James Cregger's attempt to explain away a sexual battery charge with a conspiracy theory failed. ...more

October 29, 2009

Bruised, bleeding and battered, the teen struggled in the dark to free his wrists of the packing tape that bound them together. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Spring Hill woman was arrested Tuesday on charges that she locked a teenage boy in a bathroom for two years and beat him with a plank of wood. The 16-year-old managed to escape Monday and go to a neighbor's house for help. A responding deputy said he found the boy covered in bruises and cuts. ...more

February 12, 2009

For a linguistics professor to lose his hearing must be a special kind of living hell. Desmond Bates finds his entire life is changed as he decides he must retire early. "Deaf Sentence" by David Lodge is a funny, yet tragic picture, of Desmond's new life learning to cope with insufficient information. An attractive young American graduate student professes she wants his advice on her thesis, but Desmond is not sure that is all she wants. And his inability to communicate rationally gets him into all types of embarrassing social and professional situations. Then, too, he also has to cope with his 89-year-old father who is refusing to leave his familiar world, though he is really not able to manage on his own. Desmond struggles to juggle his past and current life and is forced to accept the realities of aging and mortality. ...more

February 11, 2009

While many Halloween attractions opt for chills and ghoulish thrills, a number of Pasco agencies and organizations are offering creative, family-oriented alternatives this year. ...more

October 18, 2008

For Leonard Noreen, 83, the military canteen cup he used while serving in World War II will never be just a cup. ...more

July 23, 2008

Through "group think," the progressive elites made spanking an abusive act that most people believe is illegal. ...more

June 20, 2008