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- Thursday, June 27, 2019
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![Democratic presidential candidates wave to the crowd as they arrive to the stage during the first day of the NBC Democratic Presidential Primary Debates for the 2020 elections. The event is taking place at the Arsht Center, on Wednesday June 26, 2019. [PEDRO PORTAL | MIAMI HERALD]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/306269623/AR/0/AR-306269623.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Democratic presidential candidates wave to the crowd as they arrive to the stage during the first day of the NBC Democratic Presidential Primary Debates for the 2020 elections. The event is taking place at the Arsht Center, on Wednesday June 26, 2019. [PEDRO PORTAL | MIAMI HERALD]")
![The Rays' Austin Meadows, left, is tagged out in a rundown by Twins first baseman C.J. Cron during the fourth inning Wednesday, June 26, 2019. [JIM MONE | Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/306269621/AR/0/AR-306269621.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Rays' Austin Meadows, left, is tagged out in a rundown by Twins first baseman C.J. Cron during the fourth inning Wednesday, June 26, 2019. [JIM MONE | Associated Press]")
![Eunive Massey, 96, remembers visiting Zion Cemetery behind her house. And she remembers men digging up some of the graves, but she was too little know what became of them. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629757/AR/0/AR-190629757.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Eunive Massey, 96, remembers visiting Zion Cemetery behind her house. And she remembers men digging up some of the graves, but she was too little know what became of them. [JAMES BORCHUCK | Times]")
![A 1987 photo of Art O’Hara when he was executive director of Boys Village. O’Hara, who spent four decades helping children, has died at the age of 67. [Times 1987]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629744/AR/0/AR-190629744.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A 1987 photo of Art O’Hara when he was executive director of Boys Village. O’Hara, who spent four decades helping children, has died at the age of 67. [Times 1987]")
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Driver, 19, arrested after pedestrian is killed, say St. Petersburg police
![A 1987 photo of Art O’Hara when he was executive director of Boys Village. O’Hara, who spent four decades helping children, has died at the age of 67. [Times 1987]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629744/AR/0/0/AR-190629744.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A 1987 photo of Art O’Hara when he was executive director of Boys Village. O’Hara, who spent four decades helping children, has died at the age of 67. [Times 1987]")
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Editorial cartoons for Thursday from Times wire services
![Dinorah Rodriguez, 14, shown here on a web page set up by her family, was fatally shot in Brandon last week. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in the slaying. [gofundme.com]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629782/AR/0/0/AR-190629782.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Dinorah Rodriguez, 14, shown here on a web page set up by her family, was fatally shot in Brandon last week. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in the slaying. [gofundme.com]")
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![Willie Robinson Jr., pictured here at 63, was born in the Jackson House and grew up there. Behind Robinson is the living room that once held the piano where musicians who stayed at the house would gather. [Times (2011)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190625/ARTICLE/306259923/AR/0/AR-306259923.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Willie Robinson Jr., pictured here at 63, was born in the Jackson House and grew up there. Behind Robinson is the living room that once held the piano where musicians who stayed at the house would gather. [Times (2011)]")
![A drone photo of Robles Park Village in Tampa. In 1951 when these projects were being built, workers dug up three bodies near the spot where this photo was taken. Newspaper accounts from the time said the bodies were buried in Zion Cemetery and should have been moved in 1925.
[LUIS SANTANA | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190624/ARTICLE/190629855/AR/0/AR-190629855.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "A drone photo of Robles Park Village in Tampa. In 1951 when these projects were being built, workers dug up three bodies near the spot where this photo was taken. Newspaper accounts from the time said the bodies were buried in Zion Cemetery and should have been moved in 1925.
