TAMPA — Fletcher Avenue has reopened near Lake Magdalene Boulevard after the son of a Tampa police officer died in a traffic accident tonight while driving his motorcycle on Fletcher Avenue.
A Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office report said Christopher Sacca, 18, ran into the back of a Lincoln Town Car that was making a U-turn on Fletcher […]

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A Michigan couple were arrested in Pinellas County in connection with a carjacking that took place in their home town earlier this week, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
On-Star GPS tracked the stolen rental vehicle to Pinellas County, where deputies arrested Dennis L. Holbrook, 35, and girlfriend Jennifer Skoda, 19, near 49th Street and […]

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The Clearwater Fire Department put out a small fire at a home at 1983 Nursery Road around 7 p.m. The fire started outside and spread to the house, said district Chief Danny Jones.
The home was occupied at the time, but no one was injured and the damage was not significant, Jones said.
The cause is […]

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Cesare Santos must have missed the memo on the requisite suspense for the unveiling of his poster for this year’s Miami International Film Festival. Instead he walked to the podium, with the assembled dignitaries, and – oblivious of the announced countdown – calmly pulled the black curtain off his piece. It was a welcome moment […]

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OCALA — Jury deliberations in the tax evasion trial of actor Wesley Snipes ended early today when jurors signaled a road block when they sent a note to the judge.
"Further clarify the definition of ‘conspiracy’ as contained in our instructions," Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges said the note read.
Instead of calling attorneys into […]

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The district proposed a new system that it hopes will maintain racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity in its schools without running afoul of the law.

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