Florida police charge man with murder after crashing semi-truck into Tampa strip club
A North Carolina man has been charged with murder and several other felonies after crashing a large tractor-trailer into a gentlemen’s club in Tampa, Florida, Tuesday morning, killing one person and injuring two others, police said. Tampa police said 25-year-old Dylan Fogle of Thomasville, North Carolina, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, […]
Tampa Bay Times Offers Employees Severance Packages to Cut Payroll 20%
of Tampa Bay Times The deadline will force the company to cut employee salaries by 20% and the company’s CEO will offer severance packages to employees. About 100 reporters and 170 other staff at the 140-year-old newspaper have been notified by CEO Conan Galaty that they have until Aug. 16 to decide whether to accept […]
Tampa Bay Rays fire sale of top players sparked after failure to sell team
The Tampa Bay Rays have dumped many of their best players ahead of Major League Baseball’s trade deadline on Tuesday, a move that was prompted in part by a failed attempt to buy the team, according to information obtained by The Washington Post. Rays owner Stuart Sternberg, who led the partnership that bought the AL […]
Southwest passenger, Nancy Allen, describes flying 150 feet over Old Tampa Bay
A Southwest Airlines passenger said he thought he was about to die after seeing his plane come dangerously close to the waters of Old Tampa Bay, a few miles from the airport. Nancy Allen was aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 425 from Columbus, Ohio to Tampa, Florida on July 14 when the plane descended to less […]