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Amber Perera looks out at the courtroom audience during a court hearing Friday. A judge sentenced her to 50 years on Tuesday. , SCOTT KEELER | Times
Woman gets 50 years in death of family on Selmon Expressway
A judge noted that Amber Perera, 31, drove away until her tire fell off: “You continued to avoid any responsibility for this crime.”
Yesterday• Crime
How Instagram influencers are changing the restaurant industry
Instagram influencer Nia Damalos, Instagram handle @niadamalos, photographs a non alcoholic cocktail as she is pregnant at the VIP preview for the Oxford Exchange's new Champagne Bar on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 in Tampa. LUIS SANTANA | Times
Young entrepreneurs are getting paid to post about restaurants. And restaurant owners are scrambling to keep up.
2 hours ago• Food
Florida Senate expected to remove Broward County sheriff in vote today
Former sheriff of Broward County Scott Israel, right, and his attorney Benedict Kuehne wait their turn to speak to the Senate Rules Committee concerning his dismissal by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday in Tallahassee. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon) STEVE CANNON | AP
The vote is expected to be seen as a political victory for the governor and validation for the families of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
2 hours ago• The Buzz
Harvey, Pat Partridge mourned in plane crash. 'Never a dog he couldn’t save.’
Pat and Harvey Partridge visit Waiheke Island in New Zealand in April. Courtesy of David Partridge
The husband-and-wife team founded St. Petersburg’s Partridge Animal Hospital were known for their compassion and kindness to all creatures great and small.
2 hours ago• Pinellas
The University of South Florida ranked ahead of UCF, FIU and FAU in the U.S. News & World Report's Global University Rankings. [USF handout]
Florida schools rank among the ‘Best Global Universities,’ according to U.S. News
The University of Florida finished 105th, while USF came in at 310. Harvard led the world.
Yesterday• Gradebook
Map shows King High gym may have been built atop paupers cemetery
Conflicting versions emerge of where Ridgewood Cemetery was located. One thing is certain: It was ignored or forgotten.
Yesterday• Education
Robinson High student arrested over shooting threats on Instagram
One of the messages included a picture of a pellet gun, Tampa police said.
Yesterday• Hillsborough
Tyrone Mall, Tyrone Blvd, Tyrone Middle. Where is the name from?
The story behind the ever-present name involves St. Pete’s first airport and a bootlegging mogul.
Yesterday• St. Petersburg
Clips of an article Jack Kerouac wrote for the Evening Independent/St. Petersburg Times in 1965. Times Files.
Read lost stories Jack Kerouac wrote for a St. Pete newspaper in 1965
While living in St. Petersburg, Jack Kerouac stopped by a local newspaper office and wrote three stories in one night.
Yesterday• Sports
The lobby bar at the Current Hotel on Rocky Point in Tampa serves eclectic cocktails and locally brewed coffee. SARA DINATALE | Tampa Bay Times
Tampa’s Current Hotel celebrates grand opening on Rocky Point
Take a look inside Tampa Bay’s newest boutique hotel.
Yesterday• Business

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Body of missing Alabama girl found; two being charged
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After L. Ron Hubbard died, David Miscavige became Scientology’s leader. Former church executives say Miscavige beat his staff. Church officials say the defectors are lying. LUKE MACGREGOR | Reuters
Part 1 — Scientology: The Truth Rundown
High-ranking defectors provide an unprecedented inside look at Scientology, its leader and the Lisa McPherson case.
Tommy Zeigler was arrested days after the slayings of his wife, in-laws and a customer in his furniture store.
State attorney rejects death row inmate’s DNA appeal
Tommy Zeigler, photographed last year on death row at Union Correctional Institution. [CHERIE DIEZ | Times]
Blood and Truth: Could DNA prove Tommy Zeigler innocent?
Kreshae Humphrey, 26, bathes her daughter, Nevaeh Soto De Jesus, 3, inside of a baby bath tub in the middle of their living room. The parents bathe all three of their girls with bottled water because they believe the children were sickened by the tap water at the Southern Comfort mobile home park off U.S. 19 in Clearwater. The family is suing the park's owner over the issue, but the owner and the state say there are no problems with the drinking water there. MARTHA ASENCIO-RHINE | Times
Sick children. Brown water. Lost homes. Inside a Clearwater mobile home park.
Michael Jenkins spent seven days at North Tampa Behavioral Health last July. Since then, he says his three children have been afraid he’ll leave and not come home. JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times
You’re trapped. This Florida hospital is cashing in.

