Tampa Bay awoke to a chilly and windy Wednesday, and meteorologists warned it will get colder come nightfall.
Wednesday morning temperatures were in the mid 40s to low 50s across the Tampa Bay area, with winds about 15 to 20 mph, said Bay News 9 meteorologist Juli Marquez.
TAMPA — More flights at Tampa International Airport were canceled Wednesday than any time in recent memory due to a heavy mid-Atlantic snowstorm, said an airport spokeswoman.
Seventy-seven flights out of about 400 were halted by 7 a.m. That includes 35 arrivals and 41 departures, according to the TIA Web site
TAMPA — A man died after he was hit by a vehicle early Wednesday near the intersection of N Dale Mabry Highway and W Humphrey Street, and troopers say they have few leads as they look for the driver who hit him.
The man was hit in the northbound lanes of the highway, north of Waters Avenue, at about 3 a.m., Florida Highway Patrol troopers said.
TAMPA — Let's get the good stuff out of the way first.
The Lightning beat the Canucks 3-1 Tuesday night at the St. Pete Times Forum, the team's fourth straight win and its longest streak since a five-gamer in November 2007.
DUNEDIN — Jeanne Dittrich walked from the high-rise condo to the tanker down the block pushing a shopping cart loaded with four empty buckets.
"A fillup, please," Dittrich's friend said. A city employee grabbed a jug and bent to the tanker's spigot. Water rushed out. "Want us to check your oil, too?" he joked.
TAMPA — A former Tampa Tribune sports writer says he went years without being paid overtime and is suing the paper's parent company, Media General, for the missed wages.
In a lawsuit filed in Florida's Middle District Tuesday, Brett McMurphy's lawyers wrote that he worked more than 40 hours per week, but was not paid for all hours at the "appropriate overtime compensation rate."
TAMPA — She said she was carjacked, kidnapped and sexually assaulted at gunpoint. She described her abductors in detail, down to one man's green tattoos. She underwent a rape exam.
Two months later, detectives said that Dorice "DeeDee" Moore made up the whole thing.
TAMPA — Two Westchase Elementary School teachers ruffled some feathers last week after passing out mints in what looked like over-sized prescription pill bottles to ease FCAT jitters.
One grandmother complained that the incident would encourage drug use among youngsters.
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