Tampa Bay: July 13, 2001
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Mourners find balm in rain, ritual
[Times photo: Ken Helle]
CITRUS PARK -- As Tampa police Lt. George McNamara waited Thusday for the tree-planting ceremony honoring slain Tampa police Officer Lois Marrero to begin, he felt the first few splashes of rain. |
Ernest Hooper
New digs, a stiff martini and a Chris Thomas fish story
Patrick Coppock, a 32-year-old biochemistry graduate student at the University of South Florida, was prepared to bite the bullet and settle for moderately priced accommodations.
Hillsborough County news
USF reassures faculty after settlement
University officials blame the state for the quick resolution of a lawsuit filed by a student who objected to a photograph she saw in an art class.
Man charged in TV staffer's death
TAMPA -- Tampa police late Thursday made an arrest in the slaying of Danielle Cipriani, a news director at WFLA-Ch. 8 who was killed in her Tampa condominium last weekend.
3rd remap plan pops up
County commissioners scrap two redistricting plans in favor of one that has never been advertised.
More parking needed for growing TIA
TAMPA -- Just three years ago, Tampa International Airport opened two new levels in its long-term parking garage.
Tampa rooming house resident killed in fire
Fire officials say John Jackson started the fire with a cigarette. He left the building initially but went back in.
Ybor patriarch Leto dies
TAMPA -- Sam D. Leto, one of the Italian patriarchs of Ybor City, died Thursday while in surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital to repair a heart valve. He was 76.
Judge must give up fishing retreat
An ethics panel says the administrative head of the county's criminal bench can't share a lease with the state attorney.
