A former Dowdell Middle School teacher was sentenced this morning to six months probation for assaulting two students, slamming one of the students' hands in a door. ...more

January 8, 2009

A federal appeals court will hear a Florida Democrat's claim that the national party acted improperly when it stripped the state's convention delegates because it made its primary earlier. ...more

January 8, 2009

The death of the teenage son of John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, brings new attention to their close ties to the Tampa Bay area. ...more

January 6, 2009

A sometime air conditioning technician was sentenced to 12 years in prison today for a Nov. 17, 2007, wreck that killed his wife, who was a passenger. ...more

January 5, 2009

The death of the teenage son of John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston brings new attention to their close ties to the Tampa Bay area. ...more

January 5, 2009

Trial opened Wednesday for a man accused of molesting a girl when she was 14. ...more

December 18, 2008

After nearly two hours of debate Tuesday, county commissioners put off consideration of a controversial subdivision proposed for hilly terrain just west of Dade City. ...more

November 26, 2008

The marijuana reform movement won two prized victories Tuesday, with Massachusetts voters decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the drug and Michigan joining 12 other states in allowing use of pot for medical purposes. Key ballot measures elsewhere addressed same-sex marriage and abortion. ...more

November 5, 2008

By 2006, Karen Lane had endured years of unreported manipulation, threats and abuse at the hands of her husband, Keith. ...more

September 18, 2008

The biggest adventure going on at Safari Wild exotic animal park in Lakeland seems to be the effort to bushwhack through the bureaucratic mess that halted the project. ...more

August 18, 2008