Cat lovers welcomed at weekend show
By Times staff Wednesday, September 22, 2010 PORT RICHEY Cat lovers welcomed at weekend show Cat lovers are invited to the first Ragamuffin Associated Group's Annual Cat Show this weekend at the...
View ArticleTrinity widower faces DUI charges in April crash that killed his wife
By Erin Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 22, 2010 TRINITY — Philip Billitteri was arrested Tuesday on charges he caused the car accident that killed his wife.Authorities say...
View ArticleTwo more teens charged in Lexington Oaks clubhouse vandalism
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 WESLEY CHAPELTwo more charged in clubhouse vandalismTwo more teens have been arrested on charges of vandalizing the upscale Lexington Oaks clubhouse and pool area early...
View ArticlePasco Sheriff calls County Commission's funding decision 'shameful'
Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 22, 2010 NEW PORT RICHEY — Gearing up for a likely appeal to the state, Pasco Sheriff Bob White spared few words after commissioners denied his...
View ArticleIn trial, reggae star says he lied about drug deals
By Nicole Hutcheson, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 22, 2010 TAMPA — He was a reggae icon who toured extensively throughout Europe and was considered the "voice of Jamaica."The other man was...
View ArticlePinellas County Jail loses rehabilitation program as budget dwindles
By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 22, 2010 LARGO — Pat Shipley says an in-jail rehabilitation program saved her 38-year-old daughter's life."My own daughter, 10 years on crack...
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At 17, driver killed; at 27, he returns to Tampa court to ask for license
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 22, 2010 A Hillsborough County victim advocate comforts a tearful Sharon Spencer, right, as she recalls her late husband, John Spencer, at a...
View ArticlePolice link St. Petersburg teen to Lakewood High football game shooting
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A teenager arrested Wednesday on armed robbery charges has been linked to a Sept. 3 shooting near a Lakewood High...
View ArticleTampa man accused of 11 counts of child porn
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 TAMPA — A 25-year-old man is accused of downloading and watching multiple pornographic videos and images depicting children as young...
View ArticleThousands gather in St. Petersburg to celebrate Catholic saint's relics
By Waveney Ann Moore, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Almost 3,000 students from Tampa Bay area Catholic schools gathered Thursday morning to celebrate the historic...
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Hospice worker accused of stealing 92-year-old's wedding ring, other jewelry
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 Deputies said Jason B. Russell, 27, robbed Jane Meek of Sun City while he was delivering hospice equipment to her house Saturday....
View ArticleNorth Pinellas entertainment calendar
Times staff Thursday, September 23, 2010 CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBERGet a jump on Christmas photos and help Clearwater's Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf. Cannonfire Photography will donate all...
View ArticleCaribbean tropical disturbance a reminder to Floridians to prepare,...
By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 As Tropical Storm Lisa churns slowly in the Atlantic Ocean far away from Florida, a tropical disturbance in the Caribbean Sea is giving...
View ArticleU.S. attorney nominee Robert O'Neill clears major hurdle
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 Robert E. O'Neill cleared a major hurdle Thursday morning on his way to becoming the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of...
View ArticleFoster makes mysterious trip in bid to save BayWalk
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Mayor Bill Foster took a commercial flight to North Carolina last month to dine and go clubbing at EpiCentre,...
View ArticleAs defendant prepares to testify, medical examiner says story about baby's...
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 TAMPA — Donald Dankert gave an explanation when he brought his infant son to a hospital with no pulse. He will likely tell jurors...
View ArticleDade City commissioner tries to stave off foreclosure
Times staff Thursday, September 23, 2010 DADE CITY — Dade City Commissioner Curtis Beebe, whose home in historic downtown is in foreclosure and scheduled for auction next month, said he hopes to have...
View ArticleDade City commissioner Curtis Beebe tries to stave off foreclosure
Times staff Thursday, September 23, 2010 DADE CITY — Dade City Commissioner Curtis Beebe, whose home in historic downtown is in foreclosure and scheduled for auction next month, said he hopes to have...
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Hernando entertainment calendar
By Phyllis Day, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 BOOT SCOOTIN' FUNBrookridge Line Dance Social will host a dance from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Brookridge Clubhouse, 8150...
View ArticleVideo shows crane careening into busy Tampa intersection, causing pileup
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 23, 2010 TAMPA — The Hillsborough Sheriff's Office on Thursday released a video of last week's massive pileup that sent eight people to...
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