April 19, 2000
Tampa Bay: April 19, 2000
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Hillsborough County news
Radium taints life in Round Lake
Radioactivity in the lake's freshwater mussels, above, may be high because the lake depends on water pumped from the Floridan Aquifer. Traces of radium are found in lakes throughout Florida.
Officials trying to track water pollutant
TAMPA -- County environmental regulators are visiting locations in Hillsborough contaminated with high levels of the gasoline additive MTBE, and plan to map out a strategy with state officials to track the substance as it pollutes water wells.
Investigators looking for answers in murder-suicide case
TAMPA -- Officials Tuesday identified the man who fatally shot his wife and then himself Monday in a busy supermarket parking lot as 49-year-old Michael Simon.
Woman faces check-kiting charges in 3 counties
TAMPA -- A 41-year-old woman on probation for fraud and forgery was arrested again Tuesday and charged with 13 felonies and one misdemeanor. Officials said she used a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office account number on fake checks to steal more than $3,500 incash and personal items.
Distrust surrounds vote on TGH lien law
State legislators keep alive a bill to take millions from the county's reserve fund, just in case the county doesn't act.
Tampa Bay headlines
Is there no limit to interference in local rules?
Even in death, dog catches thief
Man died in jail for lack of his medication
Death in Britain brings visit to Tampa
Church wants leader shielded
Judge bars lawyer from asking jurors about racism
Judge sets hearing on charter school effects
Pinellas headlines
USF moves to keep branch in the fold
Man suspected of repair scam
All residents can again read city's business
Vote may revive building at gardens
Mrs. Black enlightens tots gently and wholly
Ceremonies welcome Laotian New Year
City life? Not with all these critters
Eye doctor wants to see things his way
From awful to artful
League's annual sale won't continue
Fine arts show winners
Elementary schools to hold new-student and pre-k registrations
Former resident in Easter TV service
Mirror Lake Lyceum opens as venue for big and small parties
Attorneys head into schools to help teens
Lone black family in city for 20 years was respected
Ombudsman Council to meet
Two forces, a common enemy -- and a turf war
Local Super Seniors men win berth in state tourney
Stalin, Bill Gates and Aphrodite rub elbows
John Cannon: a big ambassador for triathlon
Double points put Mongold on move to victory
City officials agree: no tax rate increase
Survivor of pool accident still critical
City okays agreement outlining annexation
Baby flown to hospital after fall into water
Accord shifts control to UCH
Tarpon Springs razes troubled store
Couple's new shop puts focus on nature
Ex-convicts get new chance at rights
Issue should be saving lives and homes, not turf
Want kid-free dining? Stay home
Florida headlines
Donations slow for Connerly's campaign
Dissent is far-flung for emissions plan
Leaping houndfish stabs teen in neck
Bill to ban floating casinos may wait
Manatee activists seek marina ban
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