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Comprehensive News Feed for Wimauma, FL.

Results 1 - 20 of 148 in Wimauma, FL

  1. Brandon briefs: Candidates forum Oct. 20 at Balm Civic Center

    Friday | St. Petersburg Times

    ... of elections and property appraiser) have been invited. The forum is at 7 p.m. at the Balm Civic Center, 14747 Balm Wimauma Road. The format will consist of statements from candidates, questions from the audience and candidates' closing remarks. ...

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    Related Topix: Balm, FL, Brandon, FL, Ruskin, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Riverview, FL

  2. Burn victim gives back to TGH and patientsRead the original story

    Tuesday Oct 7 | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

    ... he too has been to hell and back. Two years ago, a small plane Joe and his wife Estelle were riding in went down in Wimauma. "As soon as we crashed the plane exploded," says Versaggi. Versaggi doesn't remember much from that day, but back then one ...

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    Related Topix: Tampa, FL

  3. Hunters Can Go Hog-Wild

    Saturday Oct 4 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... . A limited number of permits will be available for $50 each and sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Geoff Fox WIMAUMA - Never mind the car. Anyone due for a checkup themselves can go to a free health fair Wednesday hosted by the Beth-El ...

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    Related Topix: Zephyrhills, FL, University of Florida, Plant City, FL, Ruskin, FL

  4. Compost Rules May Be LiftedRead the original story

    May 5, 2008 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... waste dumps, Pete Nelson said. "People take money and let this stuff sit and never use it" for farming. He noted a Wimauma site, where a property owner took wood mulch from solid waste facilities in Hillsborough and Manatee counties, receiving $30 ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL

  5. Men Arrested Trying To Remove Palmetto Berries, Deputies Say

    Thursday Sep 25 | Tampa Bay Online

    Four men tried removing palmetto berries from a state park in Wimauma on Wednesday morning, Hillsborough County deputies say.

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    Related Topix: Palmetto, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Fort Myers, FL, Fort Myers Metro

  6. Sun City Center Group Helps Capture Ruskin's Spirit

    Wednesday Sep 24 | SCC Observer

    ... Library in a gallery named for him two years ago when the library was built. The $2,100 for classes will extend into Wimauma as well, with some of that money going to art classes at the Wimauma Child Development Center, Evelyn said. As previously ...

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    Related Topix: Sun-City-Center, FL, Ruskin, FL

  7. Two schools move to continue chess champions' momentumRead the original story

    Friday Sep 19 | St. Petersburg Times

    After a summer break, the Wimauma Elementary state champion chess club is back at the boards again.

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  8. Back on the boards againRead the original story

    Thursday Sep 18 | Susan Polgar Chess Blog

    Thursday, September 18, 2008 Back on the boards again Two schools move to continue chess champions' momentum By Saundra Amrhein , Times Staff Writer In print: Friday, September 19, 2008 WIMAUMA - After a summer ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  9. Despite Outcries, Award Renamed For Late Activist

    Thursday Sep 18 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... candidates before, I don't see why that's a detriment to his character or what he believed in," Norman said. Balm-Wimauma activist Marcella Osteen disagreed, saying more-deserving recipients would be ordinary residents without money or clout who ...

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    Related Topix: Hillsborough County, FL, Speakers, Balm, FL

  10. Mildred Irene (McConahy) RupertRead the original story

    Wednesday Sep 17 | Ellwood City Ledger

    ... Group of the church. Surviving are a daughter, Nancy L. Rupert, Sun City Center, FL; a son, Earl Kay Rupert, Wimauma, FL; two brothers, Ralph McConahy, Dubois, PA, and David McConahy, Saxonburg, PA; a sister, Shirley Barr, New Castle, PA; three ...

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  11. Howell V. TuckerRead the original story

    Tuesday Sep 16 | The State - South Carolina

    ... grandson, Christopher Tucker of Lugoff; stepdaughter, Sharon Flood of Elgin; stepsons, Roger (Sheila) Flood of Wimauma, FL, Greg (Marsha) Flood of Hopkins, and Andy Flood of Elgin; grandchildren, Tracy (Tim) Belcher, Marcellia (Wayne) Campbell, ...

