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ZooTampa Named Among 10 Best Zoos, Zoo Exhibits In Country
ZooTampa ranked high on the list of best zoos and the manatee care center was also in the top 10 on USA Today's list of best zoo exhibits.

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.
ZooTampa ranked high on the list of best zoos and the manatee care center was also in the top 10 on USA Today's list of best zoo exhibits.

A Pinellas County sheriff's corporal will be discharged from Bayfront Health St. Petersburg at 2 p.m. Friday.
Erica Baker, a single mother of two, has a new home thanks to a group of women who came together this week to complete its construction.
There will be plenty of green beer, corned beef and cabbage and Irish music at pubs and bars throughout Pinellas County this weekend.
This riotous play uses timeless humor, classic wordplay and a very unlikely event to illustrate one humble family's triumph.
Clearwater police said they stopped a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck after the driver failed to stop at a red light.
Clearwater Police Chief Dan Slaughter announced that Johnathan Stanley, 20, was charged with second-degree murder.
A man is in custody after admitting to Seminole tribe police that he left a woman who died of an overdose in a New Port Richey hotel.
The musical comedy is being staged by LAB Theater Project and the HCC Theater Department.
To celebrate, the first guest in line on March 25 will receive a special gift basket and one dozen free doughnuts a month for a year.
The new AmSkills Neighborhood Training Center offers skills used to obtain jobs in the manufacturing industry.
After opening in December, the sports pub has already become an Indian Rocks Beach favorite.
TIME writer Terry Ward credited the ongoing Water Street Tampa mixed-used development for elevating Tampa to world-class status.
Due to predictions of stormy weather on Saturday, the Tampa Downtown Partnership has rescheduled the festival for Friday from 4 to 10 p.m.
From cashiers and baggers to top executives, all 240,000 Publix employees have a stake in the company's success.
Police said the juvenile was taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening. There have been no arrests at this time.
The new 39,000-square-foot city hall will be home to nearly 100 city employees who now work out of five different buildings.
Three people, two women and a man, were shot. All were taken to the hospital where two of the victims died.
Tampa is ranked No. 1 in in the United States for the number of Irish pubs and restaurants per capital See the list of events.
Sheriff's Cpl. Matt Aitken underwent surgery Monday morning and is expected to recover, according to Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.