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Tony Marrero

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  • 3 weeks ago | centrotampabay.com | Tony Marrero

    Hace algunos años, los líderes de Holy Trinity Lutheran Church & School acudieron a su congregación con un plan ambicioso y una petición. Había un terreno disponible junto al campus de la iglesia en South Tampa. ¿Estarían los feligreses dispuestos a donar para construir un nuevo edificio que albergara la escuela secundaria de la iglesia?

  • 3 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Tony Marrero

    Leaders at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church & School went to their congregation a few years ago with an ambitious plan and request. Land next to the South Tampa church’s campus was available. Would congregants consider donating for a new building to house the church’s middle school? “Because of the growth in the church, because of the growth in the school, we needed more space to do the work that we’re doing,” said Holy Trinity Pastor Dan Prugh.

  • 3 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Tony Marrero

    A family member of a Gulfport teen who police say was tortured, killed and dismembered by a man she met on Grindr is suing the owner of the platform, alleging that its features and lack of safeguards for minors contributed to the girl’s death.

  • 1 month ago | tampabay.com | Tony Marrero

    A Pinellas plastic surgeon who could face the death penalty if convicted of the murder of a Largo attorney will likely wind up with a court-appointed lawyer to defend him at trial. Tomasz Kosowski, 46, told a judge during a brief status hearing Wednesday that he still had not hired an attorney nearly a month after his defense team withdrew from the case. “No one’s willing to help,” Kosowski told Judge Joseph Bulone.

  • 1 month ago | tampabay.com | Chris Tisch |Tony Marrero

    A tow truck driver has been arrested on vehicular homicide charges in connection with an October crash in St. Petersburg that killed two adults and seriously injured a 9-year-old boy. George Phillip Aponte, 45, of Clearwater, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the crash, which occurred on Oct. 15 on 5th Avenue South near 20th Street South. An arrest affidavit says Aponte was driving 60 mph in a 35-mph zone while talking on his cell phone as he drove west on 5th Avenue South that afternoon.

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