Appeals court upholds judge's decision to toss verdict in Pasco McDonald's...
By Times staff Wednesday, September 8, 2010 DADE CITY Appeals Court backs decision to toss verdict An appeals court has upheld a decision last year by Circuit Judge Susan Gardner throwing out the...
View ArticleLast of 3 men sentenced in Pasco attempted murder, robbery case
By Times staff Wednesday, September 8, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY Man gets 25 years in attempted murder David Gagne, charged in a 2008 attempted murder at a Holiday beverage store, has been sentenced to 25...
View ArticleZephyrhills bottled water thief gets probation, big bill
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 8, 2010 DADE CITY — When pallets of water went missing at the Zephyrhills bottled water plant in the summer of 2008, employees set up an...
View ArticlePasco County reverses decision on funding source for transit service
By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Pasco County gets money from a lot of sources to pay for a popular transit service that drives elderly and disabled residents from...
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Few hard-and-fast rules when it comes to religious symbols and schools
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Nour Elmohd is a Muslim teacher in Tampa who wears a hijab in the classroom. Policies on religion in the classroom are murky. Two days...
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Launch Pad in Odessa named one of Pasco's best companies
By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Ilene Rosoff, right, is founder and president of the Launch Pad, a firm that specializes in managed IT support services. WESLEY...
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Clearwater High prepares to hand out Kindle e-readers to its 2,100-plus students
By Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Keith Mastorides, principal of Clearwater High, stands with boxes of Kindle e-readers ready to distribute to the school’s...
View ArticleTropical Storm Igor stays weak, expected to strengthen
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 Tropical Storm Igor, which formed Wednesday in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, is expected to begin strengthening on Friday.The ninth...
View ArticleTampa Bay firefighters to remember those lost on 9/11
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 Firefighters on both sides of Tampa Bay will pause Saturday to honor those lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks nine years ago in New...
View ArticleTroopers respond to crash in Hudson
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 HUDSON — Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a possible fatal crash Thursday morning after a vehicle struck a pedestrian,...
View ArticleGlue gun starts fire in Tampa day care, no one injured
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 TAMPA — Firefighters responded to a fire at a day care early Thursday, according to Tampa Fire Rescue.No one was injured.Crews...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg man tells police he was shot five times — accidentally
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Police found 31-year-old Antonio Isom bleeding in the back yard of a home early Thursday.He had been shot five times, he...
View ArticleBrandon man critically injured by vehicle after disturbance in Riverview
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 RIVERVIEW — A Brandon man is in critical condition after he was struck by a vehicle early Thursday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's...
View ArticleMan wrongly imprisoned 24 years arrested
By Rita Farlow and Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writers Thursday, September 9, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Alan Crotzer, the man who spent 24 years in prison before being exonerated for two rapes he did not...
View ArticleTampa police arrest 10 men for soliciting prostitution
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 TAMPA — Police arrested 10 men along Nebraska Avenue late Wednesday in a sting initiated after a Seminole Heights resident...
View ArticlePinellas students make long-distance call to space station
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 Fifteen Pinellas County students made a really, really long distance call Thursday morning — to the space station.The students, chosen...
View ArticleBicyclist struck and killed by vehicle in Tampa
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 TAMPA — A 46-year-old bicyclist was killed after he was hit by a vehicle Thursday morning, authorities said. Joseph Dyals of Tampa...
View ArticleBrooksville kills fire fee; tax increase looming
By Logan Neill, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Brooksville residents could see higher property tax bills this fall after City Council members voted Wednesday to kill a...
View ArticleHudson teen arrested in hit-and-run ATV crash that left four injured
Times staff Thursday, September 9, 2010 HUDSON — Authorities have arrested a young man accused of injuring four people in a hit-and-run accident with an ATV over the weekend.The Florida Highway Patrol...
View ArticleNew Port Richey nurse accused of taking patients' drugs
Times staff Thursday, September 9, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY — A nurse is accused of altering her patients' records so they would be prescribed Percocet and then stealing the medication for herself,...
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