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Byline: Stephanie Wang, Indianapolis Star The state paid more than $1.4 million in fees to plaintiffs' attorneys in five federal court cases that challenged -- and ultimately helped overturn -- [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer TARPON SPRINGS -- A car honked at a driver who ran a stop sign. Later, a bicyclist argued with the same driver who almost [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer TARPON SPRINGS -- Tarpon Springs police are still working to solve two homicides that occurred in the city in 2012. As of Friday, no [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer In restaurants like Beef O'Brady's and Pappas Ranch, in beach bars and sports grills across Tampa Bay, droves of people show up with their [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer TARPON SPRINGS -- The night before Halloween two years ago, a man walked out of a haunted house and straight into child abuse and [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer SAFETY HARBOR -- Last year, the City Commission said no. The proposed group home for mentally disabled young men was too close to another [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer CLEARWATER -- Convenience store manager Zuhair Abdallah was stocking drink coolers Wednesday afternoon when he saw a car coming toward him. The car struck [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- An armed robber ransacking a Tampa apartment forced two people into a bathtub and threatened to electrocute them, an arrest affidavit shows. [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG -- The Toyota Scion was so new it didn't have any dings in its maroon paint. Its oil hadn't even been changed [...]

Byline: JESSICA VANDER VELDE; STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writers TAMPA -- Destiny is only 4 years old, but she understands what happened Monday. A pit bull terrier mix bit her [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer Their daughter had said she wanted to kill herself, and they didn't know. But a school counselor did. Nearly three years later and after [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer TAMPA -- Authorities say two Brandon spas operated illegally as sexually oriented businesses offering 'table showers.' The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said it had [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; TIMES STAFF WRITER PLANT CITY -- Elated by the New England Patriots' playoff win Sunday night, 16-year-old Brandon Michael Sullivan stepped out of his Plant City house [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer PLANT CITY -- The phone rings, and she can't ignore it. For a month, 53-year-old Patricia Haynes has been piecing together her son's death [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- The man accused of killing her son sits in jail awaiting trial. Sunceray Dean attends his court hearings, staring at the man [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; TIMES STAFF WRITER PLANT CITY -- In historic downtown, a brick-wall mural praises 'the heart of Plant City.' This is the small-town dream ruled by the Strawberry [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; JOHN MARTIN; JODIE TILLMAN; Times Staff Writers PLANT CITY -- A man sought for questioning in connection with a double homicide over the weekend was shot and [...]

Byline: RICHARD MARTIN; STEPHANIE WANG; DANNY VALENTINE; Times Staff Writers PLANT CITY -- Roger Laquerre awoke early a week ago, coughing and shivering. His wife, Rachel, put a sweat shirt [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer PLANT CITY -- While Lawrence Dickey gave himself over to authorities Sunday, a newly released 911 recording revealed other family members were left to [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer RIVERVIEW -- The nonprofit board that runs the Regent events center may face questions over how it spent about $35,000 in county funds, according [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; SHELLEY ROSSETTER; Times Staff Writers RIVERVIEW -- Hillsborough Community College said Thursday it is examining the use of public money it contributed to build the Regent community [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- In the three years she disputed her home's valuation, Sara Cucchi of Odessa became very familiar with Hillsborough County's property appraisal system. [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer RIVERVIEW -- In its first public meeting, the board of the Regent continued Thursday night to battle controversy surrounding the community center's use of [...]

Byline: STEPHANIE WANG; Times Staff Writer TAMPA -- She waited outside the house, repeating the story. To herself, maybe, or perhaps to a listening ear nearby. 'Bang bang,' a sheriff's [...]