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  1. Teenager shot in Lithia at police officer’s home identified
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    The victim in Friday's shooting at a Tampa police officer's home has been identified as 15-year-old Bradley Hulett of Lithia. Hulett is pictured here on the Facebook page of Operation Lotus, a Hillsborough County non-profit that supports families coping with tragedy and is raising money for Hulett's family. [Facebook]
    Bradley Hulett, 15, was described as sweet, intelligent and charismatic.
  2. Mom abandoned kids in bus to smoke weed on boat, police say
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    A transient mother is facing three counts of felony child neglect after an officer found three children alone on a dilapidated bus early Saturday morning. [Gulfport Police Department]
    She has been charged with three counts of felony child neglect.
  3. Hillsborough County detention deputy arrested for possible DUI
    Yesterday• Crime
    Off-duty detention Deputy Leighton Ricketts, 32, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol early Saturday morning. A four-year veteran of the Sheriff’s office, Ricketts was placed on unpaid administrative leave pending the results of an internal affairs investigation. [Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office] [ANASTASIA DAWSON | HCSO]
    Detention Deputy Leighton Ricketts, a four-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, was placed on unpaid administrative leave pending the results of an internal affairs investigation.
  4. A hop and a prayer — scientists cultivate key beer ingredient in Hillsborough County
    Yesterday• Business
    Jeremy Sutliff drags a freshly cut hop plant over to the harvesting machine at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Wimauma. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
    Researchers are trying to make a variety of hops suitable to Florida’s climate.
  5. Dreams fulfilled, goals met at Pasco-Hernando State College commencement
    Yesterday• Pasco
    More than 1,300 summer and fall graduates were eligible to participate in the morning or afternoon commencement ceremonies Dec. 11 at the Pasco-Hernando State College New Port Richey campus. Approximately 345 degrees and certificates were conferred. [MICHELE MILLER | Times]
    Two ceremonies were held at the New Port Richey campus.
  6. Meet Sally Mae, a senior cat whose owner died
    Yesterday• Pasco
    Rocky, Sally Mae, Marsali and Paisley are available for adoption at area shelters. [Times]
    Shelter pet offerings throughout Tampa Bay
  7. Boy, 15, fatally shot at Tampa police officer’s home in Lithia
    Yesterday• Crime
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates. [Times]
    “With guns you always want to assume they’re loaded,” said a Hillsborough sheriff’s captain.
  8. Adventurous music business opens in Spring Hill
    Yesterday• Hernando
    At Adventures in Music, administrator Rich Holley talks of the studio's performance based lessons that train students, young and old, to make music together. [BETH N. GRAY | Special to the Times]
    New studio offers private lessons and group sessions.
  9. Retired Lakeland deputy police chief with Alzheimer’s found safe at St. Pete WaWa
    Yesterday• Florida
    Retired Lakeland deputy chief Clarence Grier has been missing since Wednesday afternoon. [Polk County Sheriff's Office]
    Retired deputy chief Clarence Grier had been missing since Wednesday afternoon.
  10. Army veteran who left bomb on Bay Pines VA campus sentenced
    Yesterday• Crime
    Mark Edward Allen, 60, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 5 years in prison and three years of supervised release. Allen was arrested in June and charged with leaving an explosive device on the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System campus May 29. [Pinelllas County Sheriff's Office]
    Mark Edward Allen, 60, was sentenced to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to VA bomb scare
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