Marissa Mohammed and Reesey Bernard each scored in the first half, and the University of Tampa women's soccer team held on for a 2-1 win over top-ranked Grand Valley State in the Division II semifinals Thursday afternoon at the Orange Beach SportsPlex. ...more

November 30, 2007

Authorities have seized dozens of animals and charged 18 men from four states with releasing trapped foxes, coyotes and bobcats into fenced enclosures to be chased down by dogs. ...more

November 14, 2007

NASCAR race cars, like airplanes, are designed to move forward through the air. The bodies are sleek for low drag, yet they are equipped with a splitter and a wing (or spoiler), that 'grab' the moving air to create downward force on the wheels. But when a race car gets turned sideways or backward during a wreck, the air and other gravitational forces can cause it to go airborne, flip or raise up on its nose. ...more

October 11, 2007

Michael Waltrip went from failing to qualify for 19 of 29 races to winning his first pole since 2005, and Zephyrhills' David Reutimann qualified a career-best fifth Saturday at Talladega. ...more

October 6, 2007

William Joe Mitchell, a registered sex offender sought in connection with the abduction of a Bartow girl he met on the Internet, was arrested without incident about 11:30 a.m. today ...more

October 6, 2007

The National Weather Service is revamping the way it has issued severe weather warnings for decades with a new system that marks a geographic bull's eye where a storm will hit. ...more

September 19, 2007

Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats made history Tuesday by appointing a black woman to run the Pinellas County Jail. ...more

September 19, 2007

Sheriff Jim Coats appointed Alexis M. Davis to be the first black woman to run the Pinellas County Jail. ...more

September 18, 2007

A win-loss record of 2-4 is not going to gain a baseball pitcher any great recognition. Plant City High Raider pitcher Aaron Gerbasi had that mark his junior season. ...more

September 12, 2007

Before last week's opener against Elon, University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt said the Bulls were likely hearing all sorts of things. ...more

September 8, 2007