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Is this your class ring?

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Thursday, April 24th, 2014, 2:27pm


Tampa, Florida -- Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office detectives are trying to locate the owner of a ring that was recovered in January of 2014 from a pawn shop within Hillsborough County.

The ring found is a gold, class ring from 1948. Inside of the ring, there is a first name, middle initial and last name engraved. The first name engraved on the ring is Gloria.

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Famous local drummer to perform at 3 IIFA events

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014, 8:04pm


Tampa, Florida -- He's performed with names like Tupac, Justin Timberlake, and Pitbull. He's performed at the Oscars and the Super Bowl. But this internationally-known drummer, who graduated from Chamberlin High School and USF, says performing at IIFA events will be bigger than ever.

Meet Ravi Jakhotia, better known as "DJ Ravi Drums," who many years ago was the co-captain of Chamberlin High School's drumline and will be performing at three IIFA events this week: Stomp, IIFA Rocks and the main event, the IIFA Awards.

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Shuttle service for students starts today

Submitted by Grayson Kamm, Multi-Media Journalist
Monday, April 21st, 2014, 1:07pm


Tampa, Florida -- Students are trying out a new way to get to Middleton High School Monday. A special shuttle bus is taking them to and from the Meridian Pointe Apartments.

School leaders started the service after several Middleton students were hit trying to run across Hillsborough Avenue.

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Hoteliers report mixed results in advance of IIFA

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Friday, April 18th, 2014, 11:47pm


Tampa, Florida – Tampa will play center stage to the International Indian Film Academy Awards or IIFA, which starts Wednesday through Sunday.

It was said that holding the event in the Bay area would be an economic boon for the community.

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Girl to get bionic arm adjustment

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014, 6:07pm


Tampa, Florida -- She has a bionic arm, but it's not slowing 11-year-old Josalyn Kaldenberg from being a kid.

Three years ago, Moffitt Cancer Center surgeon Doug Letson teamed up with Shriners Hospital to help save Josalyn's arm from amputation. She had a large malignant tumor taking up her entire arm that had to be removed. Dr. Letson worked with a newly designed prosthesis to give her a new arm bone including shoulder and elbow. She was the first in the country to have this kind of procedure.

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Police arrest man involved in 4-year-old shooting

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014, 12:10pm


Tampa, FL - Police have arrested one of the men involved in a fight that led to a 4-year-old boy getting grazed by a bullet on Monday.

Bakari Parks was booked into the Hillsborough County jail on attempted murder charges just before midnight.

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Man killed in overnight hit and run crash

Submitted by WTSP Web Staff
Saturday, April 12th, 2014, 10:33am


Tampa, Florida -- Detectives are searching for several drivers who fled the scene of a fatal crash early Saturday morning in Hillsborough County.

The Florida Highway Patrol says that shortly after 3 a.m., a 1985 Camaro was traveling westbound on East Fowler Avenue, east of Interstate 75 when it overtook and collided with another vehicle.

This impact caused the Camaro overturn, and its driver, 30-year-old Amari Williams, was thrown from the vehicle. The vehicle that Williams' Camaro hit left the scene.

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