Saturday, August 26, 2017

Things To Do This Weekend: Tampa and other top stories.

  • Things To Do This Weekend: Tampa

    Things To Do This Weekend: Tampa
    Hold onto your hat, there are tons of events and activities going on in Tampa this weekend for everyone to enjoy. Free Movie: Enjoy a FREE Movie on the Green in Curtis Hixon Park Friday and Saturday night. An inflatable screen will be set up to show Iron Giant at 8:30 p.m. at the park. It is free to the public, but remember to bring a blanket or chairs to sit on. There will also be concessions available for purchase. The movie event will run from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at 110 W. Gasparilla Plaza, ..
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  • Man, 35, Dies After Shooting At Tampa Intersection

    Man, 35, Dies After Shooting At Tampa Intersection
    TAMPA, FL — The Tampa Police Department is investigating a Thursday afternoon shooting that left a 35-year-old man dead.According to the agency, officers were called out to the intersection of 93rd Avenue and Ninth Street around 2:38 p.m. July 20 on a report of shots fired. When they arrived, they found Antwan Dixon suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Dixon, an email from the police department said, was on the ground by a vehicle.Police say their preliminary investigation showed that Dixon w..
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  • 7 Cheap Things To Do In Tampa Bay This Weekend

    7 Cheap Things To Do In Tampa Bay This Weekend
    TAMPA, FL — Finding new and interesting things to do over the weekend can be tough. Finding things to do on a budget can be even tougher. Fortunately, Patch has you covered! Here’s a roundup of ideas from across Tampa Bay of free or cheap activities you might want to check out the weekend of July 21-23: Catch A Movie On The Green If catching a free flick in a park sounds like a plan, head down to Curtis Hixon Park in downtown Tampa. As part of an ongoing event at the Glazer Children’s Museum, th..
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  • Frontier launches new flights to Tampa

    Frontier launches new flights to Tampa
    CLOSE Southwest Airlines began offering new nonstop routes from Indy to California and New York, in June. More nonstop flights have been added in recent years from Indianapolis. (Dwight Adams/IndyStar) WochitFrontier Airlines is adding nonstop flights from Indianapolis to Las Vegas beginning July 16.(Photo: Provided by Frontier Airlines.)(Correction: An earlier version of this story said that Frontier's new flight to Tampa had a 10-hour layover in Denver. It is a direct flight.)Frontier ..
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  • Tampa Bay next stop for OJ Simpson? Former manager says Bay ...

    Tampa Bay next stop for OJ Simpson? Former manager says Bay ...
    TAMPA - A former manager for OJ Simpson said the Bay Area would be a good choice for Simpson to enjoy his retirement and stay out of trouble. RELATED: O.J. Simpson granted parole after serving 9 of 33-year armed robbery sentence“Hopefully, he'll come up here to Tampa, spend time with his kids, retire, and move on," he said. "I think the Tampa area would be a good plac..
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  • Police chase on sands of Clearwater Beach lands on Facebook Live

    Police chase on sands of Clearwater Beach lands on Facebook Live
    CLEARWATER — It was just another day on Clearwater Beach for Stephanie Ball and her 14-month-old son. Until they heard the sirens. Ball and her friend Emily Keene looked to their left and saw a black Jeep Cherokee barreling down the beach, followed by a swarm of Clearwater police cruisers. "We saw them just flying down," Keene, 27, said. The driver, whom police identified as 27-year-old Ryan Stiles, streamed the pursuit over Facebook Live, with the video showing him driving over beach chairs an..
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  • Editorial: Buckhorn's proposed tax increase is too high for Tampa

    Editorial: Buckhorn's proposed tax increase is too high for Tampa
    Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn's proposed city budget for 2018 confronts some hard realities of the times. With debt payments looming and another fire station opening in fast-growing north Tampa, the City Council needs to consider raising property taxes, especially with the prospect of another homestead exemption around the corner. But the mayor's proposed budget still seems overly ambitious, and the council should be cautious about raising taxes too much in a single swoop. Buckhorn's $974 million bud..
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  • Former Ole Miss coach called number tied to Tampa escort service

    Former Ole Miss coach called number tied to Tampa escort service
    Former Ole Miss coach called number tied to Tampa escort service USA Today , WTSP 9:14 PM. EDT July 20, 2017 Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze A one-minute call made from the University-issued phone of Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze to a number associated with a Tampa-based female escort service was raised as a potential issue in the back-and-forth between the university’s legal counsel and the attorney for former Rebels football coach Houston Nutt, according ..
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  • Jack Latvala can win

    Jack Latvala can win
    From today's column: ...Much of Florida's political intelligentsia view him as a long shot, which makes sense. Latvala is old school, the kind of pragmatic, generally moderate Republican today's GOP primary electorate has shunned and pilloried in recent years. He looks more like a rumpled granddad who should lay off the ribeyes and ramp up his blood pressure meds than the sort of TV-primped candidate that usually wins statewide elections in Florida. But don't discount him. Agriculture Commission..
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  • Sen. John McCain's type of cancer did not slow Tampa woman

    Sen. John McCain's type of cancer did not slow Tampa woman
    TAMPA — When 35-year-old Beth Caldwell heard about Sen. John McCain's brain tumor this week, she hoped he would stay positive. That's what helped her, she said. Three years ago, Caldwell, a mother of two who owned a CrossFit gym in Riverview and had competed in international athletic events, received the same diagnosis as the 80-year-old Arizona lawmaker: glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor that is difficult to treat and that took the lives of Sen. Ted Kennedy and former Vice President Joe B..
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