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LRMC's Only Open-Heart Surgeons Moving to St. Joseph's in Tampa
LAKELAND | The two cardiothoracic surgeons at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, both affiliated with Watson Clinic, are leaving Lakeland to practice at St. Joseph's Hospital in...


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Gun fire near high school football game
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - St. Petersburg Police are investigating a Friday night shooting near a high school while a football game was being played. Investigators say multiple shots were heard around...
Wilder carries Plant in 2nd half
TAMPA - When the Plant Panthers hand out game balls, they might want to toss one to the Tampa Bay Tech concessions staff. Apparently, the chicken they served was the difference in the second half...
Bucs on the bubble
Bucs keep Carpenter on the final roster, don't be surprised if they release him after the season begins and re-sign him to the practice squad. Elbert Mack, CB Mack is hanging on by a thread. He is...
Dragons leave no doubt: They're in it to win it
Terriers when it mattered. "They're very good," Moore said. "We just made a few more big plays, which is what we do." There was Williams, faking...
Hamels works 7 scoreless for Phils
Cole Hamels dominated over seven innings and the Phillies capitalized on a Milwaukee miscue to score the only run they would need in a 1-0 win over the Brewers. Hamels continued to receive little...
Bulls ready to turn page
soap opera none could have imagined when they first walked onto campus. Tonight at Raymond James Stadium, the spotlight finally returns to the field when the Bulls open the season against Stony...
Sparkly Venus blasts qualifier
Louis Armstrong Stadium, the highest-seeded American man left in the U.S. Open, No. 18 John Isner, could hear the wild cheering and chanting going on at the adjacent Grandstand in support of another...
Johnson, Day share lead; Tiger struggles
NORTON, Mass. - Zach Johnson and Jason Day beat up on the course and beat the weather at the Deutsche Bank Championship. For Tiger Woods, it was the other way around. Johnson strengthened...
Big Ben's ban is cut to 4
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Morgan suspended 8 games
Major League Baseball following a brawl between the Nationals and Marlins. MLB suspended Nats outfielder Morgan and fined him an undisclosed amount for three separate incidents over the past week....
Garza keeps O's guessing
Blue Jays earlier, and pulled to a seven-game advantage in the wild-card standings over the Red Sox, who were rained out. Garza improved to 9-1 lifetime against the Orioles, but not before being...
Bolts hire Thomas as consultant
development consultant for the organization's prospects. Thomas, who appeared in 1,235 games during a 20-year career, will work primarily with the team's junior level...
Tringali leads way at Wiregrass
WESLEY CHAPEL - As the high-school football season begins, Wiregrass Ranch will be led by a familiar face. Senior James Tringali, 17, has been the starting quarterback since the last three games of...
Pasco County Prep Swimming Preview
strong girls team with plenty of experience, led by Cropanese, who was Class 1A-District 3 champion in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly. The boys are inexperienced, but some members of the...
NCAA clears 2 UNC players
NCAA investigation into the program. The three players didn't travel with the team when it left Chapel Hill for Atlanta on Friday morning as the school conferred with the NCAA on their status. While...
Gators excited, eager to put doubts to rest
Urban Meyer believes his team has more questions now than it did in 2007. Could it happen again? Maybe, but Meyer doesn't anticipate a similar rebuilding effort. "I think we've got better answers...
A downturn in fan support
Joel Glazer warned of the possibility of blackouts this season, a dwindling fan base has braced for the specter of a half-empty Raymond James Stadium. A 3-13 record, a...
Land O' Lakes 49, Ridgewood 6, Final
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Garza, Rays top Orioles
BALTIMORE - Matt Garza pitched into the sixth inning to earn his 14th win, Carl Crawford had three hits and an RBI, and the Tampa Bay Rays cruised to a 4-1 victory over Baltimore Orioles on Friday...
In 4-1 defeat to Tampa Bay, Orioles lineup a pushover
Matt Garza's vow that he would "shove it down" the Orioles' throats Friday night proved to be more rhetoric than reality. The Tampa Bay Rays starter's performance was more of a gentle nudge, yet it...
