Brandon Reed didn't know what to make of the letter he got from the University of South Florida. ...more

September 11, 2008

Nick Barnett was devastated when he got the news one day last month that two friends had died in a traffic collision. ...more

September 3, 2008

Steve Stricker shook his head and flashed a wry smile when he walked out of the scorer's room Saturday at The Barclays. ...more

August 24, 2008

TAMPA - Police think a 25-year-old disabled man charged in the rape of a 9-year-old boy might have abused other children. ...more

August 20, 2008

The GFWC Tampa Juniorettes returned from its annual state convention with awards in public affairs, education, conservation, programs and fundraising. In addition, the group's adviser, Carol McCommons, was selected Adviser of the Year and Jackie King, a 2008 Plant High School graduate, received a Carolyn Pearce Outstanding Juniorette Scholarship Award. ...more

August 20, 2008

Raju met Dr. William Lay, a surgeon and chief of staff at Brooksville Regional, who "took me to his home and kept me there," Raju recalled. . ...more

August 18, 2008

A 30-year-old Bloomingdale High School graduate on a kayaking trip in Canada is missing and presumed dead. ...more

August 15, 2008

Bloomingdale High School graduate Matthew A. Brown went kayaking in Canada and went missing Saturday after a storm rolled through. Though his body hasn't been found, his family will hold a memorial service for him Saturday in Temple Terrace. ...more

August 14, 2008

WAL-MART MANAGER SEEKS TO RESTORE ACCOUNTIBILITY ...more

August 11, 2008

At first, Heather Petrone thought the rumble was just more construction next door. "They are digging up the earth because a building is going up," says Petrone, 28, a Brandon High School graduate living in Los Angeles who was shooting another segment for her online astrology show, "Cosmosgal." "I thought it was just a Caterpillar digging a hole, but then it was like, 'Wait, this is getting worse. It's an earthquake.' " As she was reading a horoscope for Libra, the ground starts shaking. Watch her reaction. ...more

July 30, 2008