Pinellas School Board approves notice of termination for Life Force charter...
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 LARGO — The clock is ticking for the Life Force Arts and Technology Academy, the charter elementary school teaching study methods embraced by...
View ArticleJohn Kalisz sentenced to death for murder of two Hernando County women
By John Woodrow Cox, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 BROOKSVILLE — Judge Daniel Merritt Sr. looked down at a sheet of paper and adjusted his glasses. He exhaled. For the first time in his...
View ArticleJohn Kalisz sentenced to death for the murder of two Hernando County women.
By John Woodrow Cox, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 BROOKSVILLE — Judge Daniel Merritt Sr. looked down at a sheet of paper and adjusted his glasses. He exhaled. For the first time in his...
View ArticleStewart to leave Pinellas schools sooner than planned, he says
By Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Pinellas County superintendent John Stewart has changed his mind again.He told board members this morning that he will work for the...
View ArticleJudge rules Florida pension changes unconstitutional
By Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — In a dramatic defeat for the governor and the Florida Legislature, a Leon County court judge on Tuesday ruled...
View ArticleMercedes Homes announces plan to shut down
By Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 The housing crisis continues to shrink the number of builders in Tampa Bay and Florida. Melbourne-based Mercedes Homes announced it has initiated a plan to...
View ArticlePasco School Board sets final deadline for Charter Schools USA
By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 LAND O'LAKES — A large charter school management firm that won reluctant approval to open a school in Pasco County might soon lose its...
View ArticleRobert Sherman, writer of 'It's a Small World,' dies at 86
By Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic Tuesday, March 6, 2012 You are about to have a deceptively devilish song re-lodged in your brain, one you prayed would never be stuck up there again.Robert B....
View ArticleRobert Sherman, writer of 'It's a Small World' and other Disney music, dies...
By Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic Tuesday, March 6, 2012 You are about to have a deceptively devilish song re-lodged in your brain, one you prayed would never be stuck up there again.Robert B....
View ArticleMore charges filed against man accused of threatening, torching Pasco...
Times staff Tuesday, March 6, 2012 HUDSON — Elton "Scrappy" Gaffney, 39, has been in the Pasco jail since Feb. 10 on charges he stole a transient's Taser and tried to burn down the woods where dozens...
View ArticleJudy Genshaft declares success despite USF-Poly split moving forward
By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TAMPA — A day after returning from Tallahassee, where Florida lawmakers hammered out their budget for the year, University of South Florida...
View ArticleState Farm Florida seeks average 42 percent rate hike for mobile home owners
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 State Farm Florida has asked regulators to raise its rates an average of 42 percent on the 6,500 mobile homes it insures in Florida.The...
View ArticleCrime continues to drop in Hillsborough
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TAMPA — Reported crime dropped in Tampa last year.It dropped in Hillsborough County, too.Authorities have noted that fact so many...
View ArticleCrime continues to drop in Tampa and in Hillsborough County
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TAMPA — Reported crime dropped in Tampa last year.It dropped in Hillsborough County, too.Authorities have noted that fact so many...
View ArticlePasco County cements deal to keep national lacrosse tournament
By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 DADE CITY — Despite the allure of greener fields in Bradenton, Pasco's premier lacrosse tournament has agreed to stay in Wesley Chapel.County...
View ArticleUSF Bulls' Stan Heath named Big East Coach of the Year
By Greg Auman, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 NEW YORK — USF men's basketball coach Stan Heath, who has the Bulls on the verge of their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 20 years, was...
View ArticleTeenager gets 15 years in prison after fatal accident in stolen car in St....
By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 LARGO -- An 18-year-old Bradenton man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fleeing police and getting into an accident that killed...
View ArticleNew director tapped for embattled Pasco Housing Authority
By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 DADE CITY — Seeking to stabilize an agency beset by poor management, officials on Tuesday selected a well-regarded former county housing...
View ArticlePush to reform Citizens Insurance hits roadblock in Legislature
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, March 6, 2012 TALLAHASSEE — State lawmakers' push to reduce the size of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by allowing unregulated...
View ArticleLand once touted for Rays stadium sells to beer distributor
By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG-- Ninety-six acres once considered a possible location for a new Tampa Bay Rays baseball stadium will become the home for one...
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