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![Her seagoing adventure with boyfriend Tanner Broadwell got off to a rough start when their boat sank last February off John’s Pass. But the journey got under way with the help of strangers who contributed money and a replacement vessel. [Nikki WanderWalsh, YouTube.com]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219666/AR/0/AR-190219666.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Her seagoing adventure with boyfriend Tanner Broadwell got off to a rough start when their boat sank last February off John’s Pass. But the journey got under way with the help of strangers who contributed money and a replacement vessel. [Nikki WanderWalsh, YouTube.com]")
![In this Aug. 14, 1945 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a sailor and a woman kiss in New York's Times Square, as people celebrate the end of World War II. The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. It was years after the photo was taken that Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse’s uniform, were confirmed to be the couple. [Victor Jorgensen | U.S. Navy, File]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219663/AR/0/AR-190219663.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "In this Aug. 14, 1945 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a sailor and a woman kiss in New York's Times Square, as people celebrate the end of World War II. The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. It was years after the photo was taken that Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse’s uniform, were confirmed to be the couple. [Victor Jorgensen | U.S. Navy, File]")
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![Her seagoing adventure with boyfriend Tanner Broadwell got off to a rough start when their boat sank last February off John’s Pass. But the journey got under way with the help of strangers who contributed money and a replacement vessel. [Nikki WanderWalsh, YouTube.com]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219666/AR/0/0/AR-190219666.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Her seagoing adventure with boyfriend Tanner Broadwell got off to a rough start when their boat sank last February off John’s Pass. But the journey got under way with the help of strangers who contributed money and a replacement vessel. [Nikki WanderWalsh, YouTube.com]")
What happened to the couple whose boat sank near John's Pass? They set off on another adventure.
‘Topless Handyman’ among 39 arrested in latest Pinellas contractor sting
![Blue Head Ranch, a sprawling 60,000-acre property in Highlands County that was partly controlled by former state Sen. J.D. Alexander in 2007 when he was pushing for the state to build what was called the Heartland Parkway. [Times (2007)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219671/AR/0/0/AR-190219671.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Blue Head Ranch, a sprawling 60,000-acre property in Highlands County that was partly controlled by former state Sen. J.D. Alexander in 2007 when he was pushing for the state to build what was called the Heartland Parkway. [Times (2007)]")
Heartland Parkway is the toll road that wouldn't die
Disbarred Tampa Bay lawyer Constantine Kalogianis charged with equity skimming
![A Lakeland sixth-grade student was arrested Feb. 4 after he was accused of causing a disturbance in a classroom. However, a police department spokesman said the arrest was not a direct result of the student’s refusal to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, which is not required as noted in the county’s school board code of conduct for students. [Times files]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219675/AR/0/0/AR-190219675.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A Lakeland sixth-grade student was arrested Feb. 4 after he was accused of causing a disturbance in a classroom. However, a police department spokesman said the arrest was not a direct result of the student’s refusal to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, which is not required as noted in the county’s school board code of conduct for students. [Times files]")
Lakeland sixth-grader arrested over disruption, not Pledge of Allegiance refusal, police say
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![Andrew Kondek hugs his mother, Teresa Kondek, after graduating from the police academy. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190215/ARTICLE/190219733/AR/0/AR-190219733.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Andrew Kondek hugs his mother, Teresa Kondek, after graduating from the police academy. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]")
![Traffic is seen along W Cass Street near the intersection of Doyle Carlton Drive near the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts and Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 in Tampa. Patrons arriving for a performance of the hit Broadway show Hamilton were able to negotiate parking with limited issues. [CHRIS URSO | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190215/ARTICLE/190219713/AR/0/AR-190219713.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Traffic is seen along W Cass Street near the intersection of Doyle Carlton Drive near the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts and Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 in Tampa. Patrons arriving for a performance of the hit Broadway show Hamilton were able to negotiate parking with limited issues. [CHRIS URSO | Times]")
![The U.S. government has filed a forfeiture complaint for $919,251.94 in three Grow Financial accounts, what’s left of a $980,000 tax refund that a Tampa man received from the IRS. He used some of the money to buy a Lexus. {Times files]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190213/ARTICLE/190219853/AR/0/AR-190219853.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The U.S. government has filed a forfeiture complaint for $919,251.94 in three Grow Financial accounts, what’s left of a $980,000 tax refund that a Tampa man received from the IRS. He used some of the money to buy a Lexus. {Times files]")
