Tampa Bay: August 9, 2001
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Anclote boaters get speed warning

[Times photo: Krystal Kinnunen]
TARPON SPRINGS -- Boaters who have grown accustomed to speeding between the southern shore of the Anclote River and a string of spoil islands should slow down, city officials voted Tuesday. |
North Pinellas County news
Walls will fall during gallery's expansion
Syd Entel Galleries and Susan Benjamin Glass are in the same building. Soon they will be connected.
Wildlife corridor plan might have new ally
Starkey family representatives say they would forgo development on their portion of the area if the price is right.
Police: Mom drove drunk to school
A Largo woman is in jail and her child in protective custody after she allegedly drove drunk to register the 6-year-old for classes.
County touts traffic plan to city panels
You are driving across Pinellas County and the lights turn green before you, as if they know you're coming.
On cue, 'gunman' hits school
A young man poses as a gunman at Largo High so police officers and firefighters can learn how to control campus crises.
Pinellas digest
Smoke detectors alert man to house fire
Kung fu champion, 15, to defend title
He began training at age 7 and was a black belt four years later. Now the second-degree black belt must defy a back injury.
Hospital's health improving, official says
Thanks to a partnership with a Tampa-based group, Helen Ellis hospital has stopped the losses that plagued it a year ago.
Cocaine dealer sentenced to 3 years
Help from the "wannabe godfather" led to the arrests of other dealers, a prosecutor says.
Bus route to serve cultural park area
Riders now have access to Heritage Village and other attractions at Pinewood Cultural Park.
Scholarship fund to honor longtime housing director
Friends of Deborah Vincent, the longtime leader of the Clearwater Public Housing Authority, have set up a scholarship fund to help students who live in public housing.
Despite pot find, case dropped
A judge threw out most of the evidence after faulting the search warrant. The two suspects had faced more than 30 years in prison.
McMullen renovation captures attention
Good things come in threes. Just ask Clearwater's McMullen Tennis Complex.