The Hillsborough County Sheriff s Office recognized Supervisor Kathleen Quinn on Crossing Guard Appreciation Day.
Credit: Hillsborough County Sheriff s Office Author: Andrea Chu Updated: 10:05 AM EST February 5, 2021
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. The Hillsborough County Sheriff s Office is celebrating Crossing Guard Appreciation Day by sharing the story of one local hero.
Deputies say a 7-year-old girl was crossing the intersection at Culbreath Road and Nature s Way Boulevard in Valrico on Jan. 27, when a car swept through.
HCSO Crossing Guard Supervisor Kathleen Quinn was holding her stop sign in the road when the driver refused to slow down, the release says. Then, deputies say Quinn instinctively reached for the girl, who was walking her bike across the street, and prevented what could have been a tragic accident.
Tampa couple back in business after customers help replace stolen pizza truck
Friends of Pizzeataly raised $11,398 to help finance a new truck outfitted with a special brick oven. The theft following a coronavirus shutdown had nearly sunk the business.
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Mirco Falcone and Dora Botero, owners of Pizzeataly, reopened their pizza truck business Jan. 28. They were scraping by, doing food delivery and making sandwiches for neighbors, when supporters came through with enough money to replace the truck. [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
TAMPA â Maybe 2021 will be better after all.
Dora Botero and her boyfriend Mirco Falcone had to shut down the pizza truck they had sunk their life savings into because of the coronavirus. It nearly ruined them, but after three months they reopened in July and started building back business. Then in November, someone in a pickup hitched up âPizzeatalyâ and drove off with it.
Super Bowl Sparks Opportunity for Justice with Graduate Student
When the Super Bowl comes to Tampa on Sunday, Brianna Mercer ’16 hopes it leaves a lasting impression on more than just football fans. She’s hoping the spotlight of the big game and the influence of the National Football League (NFL) lift up the Tampa community.
Mercer, who is in UT’s graduate program in criminology and criminal justice, is the only student representative on a 25-member committee on systemic justice called resoLVe. That committee is part of Forever 55, a social legacy program funded for $2 million by the Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee and the NFL to create programs (with 12-to-18-month timelines) focused on six pillars: early childhood education, families, food insecurity, health and wellness, sustainability and systemic justice.