Sherri Day, Times Assistant Metro Editor
Sherri Day is an assistant metro editor for the Tampa Bay Times. She leads a team of journalists who cover breaking news, law enforcement and courts in Tampa. Sherri joined the Times in 2004 after a four-year stint at the New York Times. A native of Tifton, Ga., Sherri received her bachelor's degree in mass media arts from Clark Atlanta University. She completed her master's degree at the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Sherri lives in New Tampa with her husband, daughter, twin sons and cat, Midnight.
Phone: (813) 226-3446
Email: sday@tampabay.com
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Crews aiming to restore New Tampa's water service in phases, city official says
05/04/12 Local GovernmentTAMPA — The news about a major water main break Friday afternoon in New Tampa spread almost as quickly as the gushing water on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.
Preschool teachers worried about parents having an even more arduous evening commute. Small-business owners with dry taps closed down or struggled to stay open. Hair salons turned away scheduled clients. On Facebook, there were pictures of store shelves emptied by shoppers frantically seeking bottled water....
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Sherri Day, Brandon bureau chief, makes way for Ernest Hooper
01/05/12 Human InterestI won't draw this out. Here is what you need to know: Ernest Hooper is the new Brandon bureau chief.
Starting Monday, he will supervise the Times' coverage in east Hillsborough County. This, my friends, is awesome news. You know Ernest, so I don't have to explain why.
And don't fret. He's keeping his Friday column in the South Shore & Brandon Times section.
Because there can be only one big kahuna in a bureau, I'm moving on. I am going to the Times' Tampa office to become an assistant metro editor. This is a promotion. But when I told my staff last week over Krispy Kreme doughnuts, there were tears. Mostly from me....
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Tips for buying used clothes, toys and other items for your kids
10/02/11ConsumerFrom birth until the school years, parents can expect to spend a small fortune on baby gear and soothers, toys and clothing — every bit of which is absolutely essential, that is, until your child outgrows it in a matter of months.
No wonder every parent dreams of a reliable source of hand-me-downs.
But in an age when many of us live far from our children's older cousins, or haven't found a fairy godmother, we're left navigating a robust baby goods market....
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She was there on 9/11 when the Twin Towers collapsed and stole her innocence
09/09/11PerspectiveI got married on Sept. 1, 2001. My husband and I exchanged vows, standing in a gazebo overlooking a pond at the junior college in our south Georgia hometown. A jazz trio played Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. I was 25, and life was amazing.
Ten days later, I was standing less than a block away from the World Trade Center, staring at the twin towers ablaze. My world was about to fall apart. ...
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Brandon & South Shore Times to debut Sunday edition on Aug. 21
08/11/11 Human InterestAs the mother of 9-month-old twins, I get this question all the time: What did you do when you found out you were having twins?
In my mind, people expect a common reaction: a confession of shock, excitement, fear or all of the above. The truth, as often is the case, is a lot more complicated than that. Yes, I was happy — for about 30 seconds. Fear, anxiety and all-out heartbreak set in quickly because my doctor told me he didn't think one of the babies, who at about 6 weeks was much smaller than his brother, would make it. And so I proceeded with extreme caution through the next nine months, determined, by faith, to do my part to bring healthy babies into the world and help them thrive....
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Editor's note: The Gold Standard … Sun City Center, celebrating 50 years
05/05/11 Human InterestToday we end our four-week series on Sun City Center, which this month began its celebration of its 50th anniversary. Throughout the month, the Times told stories of the community's history, its vibrant cultural clubs and offerings, and looked at a population rarely discussed in the 12,000-home retirement community: the elderly. In our final story, we explore how younger residents say the community can foster improvement and growth. Separately, columnist Ernest Hooper offers an appreciation....
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Torn between management and motherhood
02/10/11 Human InterestI knew tears would flow, but I didn't expect them to come from my 3-year-old daughter.
Mommy, where are my brothers, she asked Monday morning as I dressed her for preschool.
I told her that her father had taken them to the sitter's house. That Mommy would drive her to school and then go to work. It is time, I said.
