
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Local leaders aim to impress soccer officials
By Brian Landman, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 In a bid to lure the World Cup to Tampa Bay, local officials hope to impress FIFA representatives with a two-minute video that showcases...
View ArticleSeminole man arrested in the death of his mother is released from jail
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 SEMINOLE -— A 23-year-old man accused of strangling his mother in an argument over their computer and whether he could continue living...
View ArticleRobber takes meat, cheese, eggs from pizza restaurant
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 LARGO — The thief was a true Hamburglar.A man who broke into a walk-in cooler behind the Pizza Shack restaurant early Tuesday morning made...
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Pizza Shack thief strips cooler of hundreds of pounds of meat, cheese, eggs
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 Pizza Shack owner Darrell Youness’ cooler was burglarized. LARGO — The thief was a true Hamburglar.A man who broke into a walk-in cooler...
View ArticlePasco murder suspect gets 15 years in '08 home burglary
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY — Francis Sicola, convicted of burglarizing a house two years ago in Fox Run, was sentenced Friday morning to 15 years...
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Pasco man suspected in slaying gets 15 years for '08 home burglary
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 Francis Sicola, convicted of burglarizing a house two years ago in Fox Run, was sentenced Friday morning to 15 years in prison. NEW PORT...
View ArticleNo injuries reported in small fire at a Dunedin elementary school
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 DUNEDIN — No one was injured in a fire Friday morning in a portable classroom building at Garrison Jones Elementary School, fire officials...
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Accomplice takes plea in '07 Zephyrhills rape case
Times staff Friday, September 3, 2010 Andre Brathwaite, who directed authorities to two men who were ultimately convicted of raping two Zephyrhills retirees in 2007, pleaded guilty Friday to reduced...
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