Tampa Bay: November 17, 2001
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Off to see the wizard
[Times photo: Toni L. Sandys]
Many devoted kids blew off school -- with permission -- Friday to see Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and most found tickets. It was all ... well, magical. |
Sandra Thompson
Home for the holidays isn't as it used to be
It's getting to be that time again, when hearth and home are prominent in our minds, and the place we live takes on an importance unparalleled the rest of the year. It's even more important this year, the first holiday season we've had a director of homeland security. Whether it's Seattle or Tampa, people want to stay close to home.
Hillsborough County news
Their SATs are MIA in mail scare
More than 200 students from Plant High and Brandon High may have to retake the college entrance exam.
Hunter describes how son was shot
TAMPA -- At first, Don Spirit wasn't going to bring his youngest son, Kyle, on the hunting trip. But Kyle complained that his older brother always got to do the fun stuff.
Shopper's lawsuit claims false arrest, racial profiling
TAMPA -- Police Chief Bennie Holder banned his officers from working off-duty security jobs at Dillard's department stores in 1999 after a black shopper claimed she was falsely arrested in a case of racial profiling.
11 sex offenders improperly held, state court says
TAMPA -- Eleven sex offenders from Hillsborough County, including a man dubbed the Hyde Park Rapist, are being improperly detained under the state's Jimmy Ryce Act, an appeals court ruled Friday.
A closer look: One Hillsborough church
First Presbyterian Church of Tampa