Your twin brothers, once snug inside my tummy, are ready. Preemies no more, they are healthy and happy. And Mommy is well. I have to go back....
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Ballot Battles: Your guide to the 2010 primary elections
07/01/10ElectionsBallot Battles: Your guide to the 2010 primary elections
With campaign season in full swing, the Times staff presents Ballot Battles, a breakdown of the Aug. 24 contested primary races.
Join us each Friday in July as we tell you about the primary elections that matter in our districts, regions, neighborhoods and subdivisions. Along with objective, reported pieces by our staff writers, columnist Ernest Hooper will handicap each race, providing analysis mixed with a bit of wit and humor. This week, we feature the U.S. Congressional races for Districts 9, 11 and 12....
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Without Walls Pastor Randy White steps down as ex-wife Paula White steps in
07/10/09ReligionTAMPA — One week after her ex-husband resigned as senior pastor of Without Walls International Church, Paula White plans to take the pulpit Sunday as the church's new leader, the Whites said in separate interviews late Friday.
White, who held her first staff meeting Friday and spent time looking for a place to live, said she will officially take the reins when she preaches at its two morning worship services. The services will also honor Bishop Randy White, who founded the church with her 18 years ago. ...
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Bell Shoals Gets New Pastor
05/04/09ReligionBRANDON — Bell Shoals Baptist Church has named a North Carolina preacher as its new senior pastor, the church announced Monday.
The Rev. Stephen Rummage learned he had been tapped to lead the megachurch Sunday night when church officials offered him the job via Webcast. He received a 99.8 percent affirmative vote from the congregation, church officials said.
Rummage, who is married and has a son, is the pastor of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C. He expects to deliver his first sermon as senior pastor at Bell Shoals on June 28....
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Church pulls out of financial nosedive
03/04/09ReligionTAMPA — Four months ago, the future of Without Walls seemed in peril because of financial troubles, but this week the church rebounded from foreclosure proceedings.
Church leaders signed a new loan with its California lender Monday, senior pastor Randy White said.
"I'm very, very delighted," White said. "It was a great victory for our church and for our people that we don't have that pressure under us like we did have before."...
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Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman is no hero to antiabortion activists
02/27/09ReligionUnder a different set of circumstances, Nadya Suleman might be a cause celebre for the antiabortion movement.
She believes in large families.
She says life begins at conception.
She declined to selectively reduce her offspring after she got pregnant with eight babies.
She had all of her frozen embryos implanted because "they were lives," Suleman said this week in an interview broadcast repeatedly on the Internet and television....
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St. Petersburg evangelist Bill Keller pushes back at the IRS
02/23/09ReligionNever one to mince words, St. Petersburg evangelist Bill Keller has a message for the Internal Revenue Service: strip him of his tax exemption or leave him alone.
The agency has been investigating Keller, 51, for a year after he equated voting for former presidential candidate Mitt Romney with casting a vote for Satan.
Keller's struggle with the IRS is emblematic of the frustration preachers around the country feel as they try to help their congregations navigate moral issues during elections. They feel they have the responsibility to provide guidance, but are hamstrung by federal law....
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Snippy shark sinks evangelist's State Fair stunt
02/13/09ReligionTAMPA — It was supposed to be the next backdrop for his YouTube salvation message.
Picture this: evangelist Bill Keller, a bible and a tank filled with sharks. For five minutes he would preach to them.
The title of the video: 'Swimming with the Sharks."
But about 30 minutes before Keller was set to dive into the shark exhibit Friday at the Florida State Fair, organizers nixed it....
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Tampa Bay NAACP branches mark its centennial with a nod to history and a call to action
02/11/09 Human InterestThe birthday party was for a 100-year-old, but organizers wanted a younger crowd. So they booked the HipHopSodaShop in Tampa.
Today, the NAACP marks a century of struggles to ensure that black Americans can live, learn, work and vote anywhere. But along with the celebrations, NAACP leaders are looking to new challenges, among them attracting a new generation of members.
"I think Barack Obama proved that young people aren't apathetic," said banker Curtis Stokes, 40, president of the NAACP's Hillsborough branch. "You just have to have a cause they can believe in." ...
