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DRESS FOR SUCCESS CELEBRATED 28 YEARS AND HONORED FIRE CHIEF TRIPP

DRESS FOR SUCCESS CELEBRATED 28 YEARS AND HONORED FIRE CHIEF TRIPP           Dress for Success Tampa Bay celebrated 28 years of empowering women in the Tampa Bay community. Last month’s  Anniversary Celebration, “En Fuego” was held at the Tampa Firefighters Museum, downtown Tampa. Tampa Fire Rescue Chief Barbara Tripp was the featured guest. These Dress […]

LYN

This job is great, especially when you bring back a special feature by popular demand. Lyn more than qualifies as a special feature, and the 5’6” beauty says her favorite star is Kimora Simmons. Her hobbies are modeling, shopping, and going to the beach, and her future plans are to complete her degree in technical […]

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Woman Makes Good On Threat And Sets Fire

Woman Makes Good On Threat And Sets Fire

Tampa Fire Rescue spokesperson, Lonnie Benniefield, said a homeless woman was arrested in connection with a fire that erupted at a home in Tampa Heights on April 18th. Veronica Shelby, 26, was arrested in connection with the house fire on 105 E. Oleander Street and is facing a charge of first degree arson. Shelby was […]

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‘Stand Your Ground:’  Dad Wants Justice For Son Killed With Ice Pick

‘Stand Your Ground:’ Dad Wants Justice For Son Killed With Ice Pick

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Several people have admitted to taking the life of another during a confrontation that turned violent. However, many of them were never held accountable for their actions. Kerlin Adelson is all too familiar with the “Stand Your Ground” law. A man armed with an ice pick stabbed his […]

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Attendee Escorted From Meeting Files Complaint

Attendee Escorted From Meeting Files Complaint

Tampa businessman, Joe Robinson, has been an outspoken critic of the Hillsborough County School District’s actions. In a School Board meeting last Tuesday, Robinson was given his three minutes to speak, and told the board members, “mismanagement, misfeasance, malfeasance, that’s what you’re doing.” But, when Robinson told the Board members, “three, five, seven, vote them […]

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High School Basketball Coach Dies Suddenly

High School Basketball Coach Dies Suddenly

BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor A Hillsborough County School District teacher died suddenly at the school on Tuesday. He was 55-years-old. According to Steve Hegarty, spokesperson for the Hillsborough County School District, Mr. William J. Smith was in his first year of employment with the district, having been hired in August 2011. Captain […]

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5 Kentucky Underclassmen Declare Intention To Enter NBA

5 Kentucky Underclassmen Declare Intention To Enter NBA

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky’s starting lineup of three freshmen and two sophomores did most everything together en route to the school’s eighth national title. Now, they will each go their separate ways in the NBA. Freshmen Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague, and sophomores Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb declared for the draft in […]

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Barry Bonds Given Extension In Appeal

Barry Bonds Given Extension In Appeal

SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds has been given an extension until May 4 to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday granted a second extension request by Bonds’ lawyers, which had been filed Friday. The original deadline had been March […]

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Michael Vick Calls Alabama Law ‘Weak

Michael Vick Calls Alabama Law ‘Weak

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has made another effort to say animal cruelty is wrong, urging Alabama lawmakers to increase penalties for cockfighting. Vick says in a statement Monday that Alabama’s cockfighting law is the nation’s “weakest” because the $50 fine is the maximum punishment. Vick has been outspoken against animal cruelty […]

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Ex-Bengal Webster Says Girl Was 16

Ex-Bengal Webster Says Girl Was 16

Former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Nate Webster’s attorney said in court Tuesday that the girl he is accused of having sexual relations had reached the age of consent before the sexual relationship began. In Ohio, the age of consent is 16, but Webster, then 31, admitted in a secretly recorded tape that he began having sex […]

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