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East Bay Graduates Transcend Tragic Year
To the students of East Bay High School, it sometimes seemed as if tragedy were picking them off this year in ways both randomly cruel and crazily unfair. ...more
June 8, 2008
East Bay High School Dealt Lessons In Loss
Each year, the National Honor Society at East Bay High School chooses a charity to support with carwashes and other fundraisers. ...more
June 8, 2008
Driver Killed In Poinciana Collision
A crash involving a tractor trailer and a pickup killed one person this afternoon in Poinciana, Polk County deputies say. ...more
June 6, 2008
East Bay Students Survive Year Of Lessons In Loss
To the students of East Bay High School, it sometimes seemed as if tragedy were picking them off this year in ways both randomly cruel and crazily unfair. ...more
June 6, 2008
Pizza Sales To Benefit Family Of East Bay Quarterback
Those who wish to help the family of the East Bay High School quarterback who died in an automobile crash last month can do so by picking up a phone and ordering a pizza. Rex Ballenger, 18, of Apollo Beach, died May 19 at Tampa General Hospital after suffering massive head injuries in a wreck May 17 on Big Bend Road at U.S. 41. ...more
June 5, 2008
Rocket-Filled Truck Explodes; 18 Die
A truck packed with rockets blew up Wednesday in a Shiite area of Baghdad, killing 18 people in the deadliest single blast in the city in more than three months. And three U.S. soldiers were killed by gunfire north of the capital. ...more
June 5, 2008
Northbound U.S. 19 In Clearwater Reopens After Crash
Northbound U.S. 19 in Clearwater near Sunset Point Road has reopened after the cleanup of a crash involving a tractor-trailer and car, said the city's public safety spokeswoman, Elizabeth Daly-Watts. ...more
June 4, 2008
East Bay High Quarterback's Death Saddens His Many Fans
Play to win, but have fun doing it. That's how Rex "Scooter" Ballenger Jr., East Bay High's 5-foot-9-inch quarterback, lived life on the field and off, said his coach, teammates and father. Each spoke Tuesday at the school about how they are leaning on one another and trying to find something positive in the young man's death. ...more
May 21, 2008
Truckers' Plan Curbs Fuel Use
Struggling with record diesel prices, the trucking industry's main trade group introduced a plan Thursday to reduce fuel consumption and emissions over the next decade mainly by having its members slow down. ...more
May 9, 2008
Drivers Say Signs May Have Averted Sarasota County Pileup
SARASOTA COUNTY — Drivers complained they did not get enough warning about an October construction roadblock on Interstate 75, where two people died when a semi-tractor trailer plowed into the back of stopped cars, a Florida Highway Patrol report says. ...more
May 8, 2008
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