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Former Florida State President T.K. Wetherell died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, the university announced. He was 72. [Times Files]

T.K. Wetherell, a former state House speaker and FSU president, dead at 72

Wetherell, who played football at Florida State and earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from the school, served as FSU president from 2003 to 2010.
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Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter takes the field before a game against the Panthers earlier this month in Tampa. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]

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TAILYR IRVINE | Times A color wheel sits on display in Annette Ross' home in Gulfport. The color wheel was used to color aluminum trees in the late 1950s when you couldn't hang lights due to fire hazard.

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Gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis greets supporters with his son Mason after voting on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Our Lady of the Sea Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Will Dickey/The Florida Times-Union via AP) FLJAJ105
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Dr. Jonathan Ellen, inset, resigned Tuesday as CEO of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, along with two other administrators, after a Tampa Bay Times investigation found dramatic increases in the hospital's mortality rates for heart surgeries. Ellen later resigned from several local boards not connected with the hospital. [TAILYR IRVINE | Times]
When he resigned, All Children’s CEO left more than the hospital
In addition to leaving All Children’s Hospital, Dr. Jonathan Ellen resigned from at least four local boards and automatically lost two other posts.
In a video frame grab from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Scot Peterson outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during his response to the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Fla. The surveillance video shows that Peterson, the only armed sheriff’s deputy at the high school, remained outside during the massacre, taking cover behind a wall. (Broward County Sheriff’s Office via The New York Times)
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The more than decade-long stadium drama that surrounds the Tampa Bay Rays has hit a major obstacle now that the team has said it is walking away from a proposed Ybor City ball park. The team released a rendering of the proposed stadium a few months ago. [Populous Architects]
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Lawsuits over the fair repair price for a windshield are growing in Tampa Bay, and just a small handful of lawyers handles the bulk of them. Pictured is a broken windshield in 2015. [WILL VRAGOVIC | TIMES, 2015]
Six of the top 10 auto glass lawyers are in Tampa Bay
Last year there were 24,000 court cases involving auto glass. Six of the 10 lawyers who brought the bulk of those cases are in Tampa Bay.

