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Pinellas Kids Ages 11 To 13 Not Too Young To Learn Dangers Of Opioids
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast staff will teach classes on opioid risks at all 22 Pinellas County middle schools.

Originally from St. Louis, D'Ann Lawrence White graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She has worked as an editor, columnist, breaking news reporter, feature writer and investigative reporter for more than 20 years. You can reach her at dann.white@patch.com.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast staff will teach classes on opioid risks at all 22 Pinellas County middle schools.

Clearwater Fundamental Middle School eighth-grader Sophia Leung is representing Pinellas in the Art in the Capitol Competition.
A 29-year-old Riverview woman has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Tampa that left a man dead.
As the Pasco sheriff continued to investigate the origin of the mysterious envelopes Tuesday, staff discovered another envelope Wednesday.
The Hazardous Materials Response Team from Pasco County Fire Rescue was called in to help clean up the spill.
The Tampa Police Department is investigating a high-speed hit-and-run crash that left a man on a motorscooter hospitalized.
The center will be open at the Hillsborough Community College Riverview campus until Nov. 1
The 57-year-old bicyclist was struck by a car Wednesday morning in the 1900 block of East 21st Avenue.
Sheriff Grady Judd said the man accused in the fatal shooting began biting his mother when she tried to help police arrest him.
Two breath samples were taken and showed that the Pinellas Park third-grade teacher was more than twice over the legal limit for alcohol.
His family has released 17-year-old Tye Ketchum's name and photo in the hopes it will motivate someone with information to come forward.
Over a 20-month period, undercover agents said they received hydrocodone, hydromorphone and oxycodone from the Carrollwood pain doctor.
Clearwater police officers have charged a sixth-grader with two criminal counts after they said he brought a knife to school Wednesday.
A CSX freight train traveling north on tracks running parallel and east of State Road 39 collided with a stolen Chevrolet Silverado.
The City Center at Hanna Avenue is more centrally located, providing services for East Tampa's underserved population.
Tampa police officers arrested a 24-year-old man charged with first-degree murder at the Scruggs Manor apartment complex.
A 16-year-old boy is in Bayfront Health St. Petersburg with serious injuries after being struck by an SUV while riding a motorized scooter.
A Tampa man was convicted of robbing two South Tampa and Ybor City auto parts stores in one day.
James Falzone is accused of possessing photos of children being sexually abused, according to a federal court judge.
Brandon Lewis Graham was indicted after a person he sold a mix of cocaine and fentanyl to died of an overdose, according to the indictment.