Report: Stepfather Struck With Baseball Bat BROOKSVILLE - A Brooksville woman struck her stepfather several times with a baseball bat during an argument Saturday at 815 Hale Ave., a report shows. ...more

November 11, 2008

Kevin Beckner was finally able to claim victory Thursday over incumbent County Commissioner Brian Blair. ...more

November 7, 2008

Kevin Beckner was finally able to claim victory Thursday over incumbent County Commissioner Brian Blair. ...more

November 6, 2008

An Apollo Beach man was shot in the upper left thigh about 4 a.m. today in Tampa, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 5, 2008

A man and woman were arrested over the weekend on charges they were asleep or nearly passed out in a public park while the two small children in their care were left unattended. ...more

November 3, 2008

Michael Fields took a 2-week-old boy to St. Joseph's Hospital on Sept. 30, and it was determined the boy had a broken upper right arm, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Fields on Tuesday. He was charged with one count of child abuse. ...more

October 22, 2008

James Leslie Nichols coerced a 17-year-old girl to perform a sexual act on him at Gadsden Park and later threatened to hurt her and her family because of her new boyfriend, Tampa police say. Police arrested Nichols, 43, of Tampa, at 9:20 a.m. Monday. He was charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor and aggravated stalking. ...more

October 21, 2008

I believe anyone who cares for someone with severe memory impairment today or in the future can benefit greatly by reading this letter from a former caregiver: ...more

October 11, 2008

Club Illusions, a bottle club adjoining a nightclub that caters to swingers, had its liquor license revoked Tuesday. ...more

October 8, 2008

Dear Abby: After 12 years on the West Coast, my husband and I moved back East last year with our 3-year-old son, "Adam." My parents, my husband's mom and our siblings live here, and we wanted Adam to know his family. ...more

October 5, 2008