The Seminole School Board will have back-to-back meetings Tuesday and Wednesday as it continues to sort through plans for rezoning 28 of the county's 36 elementary schools. The board today will ...
Seminole school rezoning talks continue
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Warren Sapp Awaits Buccaneer Company in the Hall of Fame
Now that the former Tampa Bay great has joined Lee Roy Selmon in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will any of his teammates follow suit next year? An early look at the likely ...
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Amtrak train hits pedestrian in Seminole County
SEMINOLE COUNTY -- An Amtrak train hit and killed a pedestrian Monday afternoon in Lake Mary. The crash happened at Old Lake Mary Road at Pedigo Point, south of State Road 417 around 3 p.m. The ...
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor prepares bill to combat tax fraud
TAMPA — U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor's first bill for the 113th Congress is aimed at tax fraud.Announcing her plans alongside Tampa police and identity fraud investigators Monday, the ...
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Longtime USF VP resigns after investigation
TAMPA — A longtime University of South Florida vice-president for communications has resigned in the wake of allegations that he created a "hostile and offensive working atmosphere" ...
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Hernando middle school teacher charged with DUI for second time
BROOKSVILLE — Five years ago, after Jesse Mockler pleaded guilty in a DUI case, the Hernando County teacher said he planned to talk to his students about his mistake. Mockler may now have ...
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Mom charged with murdering infant
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. - A Citrus County mother is accused of murdering her 6-month-old son. Authorities say Brittany Nichole Arnett shook the baby and hit his face on the tray of his ...
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St. Petersburg files lawsuit against former operator at Albert Whitted Airport
ST. PETERSBURG— The battle between the city and the former operator of the Albert Whitted Airport is now in court. City lawyers recently filed a lawsuit against locally-based Bay Air Flying ...
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People of Timbuktu save manuscripts from invaders
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) -- For eight days after the Islamists set fire to one of the world's most precious collections of ancient manuscripts, the alarm inside the building housing the repository ...
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State report faults Citizens Insurance for wasteful ways
TALLAHASSEE — State regulators have knocked Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for unnecessary travel costs, failing to negotiate on multimillion-dollar vendor contracts and spending more than ...
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Tampa accountant sentenced in campaign fraud case
Timothy Hohl, a Tampa accountant, has been sentenced in federal court in Jacksonville to a year's probation and fined $15,000 for making illegal contributions to U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan's ...
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Special Forces walking to MacDill to honor fallen comrades
A group of special forces personnel left Hurlburt Field in Florida's Panhandle on Sunday for a 450-mile walk scheduled to end Friday at MacDill Air Force Base, honoring five comrades killed in ...
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Brooksville trainer was key to Super Bowl Clydesdale commercial
As Super Bowl commercials go, this one was nearly perfect. A 60-second story of the relationship between a Budweiser Clydesdale, and the trainer who raised him.It was beautifully filmed, and ...
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USF local colleges cooperate to award more associate degrees
TAMPA — You're filling out a job application. You don't have a bachelor's degree. You don't have an associate degree. But you do have credits at different schools, and that ...
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8-year-old dies crossing Busch Blvd.
TAMPA - Grief counselors were on hand at Sulphur Springs Elementary, helping kids cope with a classmate's death, after 8 year-old Jayla Shubber was hit trying to cross Busch Boulevard on ...
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MJ vs Bubba takes another turn
TAMPA - The Todd 'MJ' Schnitt civil defamation case against Bubba the Love Sponge Clem may have ended with Bubba being cleared of all liability last week, but it isn't over. Monday, at ...
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E-mails show Senate and GOP plotted in secret to redraw districts
TALLAHASSEE — Florida legislative leaders appear to have authorized staff members to use private email accounts and had "brainstorming meetings" with Republican Party consultants to ...
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Polk announces initiative to trim waist
Lakeland-Winter Haven was named the 7th most obese area in the country. Polk County's obesity rate is also among the highest in Florida at ...
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In wake of Sandy Hook Pinellas teachers signing up for concealed-carry training
CLEARWATER — A fourth-grade teacher at Leila G. Davis Elementary School in Clearwater, Despina Garos did not always wish to include a hidden handgun on her list of classroom supplies.But the ...
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Gov. Rick Scotts elections adviser urges voting reforms
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott's elections adviser urged legislators on Monday to return to 14 days of early voting in Florida and to add locations to avoid repeating the chaos that plagued ...
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