Tampa Bay: January 5, 2002
Hillsborough County news
Embattled former judge to run for mayor
With a name that often recalls controversies, F. Dennis Alvarez says he'd be a consensus builder.
Officer accidentally shoots his leg
Tampa police officer accidentally shot himself in the leg Friday afternoon while looking for a man wanted in a carjacking and the shooting of a University of South Florida student.
Hard landing damages police copter
TAMPA -- A Tampa police helicopter was heavily damaged Friday during a training exercise that simulated an in-flight engine failure.
Bohemian's music lives; ace counter tallies birds
In the Ybor City of the early '90s, if you perused a copy of the Anarchist's Cookbook in a book shop, cheered your favorite tortured soul at a poetry slam, or listened to a pair of brainy songbirds with accordions sing naughty references about Greg and Mrs. Brady, you could thank Cindy Wheeler.
Sandra Thompson
Warmth scarce in the last resort
Late last year I had the occasion to enter the psychiatric ward of a Tampa hospital.
