Tampa Bay: August 16, 2001
Hillsborough County news
Homicide squadon't lose position
Tampa homicide Detective Kevin Durkin has been moving all week to the police union office on Nebraska Avenue, his new home away from home since being elected president.
Deputies rain fire on gunman
As the man turns his shotgun toward each of the two deputies, they shoot him 14 times, killing him.
Boat carrying cocaine, crew of 10 seized
The case, in which nearly 9 tons of coke were found, is another in a series involving boats captured off the Pacific coast of South America.
Water usage stumps board
Growing Hillsborough will ask Swiftmud for guidance on stemming water consumption.
11th-graders again face FCAT
TAMPA -- About one in three of Hillsborough's 11th-graders must retake the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test this fall in order to graduate, according to the school district's director of assessment and evaluation.