![Joann Serkey of Spring Hill brought her 4-year-old mini schnauzer Adrienne to Tampa International Airport Thursday morning to greet her family, including her grandchildren Connor Clark, 11, and Sophia Clark, 13, who live in Connecticut. They arrived just minutes after the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority adopted a new rule that bans pets, including emotional support animals, from the terminal unless they are flying. Emotional support animals that are flying must be on a leash or in a carrier and cannot be taken into the airport’s restaurants. Service animals are not affected by the new rule. [RICHARD DANIELSON | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190217/ARTICLE/190219707/AR/0/AR-190219707.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Joann Serkey of Spring Hill brought her 4-year-old mini schnauzer Adrienne to Tampa International Airport Thursday morning to greet her family, including her grandchildren Connor Clark, 11, and Sophia Clark, 13, who live in Connecticut. They arrived just minutes after the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority adopted a new rule that bans pets, including emotional support animals, from the terminal unless they are flying. Emotional support animals that are flying must be on a leash or in a carrier and cannot be taken into the airport’s restaurants. Service animals are not affected by the new rule. [RICHARD DANIELSON | Times]")
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![Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Palladium, in Los Angeles in 2014. [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190216/ARTICLE/190219689/AR/0/AR-190219689.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Palladium, in Los Angeles in 2014. [Associated Press]")
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![The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office conducted a six-month undercover narcotics operation that has so far resulted in 19 arrests for drug activity linked to the Rodeway Inn at 16405 U.S. 19 N in Largo. More arrests are expected. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190215/ARTICLE/190219726/AR/0/AR-190219726.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office conducted a six-month undercover narcotics operation that has so far resulted in 19 arrests for drug activity linked to the Rodeway Inn at 16405 U.S. 19 N in Largo. More arrests are expected. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]")
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![A motorcyclist was fatally injured when he plunged 100 feet from Interstate 4 at State Road 50 after he was clipped by a friend on another motorcycle with whom he was riding. [Florida Highway Patrol]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190217/ARTICLE/190219682/AR/0/AR-190219682.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A motorcyclist was fatally injured when he plunged 100 feet from Interstate 4 at State Road 50 after he was clipped by a friend on another motorcycle with whom he was riding. [Florida Highway Patrol]")
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![Adam Davis, sentenced to death two decades ago in the stabbing of his girlfriend’s mother, asks for help remembering episodes from his troubled youth during a jailhouse discussion with visitors in July. [Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190207/ARTICLE/190209733/AR/0/AR-190209733.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Adam Davis, sentenced to death two decades ago in the stabbing of his girlfriend’s mother, asks for help remembering episodes from his troubled youth during a jailhouse discussion with visitors in July. [Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office]")
![Sarah Garcia (left), a doctoral student in Dr. Marvin Andujar’s Neuro-Machine Interaction Lab at the University of South Florida, is pictured with Andujar (right) as she controls a drone using brain signals. [Special to the Times | USF Communications and Marketing]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190207/ARTICLE/190209762/AR/0/AR-190209762.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Sarah Garcia (left), a doctoral student in Dr. Marvin Andujar’s Neuro-Machine Interaction Lab at the University of South Florida, is pictured with Andujar (right) as she controls a drone using brain signals. [Special to the Times | USF Communications and Marketing]")
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Hillsborough educators are poised to reject state efforts to allow armed teachers
![The first half of July is the best time to sell a home in the Tampa Bay area, Zillow says. [SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219658/AR/0/AR-190219658.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The first half of July is the best time to sell a home in the Tampa Bay area, Zillow says. [SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN | Times]")
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![Photo illustration. [Getty Images]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219657/AR/0/AR-190219657.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Photo illustration. [Getty Images]")
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![Third graders Hattie Yancey, 8, left, and her friend Luis Bridat, 9, both play in the sand while enjoying their holiday out of school on President's Day at Cypress Point Park in Tampa on Monday, February 16, 2019. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219678/AR/0/AR-190219678.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Third graders Hattie Yancey, 8, left, and her friend Luis Bridat, 9, both play in the sand while enjoying their holiday out of school on President's Day at Cypress Point Park in Tampa on Monday, February 16, 2019. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
