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Granville Ritchie arrives Friday in the courtroom of Circuit Judge Michelle Sisco to stand trial in the slaying of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times
‘She was looking into the face of her killer:’ Trial opens in slaying of girl, 9
Prosecutors present their case against Granville Ritchie, accused in the 2014 rape and murder of Felecia Williams. Ritchie faces the death penalty.
Sep. 13• Tampa
Hillsborough commission keeps property tax rate flat, but 2020 budget grows to $6.62 billion
Hillsborough County will dedicate about $1 million each school year to employ crossing guards at all 43 of its public middle schools. [EVE EDELHEIT | Times (2014)]
While the board’s new Democratic majority fought for modest increases in taxes and fees next fiscal year, the commission voted Thursday night to forego any changes to the millage rate.
Sep. 13• Hillsborough
Former Hillsborough sheriff’s employee arrested on stalking charges
Megan Jaquiss, 25, faces charges of stalking, sending threatening or harassing telephone calls, harassment by use of personal identification and accessing a computer or electronic device without authority, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. JAMAL THALJI | Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
The former employee filed false complaints against her ex-boyfriend, sent hundreds of harassing texts and filled out a false job application in his name.
Sep. 13• Crime
Their ancestors were forgotten as Zion Cemetery faded from view. Now, they want answers.
Ronald Sheehy of St. Petersburg knew about his uncle, Samuel Oscar Sheehy, a well known "fixer" in Tampa's minority communities of the early 1900s. But he didn't know his uncle had a son who died at 18 months and was buried in the long-forgotten Zion Cemetery. JAMES BORCHUCK | Times
Some of Tampa’s most prominent African-American families buried their dead at Zion. Still, apartments and businesses were built on top of them.
Sep. 13• Hillsborough

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    Earlier today• Breaking News
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
    Charges in the accident are pending.
  2. Tampa parents of leukemia patient Noah McAdams find support online after losing custody
    Yesterday• Latest News
    Taylor Bland-Ball, 22, posted this photo and open letter to Judge Thomas Palermo to her Instagram account on September 10, the day after she lost custody of her 4-year-old son Noah McAdams. The boy's parents wanted to treat his leukemia with natural health care remedies instead of chemotherapy. [Instagram] ANASTASIA DAWSON | Instagram
    The couple refused chemotherapy for their son, instead seeking alternative treatments including dietary plans, alkaline water and THC and CBD oil treatments
  3. Former Hillsborough sheriff’s employee arrested on stalking charges
    Sep. 13• Crime
    Megan Jaquiss, 25, faces charges of stalking, sending threatening or harassing telephone calls, harassment by use of personal identification and accessing a computer or electronic device without authority, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. JAMAL THALJI | Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
    The former employee filed false complaints against her ex-boyfriend, sent hundreds of harassing texts and filled out a false job application in his name.
  4. ‘She was looking into the face of her killer:’ Trial opens in slaying of girl, 9
    Sep. 13• Tampa
    Granville Ritchie arrives Friday in the courtroom of Circuit Judge Michelle Sisco to stand trial in the slaying of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times
    Prosecutors present their case against Granville Ritchie, accused in the 2014 rape and murder of Felecia Williams. Ritchie faces the death penalty.
  5. Hillsborough commission keeps property tax rate flat, but 2020 budget grows to $6.62 billion
    Sep. 13• Hillsborough
    Hillsborough County will dedicate about $1 million each school year to employ crossing guards at all 43 of its public middle schools. [EVE EDELHEIT | Times (2014)]
    While the board’s new Democratic majority fought for modest increases in taxes and fees next fiscal year, the commission voted Thursday night to forego any changes to the millage rate.
  6. Clearwater nonprofit gives up $6.6 million foster contract, blasts lack of funding for child welfare
    Sep. 13• Hillsborough
    April Lott, president and CEO of Directions for Living, left, and Dr. Chris Card, chief of community-based care for Eckerd Connects, at a 2018 press conference. Directions is walking away from a $6.6 million contract to provide foster care services in Hillsborough County just two weeks after Eckerd Connects fired the nonprofit from a similar contract in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Tampa Bay Times
    Directions for Living says case managers were overburdened and child welfare system ‘remains in crisis.’
  7. Police identify man shot dead at Temple Terrace apartment
    Sep. 13• Breaking News
    Temple Terrace police are looking for the driver of this green Kia Soul, seen at the Boardwalk at the Morris Bridge apartment complex around the time that two people were shot. Anyone with information was asked to call Temple Terrace police at (813) 989-7110. [Temple Terrace Police Department]
    Two men are being sought for questioning in the death of Tyler Drejon Ford, 21, who was found Tuesday at the Boardwalk at Morris Bridge Apartments.
  8. All the National Merit Semifinalists in one place. Tampa Bay has 132 of them this year.
    Sep. 13• Gradebook
    The National Merit Scholarship program has announced the names of semifinalists for scholarships to be offered in the spring.
    These students are among the top 1 percent of high school seniors in the nation.
  9. Student faces charges after posting threat against Middleton High School
    Sep. 13• Hillsborough
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates.
    The 15-year-old threatened to use an automatic weapon on students and referenced “blowing up” the school, police said.
  10. Their ancestors were forgotten as Zion Cemetery faded from view. Now, they want answers.
    Sep. 13• Hillsborough
    Ronald Sheehy of St. Petersburg knew about his uncle, Samuel Oscar Sheehy, a well known "fixer" in Tampa's minority communities of the early 1900s. But he didn't know his uncle had a son who died at 18 months and was buried in the long-forgotten Zion Cemetery. JAMES BORCHUCK | Times
    Some of Tampa’s most prominent African-American families buried their dead at Zion. Still, apartments and businesses were built on top of them.
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