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  12. Linda M. CampbellRead the original story

    Sunday Sep 14 | Tri-County News

    ... children, James Delbert Campbell of Vinton, Toni Rae Branda of Zephyr Hills, Fla., Richard Wayne (Marcy) Campbell of Wimauma, Fla., and Rachael Nicole (Billy) Bacon of Riverview, Fla.; and nine grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers and one ...

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  13. Brandon briefs: Meeting to focus on traffic along Field LaneRead the original story

    Friday Sep 12 | St. Petersburg Times

    ... inspections and acts as marine observers. For more information on the cookout, call Rosemarie Butti at 641-8886. WIMAUMA Program on ecology takes place Sept. 25 Learn more about the delicate ecology of Tampa Bay's watershed forests and aquifers in a ...

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    Related Topix: Brandon, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Ruskin, FL, Lithia, FL

  14. Teen Will Be Charged As An Adult In Rapes

    Sep 9, 2008 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... counties will be charged as an adult, according to prosecutors. If convicted, Jose Walle of 5431 Bishop Road, Wimauma, could face life in prison. Hillsborough deputies arrested Walle on Aug. 21 along with two men, Rigoberto Moron Martinez and ...

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    Related Topix: Pinellas County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, St. Petersburg, FL, Tampa, FL

  15. Teen To Be Charged As Adult In Bay Area Rape CasesRead the original story

    Sep 9, 2008 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... program instead, Bondi said. Walle arrived at Orient Road Jail on Monday, according to the jail's Web site. The Wimauma boy remained in jail today. He is being held without bail. Walle attended Shields Middle School off and on last year but isn't ...

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    Related Topix: Hillsborough County, NH, Hillsborough, NH

  16. Golf Cart - Bumper Cars' Come to SCC

    Sep 3, 2008 | SCC Observer

    ... in the community during the previous seven months, he added. Several of the carts have been recovered in the Wimauma area showing considerable damage consistent with using them to ram one another, bumper car fashion, Thornton said. None of the ...

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    Related Topix: Hillsborough County, FL

  17. Rape Case Questions Continue

    Aug 26, 2008 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... attacks in July in Hillsborough County and a sexual attack Aug. 3 at a St. Petersburg restaurant. Jose Walle, 13, of Wimauma, and Vicente Reyes-Carbajal, 20, of Ruskin, also were involved in some of the incidents, investigators said. Before the Aug. ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: Apollo Beach, FL, Ruskin, FL, Tampa, FL, Hillsborough County, FL

  18. Brown-Waite Asks For Probe Of Crime-Spree InvestigationRead the original story

    Aug 25, 2008 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... in July in Hillsborough County and an Aug. 3 sexual attack at a St. Petersburg restaurant. Jose Walle, 13, of Wimauma, and Vicente Reyes-Carbajal, 20, of Ruskin, also were involved in some of the incidents, investigators said. Before Martinez was ...

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    Related Topix: US News, Apollo Beach, FL, Prison, US Politics, Ginny Brown-Waite, Republican, US House of Representatives

  19. St. Pete Attack Had Air Of Revenge, Police SayRead the original story

    Aug 22, 2008 | Tampa Bay Online

    ... Bill Proffitt said. Martinez, 20, and two others - Vicente Reyes-Carbajal, 20, of Ruskin, and Jose Walle, 13, of Wimauma - were arrested Wednesday in a crime spree across the Tampa Bay area that one lawman described as a "reign of terror." They were ...

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    Related Topix: Ruskin, FL, Gibsonton, FL, Apollo Beach, FL, St. Petersburg, FL, Tampa Metro

  20. Three arrested in string of rapes, robberies

    Aug 22, 2008 | St. Petersburg Times

    ... He is 13. On Thursday his father, a landscaper who goes by the same name, stood outside the family's mobile home in Wimauma, looking bewildered. "We never expected something like this," he said. He said Jose had been a soccer star and a good boy ...

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    Related Topix: Gibsonton, FL, Apollo Beach, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL