Chris Bowling
Tampa Bay Times
Cincinnati, OH, United States
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At Seven Springs Elementary, a positive outlook and a focus on achievement
NEW PORT RICHEY — For years, Seven Springs Elementary School managed to stay off the lists. → Read More
At Seven Springs Elementary, a positive outlook and a focus on achievement
NEW PORT RICHEY — For years, Seven Springs Elementary School managed to stay off the lists.The state never found it to be a problem school. It also operated without major oversight from the Pas → Read More
Figure-skating community rallies to support one of its own
WESLEY CHAPEL The afternoon sun shimmered off Tampa Bay as she stood at the edge of the water, smiling for the camera. → Read More
Figure-skating community rallies to support one of its own
WESLEY CHAPEL The afternoon sun shimmered off Tampa Bay as she stood at the edge of the water, smiling for the camera.Lucy Barrett was wearing the flowing white maternity dress and matching jewelry h → Read More
Pasco camp for special-needs kids celebrates 20 years
NEW PORT RICHEYWith dollar store balloons and Publix flowers gathered in her arms, Rocio Hanson cuts through the commotion of the small room. → Read More
Pasco camp for special-needs kids celebrates 20 years
NEW PORT RICHEYWith dollar store balloons and Publix flowers gathered in her arms, Rocio Hanson cuts through the commotion of the small room.She moves through kids, parents and camp counselors who ar → Read More
Two more homes claimed by massive Land O'Lakes sinkhole
LAND O'LAKES — Pasco County officials announced Sunday that they will condemn two more homes near the massive sinkhole in Lake Padgett Estates. → Read More
Cleanup resumes after sinkhole widens about 30 feet
LAND O' LAKES — Contractors have resumed sinkhole cleanup after halting the operation when huge pieces of shoreline collapsed into the hole Thursday and Friday nights. → Read More
Two houses condemned, cleanup resumes after Pasco sinkhole widens about 30 feet
LAND O' LAKES — Contractors have resumed sinkhole cleanup after halting the operation when huge pieces of shoreline collapsed into the hole Thursday and Friday nights.Building inspectors also c → Read More
Pasco deputies: Wife set estranged husband's bed on fire with him in it
NEW PORT RICHEY — James Brennan Jr. woke early in the morning Thursday to find the foot of his bed in flames. → Read More
Pasco deputies: Wife set estranged husband's bed on fire with him in it
NEW PORT RICHEY — James Brennan Jr. woke early in the morning Thursday to find the foot of his bed in flames.Brennan, 58, of New Port Richey, called out for help. His 19-year-old son, James Bre → Read More
Pasco sheriff's team of volunteer Jeep drivers go where few dare
Times Staff WriterHe got the text in the middle of treating patients. He was needed in the morning — and so was his dark blue 2002 Jeep Wrangler. → Read More
Pasco sheriff's team of volunteer Jeep drivers go where few dare
Times Staff WriterHe got the text in the middle of treating patients. He was needed in the morning — and so was his dark blue 2002 Jeep Wrangler.Brian Bickerton had a packed schedule at his New → Read More
'I called for help, not for them to kill him.' Dead man's mother says Pasco deputies mishandled shooting
CRYSTAL SPRINGS — The mother of a man shot to death by deputies believes authorities were too quick to fire their weapons and used unnecessary force in dealing with her son. → Read More
'I called for help, not for them to kill him.' Dead man's mother says Pasco deputies mishandled shooting
CRYSTAL SPRINGS — The mother of a man shot to death by deputies believes authorities were too quick to fire their weapons and used unnecessary force in dealing with her son.Deputies shot Steve → Read More
Once trapped and wounded, manatee and calf return to the wild
NEW PORT RICHEY — The small crowd readied cameras and craned their necks, peering over heads and through bodies to try and catch a glimpse. Brittany Pharel, 10, wanted to see the hulking manatees, a mother and her calf, laid out on blue tarps Thursday along the edge of the Pithlachascotee River. → Read More
Once trapped and wounded, manatee and calf return to the wild
NEW PORT RICHEY — The small crowd readied cameras and craned their necks, peering over heads and through bodies to try and catch a glimpse. Brittany Pharel, 10, wanted to see the hulking manate → Read More
Memories buoy 12-year-old 'deputy' as he copes with heart condition
LAND O'LAKES — As Brave Wetherington approached a potentially life-changing surgery, he did so with the confidence only a 12-year-old sheriff's deputy can possess. → Read More
Memories buoy 12-year-old 'deputy' as he copes with heart condition
LAND O'LAKES — As Brave Wetherington approached a potentially life-changing surgery, he did so with the confidence only a 12-year-old sheriff's deputy can possess.His second open-heart surgery → Read More
Job training program at Hernando jail gives inmates hope
BROOKSVILLE — Austin Carhart told him to check Facebook.Over the phone, the 20-year-old listened for a reaction as his dad scrolled through posts.At first, silence. → Read More