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Peter Talbot - Former Times Reporter

Former Times Reporter

  1. Eric Gerard beat incumbent Curtis Holmes in the Largo City Commission race, according to unofficial results.
  2. John Tornga won his race for a seat on the Dunedin City Commission, according to unofficial results.
  3. Mayor Julie Ward Bujalski was reelected Tuesday night in Dunedin, according to unofficial results.
  4. Investigators work on the Howard Frankland Bridge on Thursday after two teens fled from an attempted traffic stop, crashed and then jumped into Tampa Bay. One died, the other was seriously injured.
  5. A high-speed chase onto the Howard Frankland Bridge ended with a crash and two men jumping into the water. One was rescued and the other found dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
  6. Tampa police chief Brian Dugan addresses members of the media in a Thursday press conference about the July 30 shooting spree where five people, including a police officer, were injured.
  7. Someone spattered red paint across parts of a Back the Blue mural on Madison Street outside Tampa Police Department headquarters.
  8. Police supporters took it upon themselves Saturday to block traffic and paint a Back the Blue mural on Madison Street outside Tampa Police Department headquarters.
  9. Graham Ivan Clark, 17, of Tampa, was arrested Friday on 30 charges. Authorities say he was the "mastermind" of a July 15 Twitter hack scheme which gave him and two others access to the high-profile accounts of Bill Gates, Barack Obama and many other celebrities with millions of followers. At left is a message sent when Apple's Twitter account was hacked.
  10. Florida's coronavirus numbers were beginning to spike again when people gathered June 14 at a bar along Seventh Avenue in Ybor City. Less than two weeks later, the state ordered bars to stop selling alcohol.
  11. Patrons are seen outside Tangra Nightclub in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 14, 2020 in the Ybor City area of Tampa
  12. Victoria Price, an investigative reporter for WFLA-Ch. 8, almost disregarded a cryptic email she received from a viewer last month warning her she might have cancer. But the viewer was right.
  13. People wait to be called inside Tuesday afternoon at the Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Office in Drew Park.
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  16. Calvary Baptist Church pastor Willy Rice speaks during a video posted to the church's Facebook page announcing its services would go back to online-only after staff tested positive for COVID-19.
  17. Janiah Hinds, 16, left, and sister Joelle, 13, have launched separate internet businesses that rely on their designs. Janiah has Slay it Proud T-shirts and Joelle a line of press-on nails.
  18. Visitors walk along the 26 acre, $92 million St. Petersburg Pier District, Monday, July 6, 2020 s the pier opened to he public.
  19. The signature sculpture of the new $92 million dollar St. Petersburg Pier, "Bending Arc" by renown artist, Janet Echelman is seen lit up on Tuesday June 30, 2020 in the Pier District.
  20. Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit Tampa-based Trademark Metals Recycling, alleging violations of the federal Clean Water Act and Florida stormwater permits at six scrap yards including operations in Tampa.
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