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August 5, 2000
Tampa Bay: August 5, 2000
Sandra Thompson
It's not the heat, it's the morbidity
Summer. It's still here. It will still be here in a month. Unless we're really lucky it will still be here in two months. Back-to-school ads have been running for weeks, and school starts next week, but don't let that fool you. It's still four weeks and a couple of days till the official end of summer in places other than here, Labor Day and another month after that.
Hillsborough County news
Driver accused of DUI in death
A woman driving home from work is killed in a head-on collision. Police say the other driver's license had been suspended 13 times, four of them for DUI.
Crisis Center's executive director resigns
The director led the center for almost 23 years and will be paid through Sept. 30.
Teachers drilled in school spirit
Hillsborough teachers rally before thousands of students arrive Wednesday.
Raid yields a variety of stolen items
Detectives in Hillsborough and Polk counties broke up a thriving business in stolen property Thursday night when they raided an address in rural Dover.
Tampa Bay headlines
Tailgate tribe mourns a lost party tradition
Preachers' dispute rends revival
Judge nagged by worries about his safety
Fugitive built prosperous shell
Sheriff: Allegation is a surprise
It's not the heat, it's the morbidity
Suit against Scientology moved to Pinellas County
Tampa Bay briefs
Pinellas headlines
Girl dies in pool accident
Estranged wife is held hostage for hours, police say
Christian Science churches merge
Russian Orthodox church to continue English liturgy
Timothy McDowell, loan official
Unions help fill coffer of candidate
Russians get sample of life in Clearwater
Sheriff asks staff to share medical files
Bar patron stabbed during fracas
Charitable teens donate summer
Neighbors start petition to block dock
Son's death brings offer of reward
Oldsmar accepts BMX track grant
Grocery boss takes stock of new life
Bar patron stabbed during fracas, police say
News of Florida
With friends like these . . .
Report: Law school rife with ribaldry
Doctors urge block of coming drug law
Audit blasts Florida Housing
Election could see unlimited spending
Board limits office surgery
Drug arrests plentiful in sweep

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