[LUIS SANTANA | Times]")
![Seen from a distance through the window of a moving van, an inmate at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys tends to the school's kennels on October 13, 2009. [EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190620/ARTICLE/306209688/AR/0/AR-306209688.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Seen from a distance through the window of a moving van, an inmate at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys tends to the school's kennels on October 13, 2009. [EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | Times]")
![José Ramón Cabañas, Cuba's ambassador to the United States.[Juan Carlos Chávez | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629746/AR/0/AR-190629746.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "José Ramón Cabañas, Cuba's ambassador to the United States.[Juan Carlos Chávez | Times]")
![Chick-fil-A is regularly at the top of the fast food industry in revenue and customer satisfaction. [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/306269730/AR/0/AR-306269730.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Chick-fil-A is regularly at the top of the fast food industry in revenue and customer satisfaction. [Associated Press]")
![The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office made the video public in hopes that it will generate credible tips in the case. [Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629795/AR/0/AR-190629795.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office made the video public in hopes that it will generate credible tips in the case. [Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office]")
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![Keith Colburn lands his first gag grouper. [Photo courtesy of Misty Wells]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629791/AR/0/AR-190629791.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Keith Colburn lands his first gag grouper. [Photo courtesy of Misty Wells]")
![From left, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft, and Florida Institute of Oceanography marine operations manager Rob Walker aboard the R/V W. T. Hogarth during a welcome ceremony for the research vessel at Bayboro Harbor. [Times (2017)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190614/ARTICLE/190619736/AR/0/AR-190619736.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "From left, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft, and Florida Institute of Oceanography marine operations manager Rob Walker aboard the R/V W. T. Hogarth during a welcome ceremony for the research vessel at Bayboro Harbor. [Times (2017)]")
![Ziplining at Empower Adventures Tampa Bay. [Photo courtesy of Misty Wells]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190612/ARTICLE/190619874/AR/0/AR-190619874.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Ziplining at Empower Adventures Tampa Bay. [Photo courtesy of Misty Wells]")
![An American soldier wades through water under heavy fire to reach the beach on the Normandy coast of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Two Pinellas men are among a dwindling number of soldiers who survive from that historic battle. [AP Photo/Files-Wartime Pool/Robert Capa]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190605/ARTICLE/306059799/AR/0/AR-306059799.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "An American soldier wades through water under heavy fire to reach the beach on the Normandy coast of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Two Pinellas men are among a dwindling number of soldiers who survive from that historic battle. [AP Photo/Files-Wartime Pool/Robert Capa]")
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Driver, 19, arrested after pedestrian is killed, say St. Petersburg police
![Kevin Beckner, executive director of the Hillsborough County Civil Service Board, may have delayed plans to announce another run for clerk of court after a Times story questioned the board’s spending and salaries. [Times (2013]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629759/AR/0/AR-190629759.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Kevin Beckner, executive director of the Hillsborough County Civil Service Board, may have delayed plans to announce another run for clerk of court after a Times story questioned the board’s spending and salaries. [Times (2013]")
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Editorial cartoons for Thursday from Times wire services
Two teens escape Hernando County juvenile justice facility, have yet to be found
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![Dinorah Rodriguez, 14, shown here on a web page set up by her family, was fatally shot in Brandon last week. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in the slaying. [gofundme.com]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629782/AR/0/AR-190629782.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Dinorah Rodriguez, 14, shown here on a web page set up by her family, was fatally shot in Brandon last week. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in the slaying. [gofundme.com]")
Tampa boy, 16, arrested in fatal shooting was targeting someone else, deputies say
![The Hillsborough County Commission is giving a $5.2 million grant to the University of South Florida’s new Institute of Applied Engineering, which will reside in University Mall as part of an ongoing effort to revitalize the area. [SARA DINATALE | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629751/AR/0/AR-190629751.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Hillsborough County Commission is giving a $5.2 million grant to the University of South Florida’s new Institute of Applied Engineering, which will reside in University Mall as part of an ongoing effort to revitalize the area. [SARA DINATALE | Times]")
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![With Connecticut's return to the Big East, USF women's basketball coach Jose Fernandez now appears to possess the American Athletic Conference's premier program. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/306269635/AR/0/AR-306269635.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "With Connecticut's return to the Big East, USF women's basketball coach Jose Fernandez now appears to possess the American Athletic Conference's premier program. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
