Mother and baby are fine, but the father is still a bit shaken after his fourth child was born, this one on the living room carpet in the family's Palencia Apartments home. ...more

July 5, 2008

Mother and baby are fine, but the father is still a bit shook up after their fourth child was born, this one on the living room carpet, in their Palencia Apartments home. ...more

July 4, 2008

The moment of truth is upon you all, Tampa Bay Buccaneer loyalists. This Saturday marks the annual Fan Fest extravaganza held at Raymond James Stadium for the community's weary, football famished souls and hawkish, beady-eyed autograph buzzards trying to catch a fleeting summertime glimpse of their gridiron idols. (Word has it, the Fest is directed toward kids as well.) ...more

June 14, 2008

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback Vinny Testaverde has been cited for clear-cutting more than 40 trees on his lakefront property. ...more

June 13, 2008

KEYSTONE The Environmental Protection Commission has cited former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Vinny Testaverde for ripping out mature cypress trees from the shoreline of his Lake Keystone home. The trees were in protected wetlands, the county said. "Three or four weeks ago I was getting all these calls from people who saw the trees being ripped up right on the shoreline," said Keystone resident Jim Swain, president of the Lake Keystone Property Owners Association. He said Testaverde removed between 40 and 50 trees altogether. Testaverde has been ordered by the EPC to replace 20 of those trees, some as tall as 40 feet. "We sent an inspector to the site and some of the trees were removed from wetlands," said Bob Owens, a supervisor with the EPC. He said complaints from neighbors began coming into the department April 22. On April 24, Bill Inch, environmental scientist for the county, visited the property and cited Testaverde for violations of the wetlands division code. By April 30, Testaverde called Inch and told him all tree removal had stopped. He asked if the already-cut debris could be removed from the property. Inch said it could. A third visit on May 1 documented 19 cypress tress and one dahoon holly tree removed from protected wetlands on the shoreline. ...more

June 7, 2008

The Environmental Protection Commission has cited former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Vinny Testaverde for ripping out mature cypress trees from the shoreline of his Lake Keystone home. ...more

June 7, 2008

KEYSTONE The Environmental Protection Commission has cited former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Vinny Testaverde for ripping out mature cypress trees from the shoreline of his Lake Keystone home. ...more

June 6, 2008

WESLEY CHAPEL - Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Tom McHale took an anti-anxiety drug and used cocaine the night before he died, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. ...more

May 28, 2008

Tom McHale was smart, dependable - an overachiever, friends said. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneer was born to be an offensive lineman, and when his Sundays as a professional football player ended, he opened several restaurants in the area. ...more

May 26, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY The Children's Home is now $107,000 richer, thanks to the success of two recent events. The 26th Annual Heroes' Golf Tournament held April 28 at the Avila Golf and Country Club raised $66,000; while the 22nd Annual Star Power Fashion show at The Renaissance Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg, raised $41,000 on April 24. ...more

May 6, 2008