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![Jhamila Shine sits on her front porch holding a poster of her missing 17-year-old son, Micheal Shine III in October. He went missing after leaving for school in August. Seven months later, he turned himself in to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and was reunited with his family. [BRONTE WITTPENN | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190317/ARTICLE/190319697/AR/0/AR-190319697.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Jhamila Shine sits on her front porch holding a poster of her missing 17-year-old son, Micheal Shine III in October. He went missing after leaving for school in August. Seven months later, he turned himself in to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and was reunited with his family. [BRONTE WITTPENN | Times]")
![Dye changes the color of the Hillsborough River to green for Saint Patrick's Day during the 8th Annual Mayor's River O' Green Fest on March 16, 2019 at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa. [TAILYR IRVINE | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190316/ARTICLE/303169775/AR/0/AR-303169775.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Dye changes the color of the Hillsborough River to green for Saint Patrick's Day during the 8th Annual Mayor's River O' Green Fest on March 16, 2019 at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa. [TAILYR IRVINE | Times]")
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![Jhamila Shine sits on her front porch holding a poster of her missing 17-year-old son, Micheal Shine III in October. He went missing after leaving for school in August. Seven months later, he turned himself in to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and was reunited with his family. [BRONTE WITTPENN | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190317/ARTICLE/190319697/AR/0/0/AR-190319697.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Jhamila Shine sits on her front porch holding a poster of her missing 17-year-old son, Micheal Shine III in October. He went missing after leaving for school in August. Seven months later, he turned himself in to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and was reunited with his family. [BRONTE WITTPENN | Times]")
After 7 months, missing Tampa teen is reunited with his family
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![Monica Docobo, a crime scene investigator for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested March 9 on a DUI charge in Manatee County. The niece of former Chief Deputy Jos? Docobo, she is likely to be fired under a zero-tolerance policy put in place by Sheriff David Gee and continued by his successor, Sheriff Chad Chronister. [Booking photo from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190315/ARTICLE/190319725/AR/0/0/AR-190319725.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Monica Docobo, a crime scene investigator for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested March 9 on a DUI charge in Manatee County. The niece of former Chief Deputy Jos? Docobo, she is likely to be fired under a zero-tolerance policy put in place by Sheriff David Gee and continued by his successor, Sheriff Chad Chronister. [Booking photo from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office]")
Niece of former chief deputy faces termination for DUI under Hillsborough’s zero-tolerance policy
![The University of South Florida spent five months and nearly $8,000 to tweak its new academic logo from the design shown here on the left to the design shown on the right. Though the logo has been widely ridiculed by students and alumni, USF has no plans to change it [Courtesy of USF]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190315/ARTICLE/190319713/AR/0/0/AR-190319713.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The University of South Florida spent five months and nearly $8,000 to tweak its new academic logo from the design shown here on the left to the design shown on the right. Though the logo has been widely ridiculed by students and alumni, USF has no plans to change it [Courtesy of USF]")
‘We still hate it.’ USF students and alumni respond to final logo design
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![James Fair visits with his mother Alice Fair while he sat on on death row in Georgia in the early 1960s.
[Courtesy of Clennon King]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190313/ARTICLE/190319875/AR/0/AR-190319875.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "James Fair visits with his mother Alice Fair while he sat on on death row in Georgia in the early 1960s.
[Courtesy of Clennon King]")
![Mary Scroggins, left, with her 26-year-old daughter at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs, questions why no charges have been filed in what they describe as a sexual assault on the daughter three years ago. The daughter, whose name is being withheld, has had been intellectually disabled since birth. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190306/ARTICLE/190309795/AR/0/AR-190309795.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Mary Scroggins, left, with her 26-year-old daughter at Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs, questions why no charges have been filed in what they describe as a sexual assault on the daughter three years ago. The daughter, whose name is being withheld, has had been intellectually disabled since birth. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]")
![The Laser Spine Institute opened its Avion Park surgical center in Tampa in 2014, part of a heady, years-long run that ended suddenly when the practice ceased operations March 1. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190308/ARTICLE/190309642/AR/0/AR-190309642.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Laser Spine Institute opened its Avion Park surgical center in Tampa in 2014, part of a heady, years-long run that ended suddenly when the practice ceased operations March 1. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]")
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![Leonard Edwards, 63, was released last summer after 46 years in prison for a hammer attack and rape that occurred when he was 16. On Sunday, he was arrested in an attack on a co-worker. [Tampa Police Department]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190314/ARTICLE/190319805/AR/0/AR-190319805.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Leonard Edwards, 63, was released last summer after 46 years in prison for a hammer attack and rape that occurred when he was 16. On Sunday, he was arrested in an attack on a co-worker. [Tampa Police Department]")
