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Winning Powerball ticket sold in Pasco
TAMPA - UPDATE: The single winning ticket in Saturday night's Powerball drawing worth an estimated $590 million was sold at a Zephyrhills Publix. The store is located on Gall Boulevard in Pasco County. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of ...
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Coast Guard rescues 13 people from sinking boat
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 13 people whose boat sank Saturday morning off Sand Key Beach in Clearwater. The 20-foot boat began taking on water about 11:30 a.m. with a family on board, officials said. The sinking happened close to the Coast Guard station at Sand Key, making for a quick rescue. All of the boaters were taken safely to shore with the assistance of the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...
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Tampas Pet-A-Palooza a hit with dogs and owners
TAMPA -- Sure, the skateboarding shelties and long-jumping dogs wowed the crowd. And yes, the water-skiing squirrel elicited oohs and ahhs. But, for many at Pet-A-Palooza, there was a much cooler attraction waiting. As temperatures climbed into the 80s outside Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, dogs of all shapes and sizes flocked to the plastic kiddie pools scattered across the ...
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After six years in drug court finally a graduation
Antonio Clark, 24, holds his mug shot as Judge Dee Anna Farnell positions him next to Amy Robillon, 30, at drug court graduation Thursday at the Criminal Justice Center in ...
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Pier businesses are here today gone June 1
ST. PETERSBURG Say goodbye to the Global Candle Gallery, with its signature wax spheres. Say goodbye to the Crystal Mirage's glittering jewelry and paperweights. Say goodbye to Cha Cha Coconuts and about 20 other Pier businesses that have no plans to open a St. Petersburg location after they close up shop May 31. While several stores have other locations at John's Pass, Clearwater or ...
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Bill Gower 75 dies while snorkeling in the Caymans
Their honeymoon 26 years ago in Cayman Brac had seemed the best possible beginning to their marriage. Bill and Allene Gower explored the caves on the 12-mile strip of land in the Caribbean and climbed the craggy bluff rising 140 feet from its blue waters. A native everyone called Capt. Shelby took them ...
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Review Just like a Green Day song American Idiot the musical is taut profane and full of heart
TAMPA -- If you look beyond the onstage sex and bongwater guzzling and guttural profanity and heroin needles, American Idiot the musical is a sweet time at the theater. No, really, it is -- but come to think of it, you might want to look beyond the robust tighty-whitie flaunting, too. Taut, angsty and filled with throbbing heart, on Friday the show based on Green Day's 2004 Grammy-winning ...
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Tampa historian Leland Hawes dies at 83
TAMPA -- The love affair between Leland Hawes and newspapers began in the 1930s, with an old L.C. Smith typewriter in his father's office in their Thonotosassa home. Mr. Hawes, then a boy of 8 or 9, was fascinated by the typewriter, he told an interviewer later. His father, who worked in the citrus business, had an idea -- the boy could put out a newspaper in their rural community. That ...
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Cutoff date in immigration bill would leave many in shadows
U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel walk along a section of the recently constructed fence at the U.S.-Mexico border on Feb. 26 in Nogales, Ariz. A wide-ranging immigration bill being debated in the Senate provides a pathway to citizenship for some 11 million undocumented immigrants but excludes people who arrived in the United States illegally after Dec. 31, 2011. ...
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Orioles give up six runs in top of ninth inning in 10-6 loss to Tampa Bay Rays
Orioles have to buck this recent trend of short, uneven starts from their rotation. Eventually that catches up with a club, even one with a great bullpen and a lineup that can hammer opponents. Case in point: Saturday's 10-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays that extended the Orioles' losing streak to a season-worst four games. The Orioles (23-19) bashed Rays starter Roberto Hernandez and ...
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MLB Tampa Bay 10 Baltimore 6
Luke Scott drew a bases-loaded walk to cap the rally, which enabled the Rays to clinch their three-game series. Joyce also homered, finishing 3-for-5 with five RBI in the victory. Alex Torres (1-0) earned the decision with four innings of scoreless ...
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Joyce Rays rally past Orioles in 9th for 10-6 win
Matt Joyce hit a go-ahead two-run double in a six-run ninth-inning rally, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-6 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, ending Baltimore's franchise-record streak of 109 straight wins when leading after seven ...
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Canadian Press NewsAlert Oxbow wins the Preakness Stakes
Lisa Scotti, of Baltimore, reads hhere program before the sixth race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Baltimore. The 138th Preakness Stakes horse race takes place Saturday. (AP Photo/Mike ...