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• Business
Consumers learned about healthcare coverage options during an enrollment event at the University of South Florida in Tampa last year. Funding for such outreach efforts was slashed this year. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Times]
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• Editorials
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• All Eyes
Jaclyn Hill reacts to a portrait of herself, a gift from super fan Cam Parker, painted during the grand opening of the Morphe cosmetics store at International Plaza on Saturday.
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December 15
• Sports
Tampa Bay Times sports columnist Tom Jones is leaving to become the new senior media writer at the Poynter Institute.. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
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December 14
• Public Safety
Tara Jones wears a lanyard with photos of her son TeSean Blue, who was gunned down in Tampa in September. This week, Jones got the call she had been hoping for: Detectives made an arrest in the case. She was shocked to learn it was a man who had recently waited on her at a meat shop. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
Former USF professor who killed 3-year-old daughter had refused to return her to mother, records show
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• Public Safety
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The family of Leslie Lugo Tellez stands by her grave in Plant City, Florida on September 3, 2018. Leslie Lugo Tellez was born on January 2, 2017 Tampa General Hospital with down syndrome and a risk for heart problems. She died on May 30, 2017 at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. EVE EDELHEIT | Times
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St. Pete pedestrian seriously injured; driver charged with DUI
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St. Pete pedestrian in critical condition after being struck by pickup truck
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A family headed back from a fishing trip skidded off the road in Lithia. One died.
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Pedestrian critically injured after collision with truck
December 15
• Public Safety
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Temple Terrace crash claims pedestrian's life
December 15
Firefighters assess a Belleair house fire during the early morning hours Saturday. (Largo Fire Rescue)
Firefighters responding to overnight Belleair fire found flames burning ‘through the roof’
December 15
• Public Safety
The Morphe makeup store in Tampa opened in November, but its grand-opening celebration is expected to draw hundreds of makeup fans to International Plaza this weekend. (Courtesy of Morphe)
Beauty guru Jaclyn Hill to cut ribbon at Morphe opening in Tampa
December 15
• Business
Barbi Evans stows products for inventory on Friday at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Ruskin. The million-square-foot facility is one of 10 fulfillment centers in the state. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]
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December 14
• Business
The planned Channel Club in Tampa’s Channel District will include a Publix grocery store with rooftop parking and a 21-story residential tower, according to plans filed with the city of Tampa. It is being developed by Mercury Advisors of Tampa.
Publix pays about $7.7 million for store under construction in Tampa's Channel District
December 14
• Business
With 13 advertised teaching vacancies, James Elementary at 4302 E Ellicot St. in Tampa is one of four schools in Hillsborough County that soon will get help from high-ranking administrators working in the classroom. The administrators start in January and will work until the end of the school year. [BRONTE WITTPENN | Times]
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• Education
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Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak (81) has impressed in his first NHL experience.[DIRK SHADD | Times]
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Bucs running back Peyton Barber (25) dives into the end zone for a touchdown in the first half. [AP Photo/Gail Burton]
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Winnipeg Jets' Nikolaj Ehlers (27) scores the tying goal on Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) as Ryan McDonagh (27) defends during third period NHL hockey action in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. [John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP]
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USF coach Charlie Strong joins his players for some sand volleyball during the Gasparilla Bowl's
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Bucs linebacker Lavonte David reaches for Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Willie Snead. [AP Photo/Nick Wass]
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Lightning right wing Mathieu Joseph was placed on IR. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
Lightning’s Mathieu Joseph placed on IR
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Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak (81) has impressed in his first NHL experience.[DIRK SHADD | Times]
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Bucs running back Peyton Barber (25) dives into the end zone for a touchdown in the first half. [AP Photo/Gail Burton]
Bucs get Peyton Barber going early, but not late
Winnipeg Jets' Nikolaj Ehlers (27) scores the tying goal on Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) as Ryan McDonagh (27) defends during third period NHL hockey action in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. [John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP]
Jets end Lightning’s win streak in overtime
Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston, left, and head coach Dirk Koetter speak in the first half. [AP Photo/Gail Burton]
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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) rushes the ball in the first half. [AP Photo/Nick Wass]
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Local craft beer of the week: Simple Math Imperial Stout, Angry Chair Brewing
December 14
Dustin Snyder kisses his bride Sierra after exchanging wedding vows at the The Big Red Barn located on 4815 Deshong Drive in Plant City, Florida on Sunday, Janaury 28, 2018. In June of 2016 Snyder was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Snyder who's still battling synovial sarcoma is currently residing in hospice care. “I look forward to saying I do and being forever in love with Sierra as long as I have,” said Snyder. “Sierra has given me the strength to keep up everything in my life without her and my family, I wouldn’t have the strength to be here.”
All Eyes 2018 gallery: Octavio Jones’ wide range of visual coverage
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Evan Tyrone Martin sings Nat King Cole favorites Dec. 13-16, 2018, at the Straz Center. Photo courtesy of the Straz Center
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Shawn Mendes performs at a California Jingle Ball on Nov. 30. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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December 14
• Arts
Photo by Jimmy Fontaine Halestorm will headline 98 Rock’s Not-So-Silent Night at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg on Dec. 16, 2018.
Concerts this weekend: Jingle Ball, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, For King and Country
December 14
• Music
Billy's Stone Crab Billy's Stone Crab in Tierra Verde, situated on the water on the way out to Fort DeSoto, has been doing this since 1972: Gathering around the piano bar with Jerry Demark at the keys, guests hold candles and sing Christmas karaoke from around 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. every year on Christmas Eve.
What's happening in food: Greg Baker retires, Thee Tree House opens in Tampa, Get Fried opens in Dunedin
December 14
SCOTT KEELER | Times Jean Schlumberger’s Butterflies bracelets, 1956, are on display the Museum of Fine Arts in an exhibit that opens Saturday.
MFA gets midcentury bling with jewelry exhibit opening this weekend
December 14
• Arts
First Watch, the popular breakfast, lunch and brunch restaurant, opened a new location in the Shoppes at Terra Bella this week. Photo courtesy of First Watch
First Watch establishes new territory in Lutz
December 14
• Hillsborough
Amaya Akbar, 10, and Ky’lee Barnes, 7, prepare for a recent violin lesson at the Cyrus Greene Community Center. Both students receive lessons thanks to a partnership between the Florida Orchestra and the University Area Community Development Center’s Prodigy Program. KENYA WOODARD | Special to the Times
Florida Orchestra, Prodigy gain added dollars for violin lessons
December 14
In “Mortal Engines,” set hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event has destroyed civilization, roving “predator cities” on caterpillar treads, including London (seen here), devour everything in their paths. (Universal Pictures)
‘Moral Engines’ is basically ‘Steampunk: The Movie’
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