January 6, 2001
Tampa Bay: January 6, 2001
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Project will fluff up beaches
[Times photo: Jim Damaske]
Officials plan to spend $2-million to sift out rocks from sand along renourished beaches in Pinellas. |
North Pinellas County news
Attorney says staff meetings are closed
City Commissioner Ed Hart says he has the right to attend internal city staff meetings to form opinions. Other officials don't agree.
Greek Orthodox archbishop met with reverence
Orthodox Greeks greet their spiritual leader with flowers and kisses as he arrives for today's Epiphany ceremony, the largest of its kind in this hemisphere.
Woman killed after vehicle hits tree along Central Avenue
ST. PETERSBURG -- A 40-year-old Palm Harbor woman was killed Thursday night when her sport utility vehicle hit a tree alongside Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, police said.
Stauffer exhausts project official
John Blanchard has left the EPA and the controversial Superfund site. An official says he is "burned-out."
Bill puts board districts to a vote
A senate bill would let voters decide on single-member districts for the School Board.
Huge crowd expected for Epiphany
The events in Tarpon Springs may draw as many as 30,000, organizers say.
Social Security fraud earns prison term
A 72-year-old man's mother died more than 20 years ago, but he collected $175,459 in benefits checks meant for her.
Woman guilty of shoplifting
LARGO -- Jennifer Robinson said she was molested and sexually assaulted as a child. Today she is a 32-year-old who blames that abuse for leading her down a "self-defeating" path.
Man's views change radically
A man once part of Operation Rescue became an FBI informant and now calls himself a humanist.
Religion briefly
BOAR'S HEAD AND YULE LOG FESTIVAL: An Epiphany pageant and feast called the Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival will start at 4 p.m. Sunday at Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 701 Orange Ave., Clearwater. This is a renaissance celebration of the Epiphany featuring music and pageantry by the Clearwater Choral Scholars, parish choirs, the handbell choir, brass ensemble and recorder ensemble. At 5:30 p.m., the "Yuletide Feaste" will be served by the church youth. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 3-10 (children under 3 are free). Call (727) 447-3469.
Subdivision may cost stand of 50 oaks
The plan to build on a 4-acre plot upsets some neighbors, who don't want the trees removed to make room for a road.
Tampa Bay headlines
Defenses told evidence may be tainted
It's perfect muck fire weather
Politics not invited to party, judge says
Sponsors, lineup for Superfest still up in the air
Tampa Bay briefs
Con artist sentenced for payroll scam
2 more charged in court purchasing scheme
Report may spur rivals of Alvarez
South Pinellas headlines
Police arrest rape suspect after tips from public
DNA data base zeros in on suspect in rape case
Man's views change radically
City official says he urged leniency
Hillsborough headlines
Man is fined over election contribution
Sierra Club adds to Tampa lawsuit
Man accused of stabbing ex-girlfriend
A closer look: One Hillsborough church
News of Florida
Board favors locally led growth
Confusion in tower and cockpit led to crash
Mixson eyed as Cabinet fill-in
College system leader resigns
Report finds prison monitor too lax
Around the state
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