![Former Democratic Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke laughs as he is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in New York on Feb. 5, 2019. [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190314/ARTICLE/190319820/AR/0/AR-190319820.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Former Democratic Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke laughs as he is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in New York on Feb. 5, 2019. [Associated Press]")
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![The Laser Spine Institute joins a list of Tampa Bay businesses that have closed over the years. Some shuttered quickly, while others hung on for as long as they could. [Times files]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190308/ARTICLE/190309668/AR/0/AR-190309668.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Laser Spine Institute joins a list of Tampa Bay businesses that have closed over the years. Some shuttered quickly, while others hung on for as long as they could. [Times files]")
![The Yankees are introducing a new pastrami sandwich to be served during home spring training games at Steinbrenner Field this season. The pastrami is cooked in-house on the facility's 750-pound smoker. [EDUARDO A. ENCINA | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190225/ARTICLE/302259890/AR/0/AR-302259890.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Yankees are introducing a new pastrami sandwich to be served during home spring training games at Steinbrenner Field this season. The pastrami is cooked in-house on the facility's 750-pound smoker. [EDUARDO A. ENCINA | Times]")
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Hillsborough deputies on scene of death investigation in Tampa’s Uptown District
![Mehr Khan, left, and Dr. Nadeem Khan, right, pose with friends Laura and Dr. Stephen Kreitzer during the interfaith community vigil. Faith leaders, local officials and members of the community gathered for the vigil in response to the recent terror attack at mosques in New Zealand, where 50 people were killed by a white supremacist. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190317/ARTICLE/190319696/AR/0/AR-190319696.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Mehr Khan, left, and Dr. Nadeem Khan, right, pose with friends Laura and Dr. Stephen Kreitzer during the interfaith community vigil. Faith leaders, local officials and members of the community gathered for the vigil in response to the recent terror attack at mosques in New Zealand, where 50 people were killed by a white supremacist. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]")
At interfaith vigil, local Muslims say white supremacy is on the rise and they are afraid
![The Gasparilla International Film Festival kicks off at the historic Tampa Theatre on Tuesday. [Luis Santana | Times (2018)]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190317/ARTICLE/190319695/AR/0/AR-190319695.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "The Gasparilla International Film Festival kicks off at the historic Tampa Theatre on Tuesday. [Luis Santana | Times (2018)]")
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New Port Richey motorcyclist killed in crash, troopers say
![Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn wears his signature Saint Patrick Day themed pants for the last time during the 8th Annual Mayor’s River O’Green Fest at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa. [TAILYR IRVINE | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190316/ARTICLE/190319702/AR/0/AR-190319702.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn wears his signature Saint Patrick Day themed pants for the last time during the 8th Annual Mayor’s River O’Green Fest at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa. [TAILYR IRVINE | Times]")
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![Monica Docobo, a crime scene investigator for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested March 9 on a DUI charge in Manatee County. The niece of former Chief Deputy Jos? Docobo, she is likely to be fired under a zero-tolerance policy put in place by Sheriff David Gee and continued by his successor, Sheriff Chad Chronister. [Booking photo from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190315/ARTICLE/190319725/AR/0/AR-190319725.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Monica Docobo, a crime scene investigator for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested March 9 on a DUI charge in Manatee County. The niece of former Chief Deputy Jos? Docobo, she is likely to be fired under a zero-tolerance policy put in place by Sheriff David Gee and continued by his successor, Sheriff Chad Chronister. [Booking photo from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office]")
Niece of former chief deputy faces termination for DUI under Hillsborough’s zero-tolerance policy
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![Tommy Pham (right), shown earlier this spring, wants to make sure his Rays mates are ready for the season-opening test of facing two playoff teams. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190317/ARTICLE/303179792/AR/0/AR-303179792.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Tommy Pham (right), shown earlier this spring, wants to make sure his Rays mates are ready for the season-opening test of facing two playoff teams. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]")
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Anna Burns, Steve Coll among recipients of National Book Critics Circle awards
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![Check out the two-day Florida Mermaid Festival in Spring Hill this weekend. [Brendan Fitterer | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190315/ARTICLE/190319746/AR/0/AR-190319746.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Check out the two-day Florida Mermaid Festival in Spring Hill this weekend. [Brendan Fitterer | Times]")
Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Saturday, March 16
![Amalie Arena in Tampa. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190315/ARTICLE/303159775/AR/0/AR-303159775.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Amalie Arena in Tampa. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]")
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Live Oak Theatre's 'Godspell' opens March 29 in Brooksville
Smithsonian brings Home Team exhibit to New Port Richey
![Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. [Associated Press]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190315/ARTICLE/190319764/AR/0/AR-190319764.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. [Associated Press]")
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![With a family-style menu of tapas, Jaleo will showcase dishes like gambas a la Zahara. [Courtesy of Jaleo]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20190314/ARTICLE/190319791/AR/0/AR-190319791.jpg&MaxW=576&ImageVersion=Rotator "With a family-style menu of tapas, Jaleo will showcase dishes like gambas a la Zahara. [Courtesy of Jaleo]")
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