Thursday, August 24, 2017

Father of slain Middleton High student prays for justice following ... and other top stories.

  • Father of slain Middleton High student prays for justice following ...

    Father of slain Middleton High student prays for justice following ...
    TAMPA — Antwan Jenrette Jr. planned to make banana pudding for his dad on Father's Day. The senior Antwan Jenrette was looking forward to seeing his eldest son, whom he called "Lil Twan." Instead, the father learned his son was shot and killed in the Jackson Heights neighborhood late Friday. The 18-year-old was down the street from his mother's home, the father said. "I don't understand why someone would take his life like that," he said. On Saturday, the Jenrettes were still waiting on informat..
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  • Your Lightning guide to NHL expansion draft and offseason

    Your Lightning guide to NHL expansion draft and offseason
    TAMPA —The Lightning made a splash with Thursday's Jonathan Drouin blockbuster trade, addressing its biggest long-term need by acquiring potential top-pairing defenseman Mikhail Sergachev from the Canadiens. This move was as much about the future as the present. There's no guarantee that Sergachev, 18, starts next season in Tampa Bay, but he has the potential to set up the franchise for years to come as a very valuable, coveted piece (at a salary cap-friendly price). And GM Steve Yzerman doesn't..
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  • Trevor Plouffe Traded to Tampa Bay Rays for Cash

    Trevor Plouffe Traded to Tampa Bay Rays for Cash
    The Oakland Athletics traded third baseman Trevor Plouffe—whom they had designated for assignment Thursday—and cash to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash.The A's announced the deal on Twitter.Though details of the deal weren't immediately made public, the money heading to Tampa Bay is likely meant to help the organization cover the remaining portion of Plouffe's $5.3 million salary for 2017. He'll become a free agent after the season.The 31-year-old..
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  • Preview: Chris Archer tries to help Rays regroup against Tigers

    Preview: Chris Archer tries to help Rays regroup against Tigers
    TV: FOX Sports 1 TIME: 4 p.m. ET DETROIT — The loss of Victor Martinez will take Detroit’s cleanup hitter out of the lineup for at least the next 10 days. It will also give Tigers’ manager Brad Ausmus an opportunity to get creative with his designated hitter Saturday in the third game of a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays. Watch the Tampa Bay Rays on FOX Sports Sun Martinez felt cold sweats and a racing heartbeat Thursday night, was taken out for a pinch-runner after reaching on..
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  • Tampa Bay Lightning expansion draft protection list: Who should be ...

    Tampa Bay Lightning expansion draft protection list: Who should be ...
    Use your ← → (arrows) to browseWith the NHL Expansion Draft coming within the next week, Tampa Bay Lightning fans are wondering who the Bolts will protect from the Las Vegas Golden Knights and who will be left exposed.Like every other team in the league, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have to decide who they want to protect in June 21’s NHL Expansion Draft, when the incoming Las Vegas Golden Knights will raid the cupboards of the league’s current 30 franchises. Each of those teams have to choose w..
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  • Storm winning streak ends at six

    Storm winning streak ends at six
    PHILADELPHIA — The Storm saw its six-game winning streak end with a thud, losing 62-41 to defending Arena League champion Philadelphia on Saturday. The Soul (9-0) has won 13 straight overall and likely has locked up the No. 1 seed for the playoffs in August. Tampa Bay (7-2) is in good stead for the No. 2 seed and a home playoff game, but it has a way to go to compete with Philadelphia, based on Saturday's showing. Tampa Bay was stopped five times on offense. It turned the ball over on a fumbl..
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  • 'Cat Hero' rescues kitten from Hillsborough River

    'Cat Hero' rescues kitten from Hillsborough River
    TAMPA (FOX 13) - A very scared, but very lucky kitten was saved after falling into the water at Tampa Riverwalk Saturday.Tampa police officers tried to coax the orange tabby from the Kennedy Boulevard bridge over the Hillsborough River, but it backed up and fell over the side, right into the path of his rescuer.Josh Page, of St. Petersburg, was with his family on the Riverwalk when he saw people gathered, watching the rescue. He pulled out his phone and began recording.His video shows the cat..
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  • MLB Draft 2017: Tampa Bay Rays draft tracker and signing board

    MLB Draft 2017: Tampa Bay Rays draft tracker and signing board
    For a player's position, I just used what was on the MLB.com draft tracker and am not making any value judgments on whether a player can actually stick at that ...
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  • 7-Eleven clerk questions customer's immigration status

    7-Eleven clerk questions customer's immigration status
    TAMPA (FOX 13) - Cell phone video shows a clerk at a Town 'n' Country 7-Eleven screaming at a customer and asking about the man's immigration status while the customer tried to buy a pack of cigarettes. The customer's lawyer, Jorge Lorenzo, tells FOX 13 his client Yasmany Rodriguez Hernandez used the Spanish word for 'green' to ask the clerk for a specific pack of cigarettes. That's when Lorenzo says the clerk demanded Hernandez speak English.   The clerk is heard saying, "Are you here leg..
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  • Wrong way driver injured after hitting fuel tanker on I-75 SB near ...

    Wrong way driver injured after hitting fuel tanker on I-75 SB near ...
    GIBSONTON, Fla. - Florida state troopers say a wrong way driver was injured early Saturday when he hit a fuel tanker on Interstate 75 south of Gibsonton Drive.Rogelio Ramirez, 29, of Lakeland was taken to Tampa General Hospital with serious injuries, a Florida Highway Patrol report said. Shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, a 2015 Hyundai Accent was seen driving northbound ..
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Discarded cigarette caused 3-alarm fire at Tampa apartment complex .Ford adds Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to cars using over-the-air updates .
Ryan Fitzpatrick lands with Tampa Bay Buccaneers .Victim's family on Arkansas execution: 'Ready for it to be done' .

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