Top Stories: Flesh-Eating Bacteria; Saving Lives; Cat Neglect

Here are five of the week's top headlines on Tampa Bay Patches:

FLESH-EATING BACTERIA: An Indianapolis, Indiana, man believes his wife died from flesh-eating bacteria she picked up from a hot tub at a Clearwater hotel. Richard Martin told Indianapolis television station WRTV that his 50-year-old wife, Carol, was diagnosed with necrotizing fascitis. The diagnosis was made after she visited her doctor three times following their return from a vacation in Clearwater in February. IN Man: Wife Got Flesh-Eating Bacteria from Clearwater Hot Tub

UF APOLOGY: Black students at a University of Florida graduation ceremony said they were yanked off stage for their dancing strolls. UF officials apologized after numerous videos of black students getting unceremoniously grabbed and shoved off the stage surfaced on social media sites. UF Officials Criticized For Rushing Black Graduates Off Stage

911 ABUSE: A St. Petersburg woman's arrest this week for calling 911 because she wanted a beer is representative of epidemic abuse of Florida's 911 system, say public safety officials. St. Pete Woman Arrested For Calling 911 Twice To Ask For Beer

DONATED ORGANS: Helen "Teinell" Gore's seven children, ages 12 to 26, had been looking forward to celebrating Mother's Day with their mom this Sunday. Instead, the seven siblings are making arrangements for their mother's funeral. Death Of Single Mom Of 7 Allowed 68 People To Live

CAT NEGLECT: The Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center is sending out an urgent plea to residents to adopt a cat or kitten to help relieve the overcrowded county pet shelter on Falkenburg Road. The Pet Resource Center was already nearing 100 percent capacity when it seized 320 neglected cats from a Plant City rescue shelter on May 3 and 4. County Shelter In Crisis After Seizure Of 320 Neglected Cats

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Dr. Mallory Offner examines a cat seized from the Plant City shelter