Tampa Bay: May 30, 2001
Hillsborough County news
Neighbor charged in throat-slashing
TAMPA -- After neighbors discovered 59-year-old Rena Winnen unconscious and bleeding profusely from a 6-inch cut across her throat Monday morning, deputies arrived to question witnesses.
Woman sentenced in patient brokering
TAMPA -- The sister of the top official in a nationwide patient-brokering operation was sentenced to three years of probation in federal court Tuesday.
Suspect in slayings won't face death penalty
The double-murder case involving a Spanish suspect has stirred interest in Spain, where there is no death penalty.
Hillsborough's biggest class graduates at Sickles
More than 650 of the high school's first seniors, who experienced the growing pains of a new school, get diplomas.
Ernest Hooper
Bucs' director knows how to keep on plugging along
Cedric Saunders was battling a 103-degree fever, and his Sarasota High baseball team was battling a state power, Miami Westminster.