Archive for December, 2007
Week 17 Open Thread: Bengals at Dolphins
Cincinnati Bengals (6-9) at Miami Dolphins (1-14)
Sunday, December 30
1:00 pm EST, CBS
Dolphin Stadium
Cloudy, 81 degrees
Line: Bengals -3, Over/Under 45
Today’s Inactives
Bengals:
Dolphins:
Prediction: Who gives a damn? We all just can’t wait to get to the offseason, when the r…
Homicide in Carillon
A woman was found shot to death Saturday night in an apartment in north St. Petersburg.
Police responded around 6 p.m. to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked in front of Building 9 at the Promenade apartment complex, 540 Carillon Parkway N.
The car was registered to Kelly D. Burgess, 27. …
Woman found shot to death in Carillon
A woman was found shot to death Saturday night in an apartment in north St. Petersburg.
Police responded around 6 p.m. to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked in front of Building 9 at the Promenade apartment complex, 540 Carillon Parkway N.
The car was registered to Kelly D. Burgess, 27. …
Standoff by in Seminole
Updated 8:55 a.m.
Pinellas County deputies twice traded gunfire with a man before he surrendered Sunday . There were no obvious injuries.
Deputies responding to a 911 hangup around 2:45 a.m. Sunday
encountered Todd M. Clark, 30, in his front yard and followed him into his parents’ home at 13537 Pa…
Standoff in Seminole
Pinellas County deputies are negotiating with an armed man in the 13500 block of Park Boulevard in Seminole. Park is currently closed from 131st Street to Oakhurst Road.
Deputies responding to a 911 hangup around 2:45 a.m. Sunday encountered the armed man in his front yard. After an exchange of gun…
Crist: Public can’t view LeMieux’s book
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George LeMieux’s journal of every assembly Gov. Charlie Crist’s chief of staff attended in 2007 (see below) is teeming with history. So the St. Petersburg Times filed a public records demand asking to read the book, which could yield new insights into the shaping of policy in the first year of Cri…
Coast Guard Search Called Off
ST. PETERSBURG — A 19-year-old Palm Harbor man may have jumped off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge early Saturday while he was arguing with someone on his cell phone.
The Coast Guard called off the search for Dustin Benson at about 1:30 p.m. after several marine units and a helicopter were unable to lo…
Coast Guard Calls Off Search
ST. PETERSBURG — The Coast Guard called off its search early Saturday afternoon for an unidentified 19-year-old man they believe jumped or fell off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
The Coast Guard using several marine units and a helicopter began the search shortly after emergency dispatchers received …
Coast Guard Searching for Possible Skyway Suicide
ST. PETERSBURG — The Coast Guard began an extensive search Saturday daylight for an unidentified 19-year-old man who was reported to have jumped off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
The search involves several marine units and a helicopter.
Emergency dispatchers had received a 911 shout that a man had…
Coast Guard Searchin for Possible Skyway Suicide
ST. PETERSBURG — The Coast Guard began an extensive search Saturday dawn for an unidentified 19-year-old man who was reported to have jumped off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
The search involves several marine units and a helicopter.
Emergency dispatchers had received a 911 shout that a man had jum…
Gimme five, buddy: 2007 in pictures
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Jan. 2: Gov. Charlie Crist gives a high five to Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp during the swearing in ceremony at Florida’s Old Capitol. Times photo | Scott Keeler.
Jan. 2: Bill McCollum was sworn in as Attorney General and Alex Sink became CFO. AP photos.
Jan. 18: Senate President Ken Pruitt vi…