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![Ragarius Ball, 26, faces charges of sexual battery and domestic battery. [Pasco County Sheriff’s Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219662/AR/0/AR-190219662.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Ragarius Ball, 26, faces charges of sexual battery and domestic battery. [Pasco County Sheriff’s Office]")
Port Richey man faces sexual battery charge after attacking woman at his home, deputies say
![A Lakeland sixth-grade student was arrested Feb. 4 after he was accused of causing a disturbance in a classroom. However, a police department spokesman said the arrest was not a direct result of the student’s refusal to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, which is not required as noted in the county’s school board code of conduct for students. [Times files]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219675/AR/0/AR-190219675.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A Lakeland sixth-grade student was arrested Feb. 4 after he was accused of causing a disturbance in a classroom. However, a police department spokesman said the arrest was not a direct result of the student’s refusal to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, which is not required as noted in the county’s school board code of conduct for students. [Times files]")
Lakeland sixth-grader arrested over disruption, not Pledge of Allegiance refusal, police say
![Buddy Klein. [Florida Highway Patrol]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/190219673/AR/0/AR-190219673.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Buddy Klein. [Florida Highway Patrol]")
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![Tommy Pham prepares waits for a pitch during a game against the Boston Red Sox in August at Tropicana Field. [Times files (2018)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/302189809/AR/0/AR-302189809.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Tommy Pham prepares waits for a pitch during a game against the Boston Red Sox in August at Tropicana Field. [Times files (2018)]")
Rays’ Tommy Pham named to MLB.com’s All-Underrated Team
![Nikita Kucherov celebrates a goal during the Lightning's victory over the Stars last week in Tampa. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/302189824/AR/0/AR-302189824.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Nikita Kucherov celebrates a goal during the Lightning's victory over the Stars last week in Tampa. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]")
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![Rays Willy Adames, Emilio Bonifacio and Christian Arroyo were all happy together at Monday's workout. [TAILYR IRVINE | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/302189877/AR/0/AR-302189877.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Rays Willy Adames, Emilio Bonifacio and Christian Arroyo were all happy together at Monday's workout. [TAILYR IRVINE | Times]")
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![Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov skates before a game against the Flames last week at Amalie Arena. [DIRK SHADD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/302189895/AR/0/AR-302189895.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov skates before a game against the Flames last week at Amalie Arena. [DIRK SHADD | Times]")
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![Yandy Diaz's well-muscled arms were a topic of conversation upon his arrival in camp Sunday. [MARC TOPKIN | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190217/ARTICLE/302179791/AR/0/AR-302179791.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Yandy Diaz's well-muscled arms were a topic of conversation upon his arrival in camp Sunday. [MARC TOPKIN | Times]")
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![Could Kyler Murray go first overall to the Cardinals in April's draft? [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/302189905/AR/0/AR-302189905.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Could Kyler Murray go first overall to the Cardinals in April's draft? [Associated Press]")
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![Columbus Blue Jackets' Artemi Panarin, who faces off against the Lightning tonight, has been mentioned as a possible trade target Tampa Bay. [AP Photo/Jay LaPrete]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/302189899/AR/0/AR-302189899.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Columbus Blue Jackets' Artemi Panarin, who faces off against the Lightning tonight, has been mentioned as a possible trade target Tampa Bay. [AP Photo/Jay LaPrete]")
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![Aric Almirola climbs into his car during practice for the Daytona 500 Friday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach. [AP Photo/Chris O'Meara]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190217/ARTICLE/302179688/AR/0/AR-302179688.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Aric Almirola climbs into his car during practice for the Daytona 500 Friday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach. [AP Photo/Chris O'Meara]")
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![Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy holds off Dallas Stars right wing Brett Ritchie (25) during a game Thursday at Amalie Arena. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190218/ARTICLE/302189907/AR/0/AR-302189907.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy holds off Dallas Stars right wing Brett Ritchie (25) during a game Thursday at Amalie Arena. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]")
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