Ernest Hooper
From perceived slight to reality: a new chance
When the Tampa Organization of Black Affairs holds its annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast Jan. 21, the theme of the day will feature three words: redemption, rededication, recommitment.

Wounded officer still plans family vacation [Times photo: John Pendygraft] TAMPA -- As a robber held a gun to Luis Vasquez's head, all Vasquez could think of was his wife and two children sitting in the family's Ford just a few short feet away.

Hillsborough County news
Aisenberg case has no end in sight
Wrangling over legal fees and the release of surveillance tapes are but some of the issues still to be resolved.

Company to pay $690,000 to end Medicare scam case
TAMPA -- The owner of a St. Petersburg medical supplies company has agreed to pay $690,000 for scamming Medicare.

Hillsborough judge Bonanno quits as inquiry about to start
TAMPA -- Before the investigations began two years ago, three judges formed a powerful triumvirate at the Hillsborough County Courthouse.

• Judge was investigated repeatedly
  TAMPA -- Judge Robert Bonanno stunned friends when he ended his judicial career Thursday to stop an ethics inquiry that might have lasted for months.

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