Week 1 high school football scores throughout Central Florida and the Tampa Bay area
(1) Manatee vs. Woodland Hills (PA), Sat. (20) Newsome vs. (2) Armwood Venice vs. (3) Lakeland (4) Plant vs. (14) Tampa Bay Tech Hillsborough vs. (5) Jefferson (6) St. Petersburg vs. East Lake (7)...
Man killed, run over by garbage truck
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A 68-year-old New Port Richey maintenance man lost his life after a garbage truck ran over his body Thursday night. According to NPR police, John David Parker of JD Parker and...
Garza tops O's to kick off Rays' road trip
BALTIMORE -- Matt Garza yielded a run on five hits to win his third straight decision, and the Tampa Bay Rays didn't lose any ground in the playoff race, earning a 4-1 victory over the Baltimore...
Clearwater Central Catholic 35, Wesley Chapel 3, Final
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Bishop McLaughlin 38, Faith Baptist 21, Final
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Gulf 21, Hudson 14, Final
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Mitchell 41, River Ridge 0, Final
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Ozzy tells Russian fans to 'go crazy' at his shows in St. Petersburg, Moscow
Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne is touring the world again and among other venues the 'Prince of Darkness' will perform in Russia's St. Petersburg on September 11 and in Moscow on September 13. In an...
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$5,000 reward for leads on cat abuser
TAMPA - The abused cat who was trapped in the “Kitty Penitentiary” container on Thursday has touched people’s hearts and wallets, racking up $5,000 in donations to find the abuser. After the...
Allowing 'opt outs' hurts county planning, advisers warn
TAMPA - Allowing landowners to opt out of Hillsborough County's community planning process may render the process meaningless and even expose the county to lawsuits, an attorney for the planning...
Garza vows to make Orioles 'uncomfortable' after getting shelled in last meeting
Tampa Bay Rays righthander will carry a chip on his shoulder into tonight's start against the Baltimore Orioles. Garza (13-7, 3.53) gave up four home runs to the Orioles when he last faced them...
Plant City restaurateur praised, roasted at award banquet
Rhett Rollyson, left, board chairman of the Plant City Family YMCA, presented the 2010 YMCA Strong Leader Award to Fred Johnson. The organization presents the award annually to a community...
Couple and Friend Killed in Tampa Crash Identified
TAMPA | A preacher and his wife were identified today as two of three victims in a fatal car crash Thursday night at an east Tampa...
Teen killer Rachel Wade gets 27 years
A love triangle murder case came to a close today in Pinellas County when Judge Joseph A. Bulone sentenced convicted killer Rachel Wade to 27 years in prison. Wade, 20, was found guilty of the murder...
Bright House gets ESPN3.com in new deal
LOS ANGELES - Time Warner Cable Inc. customers will finally get access to the sports website ESPN3.com, even if they are not subscribers of the company's Internet service, according to a long-term...
Have you done these 4 things?
Wilkett says those numbers could be significantly lower if homeowners performed their own security audit. An audit that is now easy to find online. Wilkett walked us through the four things that all...
No make-up days for holiday trash pick-up in Tampa
Labor Day holiday on Monday. For affected customers, trash will be picked up on the next regularly scheduled garbage day, on Thursday, Sept. 9, according to the city's solid waste department. The...
Garza vows to make Orioles 'uncomfortable' after getting battered in last meeting
Tampa Bay Rays righthander will carry a chip on his shoulder into tonight's start against the Baltimore Orioles. Garza (13-7, 3.53) gave up four home runs to the Orioles when he last faced them...
Do passengers in the car change your driving habits?
I recently received a phone call from a reader who suggested a slew of community issues I should check into. The call, which was much appreciated, got me to thinking about something I often do. I...
Bucs begin tough task of trimming roster to 53 players
TAMPA - Now comes the hard part for Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris and general manager Mark Dominik. They will get together Friday afternoon to start shaping this year's team, Morris said....