May 21, 2000
Tampa Bay: May 21, 2000
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[Times photo: Jack Rowland]
As house cracks, insurer splits
Without the safety net of their insurance company, which contested their claim and didn't renew their policy, a couple fears their home will collapse and sink into the earth. |
North Pinellas County news
Father lives with luxury, $224,000 child support bill
As a Clearwater Beach man enjoys a waterfront home, his ex-wife and two daughters, one with kidney troubles, struggle to get by.
Owner holds cards in deal for gulf land
As the county and developers await word, only the McMullen family knows what will become of 120 undeveloped acres on the Pinellas coast.
1 spark could unleash inferno
All the elements -- dry brush, desertlike conditions -- are present to produce a fire in Pinellas like those that consumed buildings and acres elsewhere.
Sports
Shorecrest grad gets national baseball honor
A former two-sport standout at Shorecrest Prep has earned national recognition on the baseball team at Campbell University.
Letters
Commission should snuff out fireworks during drought
I read in the Times that Pasco County has banned fireworks at least through the Memorial Day weekend in view of the current drought. It is not clear whether Pinellas County has such a ban. If not, the Pinellas County Commission should institute such a ban at least through Memorial Day and possibly through July Fourth.
Tampa Bay headlines
Multiple factors fueled Ybor fire
Man gives graphic account of slaying
Hiss! Sprinkler spies watch and turn in their neighbors
Previous fires in Ybor helped shape building of Tampa area
The week in review
Man rampages in stolen Pepsi truck
Keeping cats inside holds those vicious birds at bay
Golfer free of blame in death on course
South Pinellas headlines
Gulfport leading boom on the beach
Appeals court restores youth curfew
CVS drugstore eyes Watson's Foodtown
Educator's contributions memorialized in display
Longtime preschool director retires
Residents complain about new ballpark
Teen club gives police fine line to walk
Central Avenue's changing cast
Lealman substation to handle fires, too
Police cite parents parked at school
Vive la difference is festival, school theme
Hillsborough headlines
Making a town into a city has its price
Hiss! Sprinkler spies watch and turn in their neighbors
Tampa man found shot to death
City copes with recent shootings
Another 40 single-family homes planned on Race Track Road
Referendum is needed on community center proposal
Girl impaled by fish nose struggles to regain voice
Leto makes strong showing in state track championships
High GPAs earn kudos for Gryphons softball
Prep notebook
18 new ambulances ease job of paramedics
Teary seniors bid goodbye to Wharton
Plan for homes galvanizes foes
Farewell to a shepherd
Accused pot growers plead guilty
The week in review
Youth theater making a move to the Old Lutz Schoolhouse
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