Apollo Beach News Archives

“We're serious, this is a real effort, we believe this is the time, this is the place, this is the entity to have that discussion and to get beyond the planning stage and to get into that implementation state.”

Plans are moving ahead to connect seven Tampa Bay counties with a mass transit system. via Tampabays10.com

CYBERVOTE: What should happen to this mom? Click here to vote! APOLLO BEACH, Fla., - A concerned neighbor called Hillsborough Sheriff's deputies after seeing a small child banging on the window of a townhouse. via 98ROCK Tampa

She went shopping at the mall. That's what authorities say an Apollo Beach mother told them when asked why she left her 3-year-old son and her 2-year-old twins - " a boy and girl - " home alone. via Tampa Bay Online

“I can't tell you how much personal time I have put in on this, and how much anxiety it has caused me.”

James Lyle watered his yard once a week, and got fined $1,000 by his homeowners association because the lawn was still too brown. via St. Petersburg Times

A man who nearly drowned Monday night in Apollo Beach Park on Surfside Boulevard died later that night, according to Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter. via Tampa Bay Online

“I showed the fellows how to take care of themselves with diseases and stuff”

As a projectionist for the Army Air Forces in World War II, Ella Robitaille played training films for troops heading to battle. via Tampa Bay Online

“We know the Lord will bless us in the end so, we're not concerned about it.”

Apollo Beach, Florida- This is not the kind of day organizers of the Apollo Beach Manatee Festival of the Arts were hoping for. via WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal car crash in Apollo Beach. via ABC Action News

MILTON, Ind. -- Jerry Lee Bohlander, 65, of Gibsonton, Fla., and formerly of Milton, Ind., died on Tuesday, Feb. via Palladium-Item