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Gibsonton woman dead after I-75 crash Saturday
A Gibsonton woman died Saturday morning after a crash on Interstate 75 near Gibsonton Drive, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The woman, who has not been identified, was traveling north in the center lane of I-75 north of Gibsonton Drive at about 10:45 a.m. when she tried to change to the inside lane, FHP said. Her Toyota Tacoma collided with the side of a Lexus driven by Candelaria M. ...
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16-year-old boy shot in Bradenton
According to Manatee County Sheriff's spokesperson Dave Bristow, the boy was found at a fire station in the 1800 block of 30th Ave East in Bradenton, after being wounded in the area of the1800 block of 28th Ave East around 7:45 ...
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Bicyclist in Dade City seriously injured after being struck by SUV authorities say
A woman was seriously injured Friday evening after her bicycle was struck by an SUV in Pasco County, authorities said. Robert Henson, 41, of Dade City, was driving a Ford Expedition north on County Road 41 toward Conley Street around 8:45 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Colleen D. Valcourt, 52, of Summerfield, was pedaling north on the east shoulder when the Ford struck the back ...
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Celebrity Waiter Night for Bucs
Shelton Quarles, scout for the Tampa Bay Bucs and former All-Pro linebacker, hosted a Celebrity Waiter Night to benefit his IMPACT Foundation, on Friday. The event featured a number of current and former Buccaneers. Shelton said his position as a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs offers him a unique opportunity to help those in need. The foundation provides resources and opportunities to at-risk ...
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Ireland Nugent meets Winter the dolphin
Ireland Nugent, the little girl who lost part of her legs in a lawn mower accident, met a new friend today: Winter the dolphin. Ireland initially cried at the sight of Winter, Bay News 9 reported, saying that "after a couple of sprays with a squirt gun, and with her parents' encouragement, she reached out and touched Winter, looked up at her family and friends and smiled." ...
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Tampa police investigating mans death
TAMPA — Police are investigating the death of a man discovered on N 30th Street Friday night.The man, who is possibly in his 30s, has not been identified. Detectives are trying to determine the cause of his death, Tampa police said. His body was found in the 4800 block of N 30th ...
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Trinity man dies week after surviving two days in car with no water
Justyn Ambrozia -- the 90-year-old Trinity man who survived for two days in a car after breaking his hip and wrist -- died Thursday due to complications from the trauma. "His heart gave out," said his son, Justin. "They couldn't revive him." On April 30, Ambrozia drove from his home to a nearby Publix. He was walking around a corner in the store when he slipped and ...
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Years Later Sarasota Murders Tied to In Cold Blood Case
The graves of Cliff and Christine Walker and their small children, Jimmie and Debbie, are at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Arcadia. DNA tests results in the unsolved case may soon show a link to the two Kansas killers made notorious by the book In Cold Blood. (CHERIE DIEZ | Tampa Bay ...
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Fluoridation of Brooksvilles water on tap for Tuesday workshop
BROOKSVILLE -- Call it fluoridation debate, redux. The long-standing question of whether Brooksville should return to the practice of adding the tooth decay-fighting chemical to its water supply will return front and center before the City Council during a workshop at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The issue, which has strong advocates on both sides, last came up in March, when council member Frankie Burnett ...
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New owners of St. Petersburg ALF have imperfect record
ST. PETERSBURG -- The new owners of the Palazzo Di Oro, an assisted living facility that closed suddenly two years ago amid financial turmoil, may have problems of their own. In recent years, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has found dozens of deficiencies at facilities operated by Senior Management Advisors of Clearwater and fined them thousands of dollars. The state agency ...
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Theatrics at St. Pete council meeting delegation talks of rejecting Medicaid expansion
Only in St. Petersburg Theatrics are common when controversial votes go before the City Council. And Thursday was no different. Council members and the public heard one resident quote Shakespeare and the late U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy while pointing his finger at officials. Then Frankenstein ...
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Rays hold on to beat Os 12-10
BALTIMORE (AP) - Kelly Johnson hit a three-run homer and an RBI single, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 12-10 victory over the slumping Baltimore Orioles on Friday ...
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The Pier in danger after decades of memories and pictures
Advocates for The Pier want it to be renovated and restored in its current form, kept as the tourist attraction it is, while city officials feel it would be more economical and feasible to tear it down and replace it with a new structure. The advocates for The Pier want us to decide.
The Pier, as it is called by St Petersburg residents, or the St Petersburg Pier, as it is known nationally and even internationally, is one of the major landmarks of the city and a seminal tourist attraction and has been visited by tens of millions of people during the course of its existence, but it may soon be demolished and replaced, which has courted the anger of many residents. Read more
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