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![Pierre Boivin, left, and Stephen Bronfman speak at a news conference at the Clairidge Inc. office in Montreal on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Bronfman spoke about exploring the prospect of the Tampa Bay Rays playing half their future home games each season in Montreal. [MARIO BEAUREGARD | LE JOURNAL DE MONTREAL]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/306269669/AR/0/AR-306269669.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Pierre Boivin, left, and Stephen Bronfman speak at a news conference at the Clairidge Inc. office in Montreal on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Bronfman spoke about exploring the prospect of the Tampa Bay Rays playing half their future home games each season in Montreal. [MARIO BEAUREGARD | LE JOURNAL DE MONTREAL]")
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![The Boston Red Sox take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in a 1998 spring training game at Al Lang Stadium. [Times files]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/306269882/AR/0/AR-306269882.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Boston Red Sox take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in a 1998 spring training game at Al Lang Stadium. [Times files]")
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NHL issues rule changes coming off 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs
![Tampa Bay Rays leftfielder Tommy Pham (29) hits a homerun during the fifth inning of their game against the Los Angeles Angels on June 16 at St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field. The team come home this week to face the Texas Rangers. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629770/AR/0/AR-190629770.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Tampa Bay Rays leftfielder Tommy Pham (29) hits a homerun during the fifth inning of their game against the Los Angeles Angels on June 16 at St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field. The team come home this week to face the Texas Rangers. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]")
What’s happening in Tampa Bay sports: Rays come home, 5Ks abound
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![Duane 'Dog' Chapman, with then-Beth Smith, left, attends the Hollywood Christmas Parade in 2009 in Los Angeles. [AP Photo/Earl Gibson III]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629767/AR/0/AR-190629767.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Duane 'Dog' Chapman, with then-Beth Smith, left, attends the Hollywood Christmas Parade in 2009 in Los Angeles. [AP Photo/Earl Gibson III]")
Beth Chapman, wife of bounty hunter reality TV star, dies
![Billy Stewart, who sang and played keyboards in the ’70s disco band Calhoon, walks around downtown St. Petersburg hanging up concert posters for Daddy Kool Records. Stewart gets paid $2 for every poster he hangs up. [ALLIE GOULDING | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629810/AR/0/AR-190629810.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Billy Stewart, who sang and played keyboards in the ’70s disco band Calhoon, walks around downtown St. Petersburg hanging up concert posters for Daddy Kool Records. Stewart gets paid $2 for every poster he hangs up. [ALLIE GOULDING | Times]")
He survived the rise and fall of disco. Then his life started over in St. Petersburg.
![The Bilheimer Capitol Theatre will show 1939’s “Gone With the Wind’’ as part of its summer movie series. [AP Photo/New Line Cinema]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629783/AR/0/AR-190629783.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Bilheimer Capitol Theatre will show 1939’s “Gone With the Wind’’ as part of its summer movie series. [AP Photo/New Line Cinema]")
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![“Yesterday” stars Himesh Patel, left, and Lily James. [Universal Pictures]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629772/AR/0/AR-190629772.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "“Yesterday” stars Himesh Patel, left, and Lily James. [Universal Pictures]")
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‘The Office’ will leave Netflix for NBCUniversal’s new streaming service in 2021
![To celebrate Sunday as National Mai Tai Day, grab a drink from the Intermezzo Coffee and Cocktails bartenders who whip up “locally famous” Mai Tais in St. Petersburg. [Times (2017)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629773/AR/0/AR-190629773.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "To celebrate Sunday as National Mai Tai Day, grab a drink from the Intermezzo Coffee and Cocktails bartenders who whip up “locally famous” Mai Tais in St. Petersburg. [Times (2017)]")
What’s happening in Tampa Bay food: Watermelon Fest at Keel Farms, Arkane Aleworks turns 3
![“Drifter” by Walter Matthews is part of his “Gaming the Tilt” exhibit, opening Saturday at Tampa’s Tempus Projects. [Walter Matthews]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629775/AR/0/AR-190629775.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "“Drifter” by Walter Matthews is part of his “Gaming the Tilt” exhibit, opening Saturday at Tampa’s Tempus Projects. [Walter Matthews]")
What’s happening in Tampa Bay art: New work at Tempus Projects, Creatives Exchange returns to HCC
![St. Petersburg’s Mirror Lake Community Library, pictured here in 2015, will host a book sale this weekend. [Times (2015)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629776/AR/0/AR-190629776.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "St. Petersburg’s Mirror Lake Community Library, pictured here in 2015, will host a book sale this weekend. [Times (2015)]")
Tampa Bay’s top shopping picks: Kids Market, event decor and book sales
![Lauren Daigle performs “You Say” during the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas earlier this year. On Friday, the singer will stop by Tampa’s Yuengling Center. [Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629777/AR/0/AR-190629777.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Lauren Daigle performs “You Say” during the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas earlier this year. On Friday, the singer will stop by Tampa’s Yuengling Center. [Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP]")
Tampa Bay’s top concert picks: Lauren Daigle, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Streetlight Manifesto
![Adam Sandler in the Netflix special “100% Fresh.” The longtime comic will visit Tampa’s Amalie Arena with his old buddy Rob Schneider on Saturday. [Netflix]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190626/ARTICLE/190629778/AR/0/AR-190629778.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Adam Sandler in the Netflix special “100% Fresh.” The longtime comic will visit Tampa’s Amalie Arena with his old buddy Rob Schneider on Saturday. [Netflix]")
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