Pinellas schools to investigate administrator's role in hiring of daughter's...
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...
View ArticleIn time for the playoffs, St. Petersburg set to impose a "clean zone" for...
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Ticket brokers, t-shirt hawkers and beer merchants may face a new set of rules and boundaries now that the Tampa...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg plans 'clean zone' for merchants around Trop during playoffs
By Michael Van Sickler, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — Ticket brokers, T-shirt hawkers and beer merchants may face a new set of rules and boundaries when the Tampa Bay...
View ArticleSheriff's deputy Mark Longway, killed in cruiser crash, laid to rest
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 TAMPA — To his young grandson, Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputy Mark Longway was known as "Grandpa Cop" — a variation of a nickname...
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Sheriff's deputy laid to rest
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 Pallbearers fold the flag that draped Hillsborough sheriff’s Deputy Mark A. Longway’s casket at a funeral service Monday. TAMPA —...
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Hillsborough sheriff's deputy killed in red light wreck laid to rest
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 Pallbearers fold the flag that draped Hillsborough sheriff’s Deputy Mark A. Longway’s casket at a funeral service Monday. TAMPA —...
View ArticleThings to do in Hernando and Pasco counties
Times staff Monday, September 27, 2010 Today's picksHERNANDO COUNTYBig Pine Fall Wildflower and Butterfly Walk: 9-11 a.m., Big Pine Tract, Old Crystal River Road, north of Brooksville. Bring a pair of...
View ArticleGulfport City Council considers expanding recycling program
By Patti Ewald, Times Correspondent Monday, September 27, 2010 GULFPORT — The city has a brand new recycling truck and the public works director, Don Sopak, has big plans for it.All he has to do is...
View ArticleTropical system could bring rain, stormy weather to Tampa Bay
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 A large low pressure system in the Western Caribbean could bring heavy rain to the Tampa Bay area this week, forecasters said. A...
View ArticleScientist who died on bike was among USF's 'best and brightest'
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 TAMPA — Kayoko "Kay" Ishizuka chatted with her cancer-research lab mates Thursday about building a new bike.Ishizuka, 30, a...
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Local website aspires to be the Match.com of scientific research
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Monday, September 27, 2010 The website’s founders are, from left, Michelle Bauer, a communications strategist, Larry Biddle, the Web guru who says...
View ArticleNew school district panel grapples with early-release days in Hillsborough
By Tom Marshall, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 TAMPA — It was only two weeks ago that the Hillsborough County School Board finalized its calendar for the current school year, amid...
View ArticleLargo residents evacuated after backhoe severs gas line
By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 LARGO — Authorities evacuated 23 residents for about an hour near a gas leak Monday evening while a severed gas line was capped....
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Victim in Tampa crash lived the American dream, daughter says
By Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 27, 2010 Teresa Gonzalez Cruz and her husband, Carlos Cruz Sr. TAMPA — Teresa Gonzalez Cruz always had a smile on her face. It was...
View ArticleHillsborough deputies plan news briefing in fatal Valrico shooting
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 28, 2010 TAMPA — Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies have called a news conference Tuesday afternoon about a fatal shooting stemming from a...
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Pasco parents protest removal of Lacoochee Elementary principal
By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 28, 2010 LACOOCHEE — Their signs said it all."Honk to show support for Mrs. Marler our principal. We love you!""Return Ms....
View ArticleWithout report, Hernando commissioners refuse to release jail money
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 28, 2010 BROOKSVILLE — Without a final report in hand, and without even having seen the preliminary report on the breadth of maintenance...
View ArticleTreasure Island yacht club to become Vegas-style entertainment venue
By Sheila Mullane Estrada, Times Correspondent Tuesday, September 28, 2010 TREASURE ISLAND — Las Vegas-style entertainment, top chefs and amenities rivaled only by exclusive New York City clubs are...
View ArticleHernando man jailed for shining laser at sheriff's copter pilot
By Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 28, 2010 SPRING HILL — A 23-year-old Spring Hill man faces a charge of illegal use of a laser light after he flashed a laser beam into the eyes...
View ArticleSpring Hill man accused of shining laser at sheriff's helicopter pilot
By Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 28, 2010 SPRING HILL — A 23-year-old Spring Hill man faces a charge of illegal use of a laser light after he flashed a laser beam into the eyes...
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