A convicted cross-dressing felon wanted on armed burglary, assault and other charges was arrested after being shot by officers during a chase Wednesday afternoon, police said. About 4:30 p.m., Jermonte Thornton, 27, wearing a pinkish woman's housedress, black slip, pink Crocs, wig and stuffed bra, jumped from a second-story balcony at Lenox Place Apartments off 22nd Street near Fowler Avenue, police said. ...more

March 17, 2010

After eight years behind bars, Jennifer Martin walked through the prison gates Wednesday morning a free woman amid the cheers of inmates left behind. ...more

December 17, 2009

A former Tampa Tribune credit manager accused of conspiring with his wife to steal more than $1 million from the newspaper and its parent company plans to plead guilty and expects to go to prison. ...more

November 5, 2009

Every once in awhile I like to get up on the proverbial soapbox and preach against or for some of the things that are going on around me. I don't expect to change anything all that much, but maybe someday when I have something to say, someone who has the say-so at changing things will pay attention and do something. ...more

March 26, 2009

Alan R. Waishkey of Port Richey says former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev had a good crystal ball when he declared in the 1960s, "One day America will wake-up and wonder how it became socialist." ...more

March 21, 2009

Two unfortunate counterparts to democracy are greed and corruption. Rush Limbaugh has said that the salaries and perks extended corporate executives are none of the people's business. This is one of the few areas where he and I part company. I wonder if the recent near-collapse of our economy has changed his thinking. When business failures result in government bailouts, that cost is passed to taxpayers. Excessive salaries often result in stockholders being cheated. These consequences of poor and careless management alone place executives' salaries and perks in the public domain. ...more

January 31, 2009

A 32-year-old Hudson man has been indicted on a charge he shot and killed a bald eagle. ...more

January 17, 2009

A 32-year-old Hudson man has been indicted on a charge he shot and killed a bald eagle. ...more

January 16, 2009

A federal judge has awarded more than $65 million to several men of the USS Pueblo, who were captured and tortured by North Korea back in the 1960s. ...more

December 30, 2008

ORLANDO — It took six decades, but a wrongly convicted World War II veteran's family is finally getting his back pay with interest. ...more

October 23, 2008