Thursday, November 12, 2015

Last Top Stories: Big Tampa Beerfest bringing hundreds of brews to convention center | TBO

  • Big Tampa Beerfest bringing hundreds of brews to convention center | TBO

    Big Tampa Beerfest bringing hundreds of brews to convention center | TBO
    The boom in craft beer breweries in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area has resulted in a boom in beer festivals such as the inaugural Big Tampa Beerfest Friday and Saturday at the Tampa Convention Center. With more than 260 different beers available for sampling, the event is expected to draw more than 3,000 people, says Craig Johnson, director of Festivals Unlimited which has organized the event. The Ohio-based Festivals Unlimited holds b..
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  • Cheers Tampa! You can now get booze delivered to your house | Tampa Bay Times

    Cheers Tampa! You can now get booze delivered to your house | Tampa Bay Times
    Thirsty Tampa Bay?Just like that viral YouTube video of the dog getting a cold beer out of the fridge for its owner, a tech company new to Tampa Bay wants to make it easier to bring the booze to you.Drizly, a mobile-app company based in Boston, is partnering with ABC Fine Wine & Spirits stores to deliver alcohol to your door.The app recently launched in the Tampa market. Similar to Shipt, the grocery delivery app offered in Tampa Bay, users download an app or log on online to order the bever..
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  • Tampa council moves toward rezoning Tribune property for residential complex | TBO

    TAMPA — The Tampa City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a zoning change that was the first public step toward construction of a residentialprojectto be built on the property currently owned and occupied by The Tampa Tribune. The Related Group,a Miami-based development firm, wants to rezone the Tribune’s long-time home at 202 S. Parker St. from planned development commercial to planned development residential and build a 530,000-square-foot complex that wo..
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  • Woman shot, killed during "freaky sex" inside Tampa motel - Story | abcactionnews

    Woman shot, killed during
    A rendezvous inside a Tampa hotel ended with a woman shot in the head and a man charged with manslaughter.Investigators from Tampa Police said Tyrone Fields, 21, accidently shot and killed Christina Meagher, 18, while role-playing Nov. 7 inside the Regency Inn on Church Avenue in Tampa.Fields called 911 immediately after the gun went off and told detectives it happened during “freaky sex.”He told detectives that while the two were engaged in sexual activity he put his gun to her head in a role-p..
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  • London-based money transfer company plans to hire 250 in Tampa | TBO

    London-based money transfer company plans to hire 250 in Tampa | TBO
    TAMPA— TransferWise, a London-based money transfer company with big name investors, has opened its North American operations center in Tampa. The company will station its customer service and operations at 4012 Gunn Highway in Carrollwood. It has already hired 50 people and plans to hire about 250 more over the next few years. TransferWise declined to give out salary figures, but said the employees will be paid “comfortably above the average Hillsboroug..
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  • Family of Tampa man killed in Jordan reeling

    TAMPA --Down a winding road in a New Tampa subdivision, a full house is quiet. The family inside is still reeling after suddenly losing one of their own.“One day at a time,” Darla Pyne said. “Some moments, it’s one minute at a time.”James Damon Creach died Monday. The Tampa resident was killed during a shooting at a police training center in Jordan. He worked for DECO Inc., a private company that provides police training to other nations.Pyne, Creach’s mother-in-law, said he taught foreign polic..
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  • Tampa Parish nears goal of building historic Catholic church in Cuba

    Tampa Parish nears goal of building historic Catholic church in Cuba
    Related CoverageTAMPA, FL (WFLA) – Tampa Catholics are hopeful as progress is made in building the first Catholic Church in Cuba since the Castro revolution. St. Lawrence Parish has raised more than $93,000 of the $95,000 estimated for construction costs.A fence now surrounds the site in the geographic center of the rural town of Sandino in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province. When News Channel 8 visited the site in May, the first stone had been laid, but farm animals crossing into the site made it im..
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  • Tampa man arrested for shooting woman during ‘freaky sex,’ police say

    Tampa man arrested for shooting woman during ‘freaky sex,’ police say
    Tampa man arrested for shooting woman during ‘freaky sex,’ police sayWFLA web staffPublished:November 12, 2015, 6:40 pmUpdated:November 12, 2015, 6:43 pmTyrone FieldsTAMPA, FL (WFLA) – A Tampa man was arrested and charged with manslaughter after he said he accidentally shot a woman in the head during what he described as ‘freaky sex,’ according to Tampa Police.The shooting happened Nov. 7 at the Regency Inn and Suites on Church Avenue in Tampa. TPD officers responded to a call of a woman shot in..
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  • Calgary Flames at Tampa Bay Lightning game preview | FOX Sports

    Calgary Flames at Tampa Bay Lightning game preview | FOX Sports
    TV: FOX Sports SunTIME: Game coverage begins at 7pmFinding the back of the net was the least of theTampa Bay Lightning'sconcerns last season as they rode the league's highest-scoring offense to a berth in the Stanley Cup Final.This season's scoring woes have been tough to explain, especially with those issues being prevalent at home lately.Tampa Bay looks to avoid dropping four straight on its own ice for the first time in more than two years when it meets theCalgary Flameson Thursday night.The ..
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  • Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Nov

    Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Nov
    Ribfest: Bret Michaels: This music and food fest by the bay will feature classic rock with Bret Michaels and up-and-coming country singers. And, of course delicious ribs and carnival cuisine. 11 a.m., Vinoy Park, 501 Fifth Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. $16-$20. (727) 528-3828.A Conversation with David Axelrod: The author and political consultant best known as the chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns takes part in the Poynter Institute's 40th Anniversary Speaker Series. 5:30 p.m...
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