Five-car crash closes intersection near Raymond James Stadium
Times staff Sunday, September 26, 2010 TAMPA — Police were investigating a five-vehicle crash Sunday morning at Spruce Street and Himes Avenue that closed the intersection.At about 11 a.m., traffic...
View ArticleIntersection near Raymond James Stadium reopened after five-car crash
Times staff Sunday, September 26, 2010 TAMPA — The intersection of Spruce Street and Himes Avenue reopened Sunday afternoon after a five-vehicle crash caused traffic backups for football fans headed...
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Woman dies after five-car crash near Raymond James Stadium
By Shelley Rossetter and Janet Zink, Times Staff Writers Sunday, September 26, 2010 Five vehicles were involved in a pileup near Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Sunday, hours before the kickoff of...
View ArticlePinellas deputy shoots dog that bit woman, came after animal control officer
Times staff Sunday, September 26, 2010 CLEARWATER — A dog that bit its would-be rescuer, ran loose in traffic and came after an animal officer trying to capture it was shot dead by a deputy Sunday...
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Argument over skateboarders leaves father dead in Valrico
By Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer Sunday, September 26, 2010 A police officer walks past the body of David James, who was shot and killed in front of his 8-year-old daughter during an altercation at a...
View ArticleProtesters of gay adoption ignore parenting crisis
By Ernest Hooper, Metro Columnist Sunday, September 26, 2010 The people still vowing to fight for a ban on gay adoptions appear to have lost touch with the fact that this state, and the nation, is...
View ArticleVictim of hit-and-run near USF identified as biochemistry doctorate graduate
Times staff Sunday, September 26, 2010 TAMPA —The woman killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding her bicycle near the University of South Florida on Saturday morning has been identified as Kayoko...
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Two-thirds of jury pool have heard of Bloomingdale rape
By Alexandra Zayas, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 TAMPA — Will attorneys be able to pick an impartial local jury to judge the teen accused of brutally raping a young woman outside the...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rays executive says he shouldn't have to pay to get back stolen ring
By Andy Boyle, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Robert Windheim was elated when police recovered the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays American League Championship ring someone stole...
View ArticleGibbs High calm as police beef up presence following fatal weekend shooting
By Emily Nipps and Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writers Monday, September 27, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Extra police officers were patrolling the Gibbs High School campus Monday after learning that a...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg teen's shooting still under investigation
By Jamal Thalji, Emily Nipps and Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writers Monday, September 27, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Latedra Everett, 18, was good with computers and was a good aunt to her two...
View ArticleWesley Chapel woman charged with leaving scene of crash, DUI
By Justin George, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 A Wesley Chapel driver was arrested late Saturday after she ran her Mazda into a motorcycle and fled the scene, police said.Police...
View ArticleWidow left with questions about Valrico basketball court death
By Ben Montgomery and Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writers Monday, September 27, 2010 VALRICO — Kanina James doesn't know why the man accused of shooting her husband was released after being...
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Aftermath of deadly shooting in Valrico leaves community bewildered
By Ben Montgomery, Danny Valentine, Shelley Rossetter and Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writers Monday, September 27, 2010 Kanina James, wife of Valrico shooting victim David James, talks Monday...
View ArticleWoman arrested after fight at youth football game in Dunedin
By Rita Farlow, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 DUNEDIN — A 31-year-old woman was arrested after a youth football game Saturday night after, deputies say, she beat up another woman over...
View ArticleReport says Hernando jail needs $14.9 million in repairs
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — The cost of repairs at the Hernando County Jail will run five times higher than the $3 million the county has set...
View ArticleHernando jail needs $14.9 million in repairs, engineering report says
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — The cost of repairs at the Hernando County Jail will run five times the $3 million the county has set aside, according...
View ArticleMistrial declared in drug conspiracy case against reggae star Buju Banton
By Nicole Hutcheson, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 TAMPA — A mistrial was declared Monday afternoon in the drug trial of reggae star Buju Banton. Jurors informed the judge today that...
View ArticleMounted officers run down purse snatcher suspect
Monday, September 27, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — A would-be purse snatcher found himself outrun by two mounted police officers after he fled a bar at closing time carrying a woman's handbag, police...
View ArticlePinellas school district to investigate administrator's role in hiring of...
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 LARGO — The Pinellas County school district will investigate a troubled administrator who played a role in the hiring and employment of her...
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