Storms soaking the Bay area
Times staff Saturday, April 21, 2012 TAMPA — The rain is here.Storms began rolling in from the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon, the first band soaking the Tampa Bay area in nearly an inch of rain in...
View ArticleStorms give the Bay area a soaking
Times staff Saturday, April 21, 2012 1 A.M. UPDATE: A tornado watch is in effect throughout the bay area until 7 a.m.Meteorologists at Bay News 9 are updating their website and blogging throughout the...
View ArticleCFO Jeff Atwater announces he will not run for U.S. Senate
By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor Saturday, April 21, 2012 Republican Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced on Facebook Saturday that he will not jump into the U.S. Senate race."Only...
View ArticlePolice: Woman made false 911 call about armed man at Gibbs High
Times staff Saturday, April 21, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — The 911 caller said there was a man with a gun at Gibbs High School on Friday.But that armed man was a St. Petersburg police officer and the...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg man wrote apology letter to molestation victim, police say
Times staff Saturday, April 21, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — A 38-year-old man was charged with lewd and lascivious molestation on Friday, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, and part of the...
View ArticleUnraveling Miami Rep. David Rivera's maze of campaign finances
By Scott Hiaasen and Patricia Mazzei, Miami Herald Saturday, April 21, 2012 MIAMI — On Jan. 3, 2011, days before taking his seat in Congress, Miami Republican David Rivera filed financial documents in...
View ArticleImposter swoops in after husband dies
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 21, 2012 TAMPA — During the worst time of her life, Theresa Lewis remembered to call the credit bureaus.She had heard about crooks using...
View ArticleTampa detective describes drug dealers' new, easy, lucrative game
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 21, 2012 TAMPA — Tampa police Detective Sal Augeri never expected to become an expert on tax fraud, but he moved in that direction with the...
View ArticleOld-school fear of IRS fades with lure of easy money in tax refund scams
By Patty Ryan, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 21, 2012 TAMPA — Last spring, police followed a tip to a northeast Tampa apartment and arrested Micah Lashawn Alexander, suspected of collecting...
View ArticleMeet Dennis Baxley, the lawmaker who always stands his ground
By Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Saturday, April 21, 2012 OCALA — Dennis Baxley has always stood his ground in Florida's political arena.The Republican state representative who...
View ArticlePhilip Humber pitches perfect game in Chicago White Sox's 4-0 win over...
Times wires Saturday, April 21, 2012 SEATTLE — Phil Humber had Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery before his career even started. He bounced around as he tried to make it in the majors. Now,...
View ArticleLargo man charged with animal cruelty in shooting, killing Little Egret
Times staff Saturday, April 21, 2012 LARGO — A 47-year-old man was charged with animal cruelty after he shot, maimed and then killed a little egret, according to police.Jere Martin Patterson Jr. told...
View ArticleB.J. Upton gets first hits, RBIs of season as Tampa Bay Rays beat Minnesota...
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 21, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — B.J. Upton doesn't like going to hospitals, even when it involves his own family. So when the Rays received word of a...
View ArticleTampa Bay Rowdies tie Atlanta 1-1
Times staff, wires Saturday, April 21, 2012 SOCCERROWDIES LOSE LEAD LATE, SETTLE FOR TIE IN NASLATLANTA — The Tampa Bay Rowdies settled for a 1-1 tie Saturday, allowing a goal to Atlanta in the final...
View ArticleAmid another tight budget year, Hillsborough will hire communications guru
By Bill Varian, Times Staff Writer Saturday, April 21, 2012 TAMPA — Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill says government doesn't always do a good job explaining what it does and telling...
View ArticleUPDATE: Bay area under tornado watch until 7 a.m.
By Patty Ryan, Times Staff Writer Sunday, April 22, 2012 TAMPA — The Tampa Bay area is under a tornado watch until 7 a.m. Sunday.Bay News 9 meteorologist Brian McClure reported pea-sized hail on the...
View ArticleCold front scoots into Tampa Bay area after storms, heavy rain
Times staff Sunday, April 22, 2012 Cool temperatures and clearer skies are headed to the Tampa Bay area after heavy rains drenched much of the region Saturday and early Sunday.A tornado watch for much...
View ArticleWoman on watercraft stranded by Tampa Bay tide is rescued
Times staff Sunday, April 22, 2012 GIBSONTON — A woman on a personal watercraft became stranded Saturday night on a spoil island near the mouth of the Alafia River in Tampa Bay.The Florida Fish and...
View ArticleSafety Harbor artists wins best of show at Mainsail Arts Festival
By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic Sunday, April 22, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — With its rain-or-shine policy, the Mainsail Arts Festival in the downtown waterfront's Vinoy Park was going on despite...
View ArticleSafety Harbor artist wins best of show at Mainsail Arts Festival
By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic Sunday, April 22, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — With its rain-or-shine policy, the Mainsail Arts Festival in the downtown waterfront's Vinoy Park was going on despite...
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