Their deaths had never been honored formally until Wednesday. Port Tampa Police Town Marshal Joseph Walker, who was killed Sept. 25, 1915, and West Tampa police Officer Juan Nales, who was killed July 18, 1920, were among those memorialized outside Tampa police headquarters during the annual ceremony that pays tribute to officers killed in the line of duty. ...more

May 7, 2009

TAMPA – The Bucs finally started addressing their needs on the defensive side of the ball on Sunday, drafting Texas defensive tackle Roy Miller with their third-round pick (81st overall). ...more

April 26, 2009

I lay awake last night thinking of the wonderful achievements we have made during my lifetime. In my childhood some of us dreamed of some day falling heir to one million dollars. Why, if I had a million dollars I would never have to work. I could live in comfort all my life off the interest from that $1,000,000 and could be buried in luxury. There was no expectation of ever achieving such a goal but one could dream, couldn't one? One could also dream that the representatives we sent to D.C (aka District of Colombia) would be humble people whose goal would be to serve the people back home to the best of their ability. They did not deal in very large sums of money. ...more

March 10, 2009

If you met a Sun City Center resident returning from a hot afternoon on the golf course and asked how the day had been you might receive the facetious reply, "it was murder." But Sun City Center author Camille Mariani writes about a real murder on a golf course in her new mystery "Links to Death," subtitled "Murder in Maine." Young Beth Armstrong wanted a life change and jumped at the opportunity to work at a newspaper in Fairchance, Maine. ...more

March 4, 2009

The months leading up to Donna Young's death hadn't been great for her only son. ...more

January 21, 2009

Are you getting the most out of your genealogy software? Here are a few ways you can get even more bang for your buck. ...more

December 28, 2008

For years, the iconic South Beach mansion best known as the place Gianni Versace lived and died was open only to the privileged few. ...more

December 21, 2008

Highlands County commissioners may take action today to begin discussion on the final decision on the public-access issue at Lake Denton, regarded as one of the most attractive freshwater scuba-diving sites in the state. ...more

October 7, 2008

Here are three little words you'll hear over and over during the Republican National Convention that starts Monday in St. Paul: ready to lead. ...more

August 31, 2008

Here are three little words you'll hear over and over during the Republican National Convention that starts Monday in St. Paul: ready to lead. ...more

August 31, 2008