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A+ Teacher makes summer learning fun through phonics
BRANDON, Fla. — This week’s A+ Teacher spent her summer making a difference at Kingswood Elementary School. Jaymie Martinez loves using phonics to help her students learn. She taught first graders this summer. What You Need To Know. Jaymie Martinez is this week's A+ TEacher. A 10-year veteran...
Walgreens and Metropolitan Ministries team up for school supplies drive
Metropolitan Ministries has partnered with Walgreens for the Backpacks of Hope School Supplies Drive, which helps support local children as they get ready to go back to school. From now through August 1, 88 participating Walgreens stores, in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, will be collecting school essentials to benefit children...
Challenges loom for new school year in Tampa Bay districts
The big story: Longtime Hillsborough County educator Van Ayres is about to embark on his second year leading Florida’s third-largest school district. He’s got several challenges ahead, including the potential loss of more students to voucher programs and more teachers to neighboring districts that pay better. Yet Ayres...
Cuban Civic Club's clubhouse faces possibility of shutting down after 50 years
TAMPA, Fla. - The Cuban Civic Club of Tampa Bay's clubhouse is fighting to stay open after a recent building inspection. The nonprofit has operated out of the building off Memorial Highway in Hillsborough County since 1974. Its ballroom has been the backdrop for thousands of celebrations, concerts, corporate events, weddings, and more over the years.
Hillsborough schools chief talks taxes, teachers and losing kids to choice
In August, Superintendent Van Ayres will welcome more than 200,000 students back to Hillsborough County schools. He faces uncertainty over enrollment levels due to school choice and fallout from last year’s school boundary changes. State leaders have yet to determine the formula they will use to award school grades — a sore spot in Hillsborough, which led the state last year with 33 D and F schools. And voters will decide in November on a property tax that would allow the district to offer higher pay to its employees.
Man accused of killing 64-year-old woman after dispute over cash in Hillsborough County
KEYSTONE, Fla. (CBS12) — A man is behind bars after he was accused of killing a 64-year-old woman, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. On Monday at 4:45 a.m. the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) received a 911 call about an unresponsive woman inside a home on Crescent Road in Keystone.
Pool contractor who left homeowners with unfinished pools has license revoked
TAMPA, Fla. — A local pool contractor at the center of a 10 Investigates investigation has had his license revoked. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation recently pulled JE Clear Pools' license. Customers tell 10 Investigates that while they are happy to see the state take action, they are still left with incomplete pools and out tens of thousands of dollars.
WATCH: 14-year-old attempts to evade arrest by jumping into canal in Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — A 14-year-old boy was arrested for the fourth time in less than two years in Tampa for car burglaries. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said the teenager was wanted for allegedly burglarizing two vehicles on Crestridge Road on Sunday afternoon. In an attempt to lose deputies, the teenager ran into a canal.
Community steps up to help family of Plant City teen who helped rescue a dog in distress
PLANT CITY, Fla. — A Hillsborough County teenager received an unexpected blessing for his family recently after he helped to rescue a suffering dog. Jessie Garcia said he was going for a walk near his Plant City home when he spotted a dog in a wooded area that looked like it was in real trouble.
Plant City para archer qualifies for Paralympics after surviving brutal attack
PLANT CITY, Fla. - When we first met the unstoppable Tracy Otto in April 2023, she was determined to qualify for the paralympic archery team. She’s the survivor of a brutal attack at the hands of an ex-boyfriend, but she fought through her injuries, proving the impossible is possible.
Tampa celebrates its 137th birthday this week
Tampa’s 137th birthday was on Monday, July 15th. The city celebrated the anniversary as part of Archive Awareness Week. The event included speakers like Tampa’s Black History Museum curator Fred Hearns and Councilmember Charlie Miranda, who has served on the city council for the last 30 years. Both...
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