Without permit, nature trims tree
Homeowners fume that the city forester denied a request to remove a tree labeled a hazard.

Schools are free to cut grand oaks
TAMPA -- Outrage flowed last week when a South Tampa couple carved away two-thirds of a 200-year-old oak tree hours after the City Council blocked its removal.

61 warrants spell end of cocaine ring
Hillsborough's officers had worked with other agencies for a year to nab dealers in a $10-million drug business.

Court clerk has challenger
TAMPA -- A former internal auditor for Pinellas County has announced he is running against longtime HillsboroughClerk of the Circuit Court Richard Ake.

Golf club characterizes filing as reorganization
TAMPA -- When is a bankruptcy not a bankruptcy? When an exclusive golf club files for it, apparently.

Authorities want Carrollwood club closed for good
Elias Abusaid runs AV-02 without a permit. Authorities say teenagers drink and take drugs at the after-hours club.

School Board embraces plan for more nurses
The $2.5-million proposal adding nurses to schools will be carried out during the next several years.

Man who raped jogger sentenced
The judge gives him 20 years in prison and two years' house arrest for kidnapping and raping a woman in Carrollwood.

Thieves use truck to smash entries
Cigarettes and money are taken, police say, as thieves drove through the doors of two shops.

Gunmen take cash from hotel register
TAMPA -- Two armed men burst into the lobby of a Busch Boulevard hotel Tuesday night and robbed the desk cash register, police said.

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