BELLEAIR -- The family of murder victim Deana Cataneo was excited to
learn of her husband's arrest on Tuesday on a first-degree murder
charge in Las Vegas.
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TAMPA -- For the second time in as many days, the father of Hillsborough elementary students has been accused of ambushing his child’s mother as she dropped the kids off at school.
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Good Samaritans have paid the security deposit and the first month’s
rent on a new home for the family of Josiah Wineberger, the 5-year-old
who suffered a brain injury last year after a speaker fell on his head
at BayWalk.
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DADE CITY -- A man convicted last year of robbing a Zephyrhills bank
in a black wig, dress and high heels, then carjacking a woman when his
getaway car crashed, was sentenced today to life in prison.
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TAMPA -- Hillsborough Circuit Judge Marva L. Crenshaw has been appointed to the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Gov. Charlie Crist announced today.
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As expected, Pasco County's housing slide continued in 2008 as the
number of new housing starts declined by a whopping 43 percent over
last year.
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DADE CITY -- Pasco County Animal Services is offering low-cost rabies and distemper vaccines to pets in the Dade City and Tommytown area in the hopes of stemming the outbreak of canine distemper.
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VALRICO -- Deputies searching a Valrico house Tuesday say they found dozens of marijuana plants totaling nearly $1-million and arrested the owner, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
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Drivers may face rainy conditions today as a cold front is expected to move through the area. Showers could roll into the area before 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service, which has also issued a wind advisory.
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