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  • Warm and dry weather expected for Memorial Day in Tampa Bay

    Tampa Bay , a drying trend is expected to move into west-central Florida for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. An easterly flow will establish itself across the area on Friday, and this weather pattern is expected to last into the Memorial Day ...

  • Kahwa Coffee Roasters eyes expansion

    It's easy for Sarah and Raphael Perrier to joke about who's in charge. Just eight years ago, the couple started Kahwa Coffee Roasting. Back then, they were roasting and wholesaling 260 pounds of coffee beans a week. Now, they're roasting more than 4,000 pounds per week and have opened five ...

  • Senior prank an attack on the school

    TRINITY, Fla. - "I believe this was malicious,' said Jim Michaels, principal at Mitchell High School in Trinity, about a senior prank taken too ...

  • She says cell carrier let her down

    Every time her cell phone rings, Terry Sapp runs out her back door and circles her yard. Sapp claims her San Antonio home has proven to be a dead zone and AT&T can't explain why. But according to AT&T's own website, San Antonio gets moderate coverage. Which sounds okay, but AT&T defines moderate as "...sufficient signal strength for on street in the open coverage, but ...

  • Two Pasco PTSA parents caught stealing

    WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Typically, Parent Teacher Student Associations are known for raising money for the students and the school. But this past week in Pasco County, the school district learned thousands of dollars have instead been going into the pockets of two PTSA officers at two different area schools. "It's just kind of sickening. They're taking money away from their own ...


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Movie Review

Excess Baggage

It has long been said that kids will do anything to get a little attention, and 18-year-old Emily Hope, the heroine of "Excess Baggage" played by Alicia Silverstone, is a perfect example. Of course, she can't really be blamed. Her filthy rich and icily distance father, Alexander T. Hope (Jack Thompson), pays her far less attention than any of his illegal business dealings. He's the kind of ... ...

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  • Will Afflek film in Ybor City

    YBOR CITY, Fla. - His last big movie, Argo, won the Academy Award for best picture. Now Ben Affleck is scouting Tampa Bay for his next project. The actor and director was spotted in Ybor City Tuesday scouting possible locations. Lonnie Herman leads walking tours through Ybor City, passing on his knowledge of the area's history. And that history could soon include another major Hollywood ...

  • Women attacked during morning jog

    VALRICO, Fla. - Two 18-year-old women had a frightening morning jog Thursday, when investigators said a man jumped out from behind a bush and grabbed one of them by the ...

  • Police Trio beat robbed woman 63

    "He actually kicked and beat this woman while she was lying on the ground, and the amount of damage we saw suggests that that's accurate," said St. Pete Police spokesperson Mike ...

  • Mom Missing soldier suffered from PTSD

    BRADENTON, Fla. - A Bradenton family is sending a desperate plea for their 22-year-old soldier, missing from his base at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs since March ...

  • Attempted murder suspect on the loose

    BROOKSVILLE, Fla - A two county manhunt is underway for an attempted murder suspect authorities believe to be armed and dangerous,. Citrus County deputies say Kyle Lee Chunn was last spotted there on Tuesday. They believe he has contacts in Belleview, Florida. According to Brooksville Police Chief George Turner, Chunn and his girlfriend, Lacie Nicole Swan, 19, drove to an apartment complex off ...

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