Tampa Bay: March 26, 2002
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Chief: Police need computers
[Times photo: Douglas R. Clifford]
Commissioners agree that computers in cruisers would increase efficiency, but the city might have to raise taxes. |
North Pinellas County news
Helicopters to drop rabies vaccine for raccoons
The animals are the most common carriers of rabies in the state, and three raccoons were found infected last year.
Pinellas digest
Workshop to focus on irrigation techniques
FEMA questions county enforcement of flood laws
The move could hurt insurance rates, but the county has said it will work with regulators on issues.
Traffic lights could help avoid future tragedies
Re: Causeway collision was not accident, letter by David Giese, March 21.
Lincicome shoots for another crown
A Seminole player has some momentum for a successful defense of a major American Junior Golf Association title.
Achievers
Andrew Putnam Lawrence, a senior at Dunedin High School, was awarded the DAR Good Citizens Award by the Caladesi Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
11 Pinellas County teachers win Cable in the Classroom mini-grants
Time Warner Communications and the Pinellas County Education Foundation recently announced the 2002 Cable in the Classroom recipients.
Buzzed about bots
A Lakewood High team devotes hundreds of hours to constructing and competing with a 130-pound robot.
