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'Our Town' on stage at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center
By Terri Bryce Reeves, Times Correspondent Thursday, September 9, 2010 Frank and Julia Gibbs (George Lynch and Kristy Smithwick) enjoy their garden while son George (Charles Butcher) and neighbor...
View ArticleBrooksville sexual predator jailed after traffic stop
By Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Hernando sheriff's deputies have arrested a registered sexual predator on charges of domestic battery and driving with a...
View ArticleMemorial service at Sims Park to honor victims of Sept. 11 attacks
Times staff Thursday, September 9, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEYSims Park event will remember Sept. 11 victimsA memorial service to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is scheduled for 7...
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Amphitheater silent about flooding, Jonas Brothers cancellation, but, yes,...
By Jessica Vander Velde, Robbyn Mitchell and Danny Valentine Thursday, September 9, 2010 A screen grab from Nick Jonas’ cell phone video shows the flooded stage and seating that led to a cancellation...
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Boxer Sammy Valentin Jr. uses fighting spirit to help hospitalized children
By David Rice, Times Correspondent Thursday, September 9, 2010 Retired kickboxer Sammy Valentin Sr., reflected in mirror, trains his son, Sammy Jr., at the gym in Tampa last week. LAND O'LAKESSammy...
View ArticleDade City pastor pleads guilty in embezzlement case
By Molly Moorhead, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 TAMPA — A Dade City pastor is accused of embezzling more than $800,000 from a union investment fund he managed and funneling at least...
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Historical advocates fear Tampa Bay's oldest house, built in 1842, could be...
By Justin George, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 (09/09/2010 Apollo Beach) Tampa’s oldest house, at 3210 8th Avenue, dates to 1842 and the Second Seminole War. It is for sale for...
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Advocates fear Tampa Bay's oldest house, built in 1842, could be torn down
By Justin George, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 The house on E 8th Avenue on the outskirts of Ybor has been vacant for years. Preservationists are scrambling to save it. TAMPA — From...
View ArticlePasco lays off 43 county workers
By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 Pasco government officials handed out pink slips to 43 employees this week, a result of budget cuts, department reorganizations and...
View ArticleAt Alpha House of Pinellas County, director understands pregnant teens
By Ernest Hooper, Metro Columnist Thursday, September 9, 2010 The 16-year-old single mother found herself struggling to hold it together.She had done well for a few months caring for her newborn boy,...
View ArticlePinellas' antitethering law was intended to stop dog attacks
By David DeCamp, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — When a pit bull named King broke a chain and mauled a St. Petersburg woman visiting her niece, it was an incident a new...
View ArticleConstruction worker seriously injured after being struck by a semi in...
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 A 26-year-old Haines City construction worker was seriously injured after being hit by semi truck early Friday, according to the...
View ArticleAfter weakening, Igor forecasted to become tropical storm again
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 After weakening to a tropical depression, Igor is expected to regain its former tropical storm strength today in the eastern Atlantic...
View ArticleAfter weakening, Igor forecast to become tropical storm again
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 After weakening to a tropical depression, Igor is expected to regain its former tropical storm strength today in the eastern Atlantic...
View ArticleAfter weakening, Igor returns to tropical storm status
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 After weakening to a tropical depression, Igor has returned to tropical storm strength Friday in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.Igor, the...
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Tampa art teacher killed in bike crash a 'staple of our building,' principal...
By Andy Boyle and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Friday, September 10, 2010 Joe Dyals’ mother says her son knew he wanted to be an art since he graduated from the University of Florida. He was...
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'Double tragedy': Driver of car that killed Tampa art teacher is former...
By Andy Boyle and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Friday, September 10, 2010 Joe Dyals’ mother says her son knew he wanted to be an art teacher since he graduated from the University of Florida....
View ArticlePolice: Controversial St. Petersburg tow company stole semi, overbilled owner
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — The owner of Apex Towing, the company caught in controversy over towing vehicles near Tropicana Field earlier this year,...
View ArticleCharter school proposes single-gender classes in Pasco
By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 10, 2010 LAND O'LAKES — Boys can hardly sit still in school. Girls not only sit and listen, they collaborate and share.A growing body of...
View ArticleBoth spans of John's Pass Bridge open
Friday, September 10, 2010 For the first time since January 2006, both spans of the John's Pass Bridge were open this morning.The new $77 million drawbridge isn't quite finished yet. Some cleanup work...
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