VIEWPOINTS

Men and boys pose beneath the body of Lige Daniels, a black man, shortly after he was lynched on August 3, 1920, in Center, Texas. This scene was turned into a postcard depicting the lynching. The back reads, "He killed Earl's grandma. She was Florence's mother. Give this to Bud. From Aunt Myrtle." Wikimedia Commons
Mr. President, this is what lynching really is | Editorial
Yesterday• Opinion
Scott Israel, former Broward County Sheriff speaks during a news conference in September. A Florida Senate official is recommending that the sheriff, suspended over his handling of shootings at a Parkland high school and the Fort Lauderdale airport, should be reinstated. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) BRYNN ANDERSON | AP
Should Parkland shooting cost former Sheriff Israel his job? | Editorial
Yesterday• Opinion
Matt Baker - Colleges Reporter
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Colleges Reporter

If Florida State wants to fire Willie Taggart, the 'Noles should do it now
Yesterday• Florida State Seminoles
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Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby brings a challenge to the Lightning
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Bucs’ Jason Pierre-Paul wants to prove he’s unstoppable, again
Yesterday• Bucs
Martin Fennelly - Sports columnist
Martin Fennelly

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Bucs’ Jameis Winston, Titans’ Marcus Mariota crashing at same time
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NEWS

39 people found dead in truck container in southeast England
An aerial view as police forensic officers attend the scene after a truck was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, in Thurock, South England, early Wednesday Oct. 23, 2019. Police in southeastern England said that 39 people were found dead Wednesday inside a truck container believed to have come from Bulgaria.
Key takeaways from ambassador’s testimony on Ukraine
A top U.S. diplomat, William Taylor, departs the Capitol after testifying in the Democrats' impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019.
Florida education news: School choice, a campus cemetery, and a dumpster-diving bear
Is Weeki Wachee a historic place? We’ll see.
Death row exonerees ask DeSantis to halt execution
Harvey, Pat Partridge mourned in plane crash. 'Never a dog he couldn’t save.’
Man accused in St. Pete double murder testifies in his own defense
Robinson High student arrested over shooting threats on Instagram
Tampa’s Current Hotel celebrates grand opening on Rocky Point
Adjunct professors unionize at St. Petersburg College
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SPORTS

Could Cam Newton be the Bucs starting quarterback next season? One betting service has set the odds at 25:1.
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Sidney Crosby is a large part of why the Penguins don't have many down years.
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The Nationals' Juan Soto hits a two-run double off Astros starter Gerrit Cole during the fifth inning of the World Series opener. Soto also hits a solo home run.
Nationals beat Cole, Astros in World Series opener
Sports on TV/radio for Wednesday, Oct. 23
Nicholas, a rescued bottlenose dolphin at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, made his World Series pick.
Astros-Nationals: Clearwater dolphin picks a World Series upset
Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end O.J. Howard, top, is tackled by Los Angeles Rams strong safety John Johnson during the first of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Bucs facing trade deadline limbo
Bucs’ Demar Dotson, Breshad Perriman expect to practice without restriction
High school football rankings for Tampa Bay, Week 10
Beckham’s stadium complex for Inter Miami taking shape
Bucs’ Jameis Winston, Titans’ Marcus Mariota crashing at same time
Bucs’ Jason Pierre-Paul wants to prove he’s unstoppable, again
USF’s Charlie Strong set to make $5 million this season
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A guide to Tampa Bay food and drink events this weekend
Cooters Crab Fest will return to the Clearwater Beach restaurant and bar for its 26th year on Thursday.
Shine Mural Festival continues in St. Petersburg with more events
Muralists Blaine Fontana and Jeremy Nichols, both of Portland, OR., are creating this piece for the Shine Mural Festival that features Florida sea creatures with a grant from NOAA.
This weekend on Tampa Bay stages: Bill Engvall, Carlos Mencia
This weekend’s top Tampa Bay concerts: Post Malone, Chainsmokers
How Instagram influencers are changing the restaurant industry
Alison Roman talks about her new cookbook ‘Nothing Fancy’
Artists participate in annual Shine Mural Festival
Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Wednesday, Oct. 23
What’s a ‘Tampa Bay Bustdown’? Let rapper Yung Gravy explain
Tampa Bay restaurant and bar openings: Tostones Inc. grows in Tampa, St. Petersburg Rib City returns
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