Top Stories: Tragic Teen Car Crash; Groomed Dog Dies; Zoo Babies

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

TRAGIC PASCO CRASH: Guidance counselors were on hand Wednesday, April 25, to console shocked and grieving Mitchell High School students following the sudden death of their classmate, 17-year-old Lillia Grace Morris. On Tuesday, April 24, Morris was driving through the intersection of State Road 54 and Duck Slough Boulevard when another car ran a red light and crashed into Morris' car. Morris died at the scene. Community Mourns 17-Year-Old Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash

GROOMED DOG DIES: Marcos and Michelle Soto dropped off their 6-year-old Yorkie, Fabio, at the PetSmart grooming studio at 1540 N. Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, Monday, April 16, for a routine grooming appointment that was supposed to take about four hours. It was the first time the family used the PetSmart grooming services. But, a little over an hour later, their little dog was inexplicably dead. Family's Dog Dies While Being Groomed At Tampa PetSmart

CUTENESS ALERT: ZooTampa at Lowry Park fans don't need to be told twice that Holly Berry, the zoo's rare baby pygmy hippo, is about the cutest thing they've ever seen. But now the entire country knows it. Cuteness Quotient: Holly The Hippo Among Top 10 Zoo Babies

RACIST PROMPOSAL: He's made a public apology. He's agreed his social media post was in poor taste. A Riverview High School student posted a photo of himself on a social media site holding a sign in which he asks his girlfriend to the prom using a reference to a racist stereotype. Student's Racist 'Promposal' On Social Media Prompts Protest

PASCO STUDENT ARREST: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has released the video of the school resource deputy's body cam as he tried to take a disruptive student into custody. Pasco Sheriff Releases Body Cam Video Of Incident At Sunlake High

Images via Mitchell High School and Aidan Mccall