Tampa Bay: August 17, 2000
Hillsborough County news
As fire wanes, chief pauses for new tattoo
TAMPA -- It was about 5:30 p.m. Friday, and the flames were taking their last licks at the historic, crumbling Blue Ribbon Supermarket in Ybor City.
Neighbors rescue 3 kids from fire
TEMPLE TERRACE -- Amelia Spruill couldn't afford to pay her power bill, nor could she afford a babysitter.
It's fade to black tonight for pair of dollar theaters
Poor sales force Carmike Cinemas, already hurting financially, to shut down the movie houses.
As fire wanes, chief pauses for new tattoo
It was about 5:30 p.m. Friday, and the flames were taking their last licks at the historic, crumbling Blue Ribbon Supermarket in Ybor City. Seventh Avenue near 15th Street was in a shambles. Firefighters were hot, strung out. Hundreds of onlookers behind police tape craned their necks to glimpse the fallen 80-year-old landmark.
Tampa developer charged with income tax evasion
TAMPA -- C. Hayward Chapman, a Tampa developer indicted in the Tampa Housing Authority scandal in May, has been charged with federal income tax evasion, according to court papers unsealed Wednesday.
Hunt renewed for site to lure FAMU
The old police station received low marks, so officials scramble to find another law school site.
Commission approves hospital deal
TAMPA -- Hoping to put their conflict with Tampa General Hospital behind them, Hillsborough county commissioners approved an agreement Wednesday that some called the beginning of "a new era."
'I was sick, I was perverted,' rapist admits
A sex offender who has finished his prison sentence is before a jury that will decide if he should be held for indefinite treatment.
