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February 20, 2002

Tampa Bay: February 20, 2002 Hillsborough County news
Shooter guilty of attempted murder
TAMPA -- For 17-year-old Ana Arrambide, life sounds like this: Click.

Officer facing drug charges enters guilty plea in deal
TAMPA -- A Tampa police officer has agreed to plead guilty to charges of retrieving 1,000 tablets of ecstasy from a car impounded after an arrest and returning the pills to the suspect.

Jury convicts man in robbery, murder case
A prosecutor said the man robbed his victim to feed a heroin habit and then killed him to eliminate the witness.

Subcontractor's minority status called into question
Hillsborough school officials learn that the company might be owned by a white man.

Board says new hotel must fit Ybor's style
TAMPA -- Jacksonville developers are planning a 136-room hotel on Ybor City's main street just inside the arched entrance to the historic district.

Ernest Hooper
Two charging moose, a dog race and Jon Gruden
Tampa veterinarian Jarrod Lazarus knew he was a fish out of water the minute he stepped off the airplane in Alaska on Feb. 1.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • LaBrake drops in to make a deal
  • Heavy-duty healing
  • Minority contracts in question
  • Council to take measure of how police perform
  • Company sues over air traffic instructions
  • TIA police chief to retire next week
  • School Board to revamp whistle-blower policy
  • Gibsonton crash kills 2

  • Howard Troxler
  • Cremation's legacy can be dignity and peace

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Miss Seminole's crown is already comfortable
  • 5 compete for city manager's job
  • Still a gathering spot, but different
  • Fire commissioners vote to reprimand chairwoman
  • Fired city manager seeks job at beach
  • Planner turns eye to Madiera Beach
  • Military news
  • Yeshitela sounds like a politician
  • Pilot's passion leads to his death
  • Relax. Relax. 10, 9, 8 . . . try to lose weight
  • Dr. Robert Meacham, Eckerd professor
  • For playground kids, it's a $90,000 party
  • Creating writers
  • Beaches notebook
  • Castoffs of theater have party potential
  • First black library proved popular
  • Macaroni Grill aims for debut in summer
  • Law enforcement dinner benefits youth scholarship
  • Question the candidates
  • Treasure Island women's team gets pleasant surprise
  • USA competitors off to festival in Gainesville
  • Mateer calls the shots for CGA victory
  • Armed trio arrested after bank robbery
  • Mystery letters sent to city halls
  • Library to pack, move by mid April
  • To recycle in Dunedin, pitch in $5
  • Man dies in fire in apartment; cat lives
  • Discord may play into campaign
  • Choir exalts in Italy trip
  • Group to fight items on ballot
  • Focus first on traffic -- not art
  • Thanks to Englebert for helping keep Jays

  • News of Florida
  • Feeney makes House a weapon
  • Graham decries Florida's direction in education, economy
  • Disabled voting bill clears panel
  • Doctor guilty in OxyContin case
  • Bill ties superintendent pay, pupil performance
  • Prosecutor delays decision on cases of 5 other guards
  • Judge won't unlock Al-Najjar's cell door
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