Tampa Bay: January 17, 2002
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White light reveals red-light runners

[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
White lights at U.S. 19 and Gulf-to-Bay are helping officers catch red light runners, as many motorists found out Wednesday. |
North Pinellas County news
Pinellas digest
Bayhead halts recycling; other sites still available
Widow to sue utility in husband's death
Jena Miller wants to know why it took Florida Power 37 minutes to get to an accident scene and shut off power as her husband was dying.
Neighbor charged in woman's murder
Fingerprints and DNA samples lead to the arrest of a suspect in the stabbing death of a Clearwater woman in October.
Spirits rise as houses tumble
The owner of the dilapidated houses in North Greenwood faces liens for demolition.
Hospital staunches drain of finances
Helen Ellis lost about $3-million last year, compared with $7-million the year before, says the president of affiliate University Community Hospital.
Largo needs more forums to counter voter apathy
Largo Mayor Bob Jackson is frustrated that there is a lot of talking about perennial voter apathy in his city but not much action. Specifically, he wants to see more forums in which candidates for the City Commission can speak and be questioned by the public; and he'd like at least one of them to be televised. But neither his fellow city commissioners nor community groups have jumped on the bandwagon.
1 brother lost, 1 spared, both loved
Re: Clearwater High senior killed, and Student dies in Clearwater crash, stories, Jan. 12, and Support flows for dead teen's family, friends, story, Jan. 15.