Defense worker pleads guilty to bringing loaded gun onto MacDill
By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 TAMPA — A former Army Ranger who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge that he tried to...
View ArticlePasco: Sex offender accused of raping, impregnating 13-year-old girl
Times Staff Monday, February 27, 2012 PORT RICHEY — A registered sex offender is accused of raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl.Jonathan Sanchez, 25, is accused of assaulting the girl Nov. 18...
View ArticleRobert Irvine brings 'Dinner: Impossible' tour to Clearwater
Times staff Monday, February 27, 2012 Some folks might be surprised to see celebrity chef Robert Irvine back in these parts after a resume padding scandal unraveled his career here in 2008. Irvine had...
View ArticleMatt Kenseth wins Daytona 500
By Matt Baker, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 DAYTONA BEACH — When you've been around racing as long as crew chief Ryan Pemberton, you think you've seen it all."You see some of the...
View ArticleMatt Kenseth wins wildest Daytona 500 ever
By Matt Baker, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 DAYTONA BEACH — The wildest Daytona 500 ever began with water and featured smoke rising into the night sky. For champion Matt Kenseth and...
View ArticleAuthorities examining skull, bones found in Spring Hill
Times Staff Monday, February 27, 2012 SPRING HILL — On Saturday, a man called the Hernando County Sheriff's Office with a disturbing tip: He had found a human skull.The discovery occurred as the man...
View ArticleBicyclist ticketed after colliding with trooper in Spring Hill
Times staff Monday, February 27, 2012 SPRING HILL — A 25-year-old Spring Hill bicyclist riding the wrong way on U.S. 19 was injured Monday when he was struck by an unmarked Florida Highway Patrol...
View ArticleTampa man killed in Colorado snowboarding accident remembered as kind,...
By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 TAMPA — Joshua B. Allen did it all: racquetball, softball, football, wakeboarding, snowboarding, golf.He liked to be on the move, seeking...
View ArticleAfter PETA operation, hundreds of cats await rescue
By Leonora LaPeter Anton, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 One day last September, a woman arrived at Caboodle Ranch, a fenced sanctuary for more than 500 cats in the middle of a northern...
View ArticlePedestrian hit on U.S. 19 in Holiday, driver arrested
Times staff Monday, February 27, 2012 HOLIDAY — A woman is accused of running over a pedestrian on U.S. 19 early Saturday morning, leaving the scene and going home.Laurie Ann Rineer, 49, was driving...
View ArticleFor some, justice; for others, anguish
By Steve Bousquet, Times Columnist Monday, February 27, 2012 How much is a man's life worth? For William Dillon, it's $1.35 million.That's $50,000 for each one of the 27 years Dillon spent in state...
View ArticleEighty-eight apply for Hernando County administrator job
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 BROOKSVILLE — Recruiter Colin Baenziger wanted to be clear that Hernando's next county administrator had better be ready for a...
View ArticleLiteracy sign slipup has school principal shaking his head
By Lane DeGregory, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — The sign went up late Friday, when the kids were out of school. Black letters on a white board perched over the parking...
View ArticleMitt Romney struggles to win over GOP voters
By Marc Caputo, Miami Herald Monday, February 27, 2012 Florida crowned Mitt Romney the unofficial Republican nominee last month. Now he's on the precipice of losing the race in Michigan, his native...
View ArticlePinellas School Board members embrace audit's call for change
By Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 LARGO — The top leaders of Pinellas County schools gathered around a table first thing Monday morning with copies of a 127-page...
View ArticlePlans emerge for outlet mall at Cypress Creek site in Pasco
By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 WESLEY CHAPEL — Simon Property Group, the owner of Premium Outlets in Ellenton, has told Pasco officials it is interested in building an...
View ArticlePanhandle developer St. Joe declares huge loss, shrinks strategy
By Robert Trigaux, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 Florida's one-time prince of luxury Panhandle real estate development, St. Joe Co., formally abdicated its role Monday and declared a...
View ArticleSlain professor's son tries to wash away the pain of his mother's death
By John Woodrow Cox and Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writers Monday, February 27, 2012 SPRING HILL — Streaks of his mother's blood were smeared across the bathroom's white tile floor. When Raymond...
View ArticleLawmakers listen to Jeb Bush, whose foundation affects education in Florida
By Kathleen McGrory, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Monday, February 27, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — When Sen. David Simmons needed his colleagues' support on the education budget last week, he dropped a...
View ArticleInterfaith group points St. Petersburg police to criminal 'hot spots'
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 27, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — They moved into the rental in the alley behind Montrose Boulevard N more than six months ago. They're all young males....
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