Just in time for the holiday weekend, millions of baby floats are being recalled because the leg straps can tear, dumping a child into the water. ...more

July 3, 2009

As police investigate Michael Jackson's sudden death, questions swirl around the King of Pop's cardiologist and his actions in Jackson's final days. ...more

June 28, 2009

Hillsborough County fire inspectors are looking into a fire late Saturday night that destroyed a vacant house in Gibsonton. ...more

June 21, 2009

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the target of comedians' jokes since his arrest and impeachment, is getting in on the laughs with Chicago's famed The Second City. ...more

June 11, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives have released the name of a couple involved in a May 31 murder-suicide. ...more

June 5, 2009

Quet Shaw has received one last honor for her exploits as the leader of the Plant City High flag football team, and it's a pretty big honor. Recently Shaw was named the best quarterback in the state, as the signal-caller on flagmag.com's all-Florida squads were announced in late May. ...more

June 4, 2009

An estranged husband shot and killed his wife Sunday, then drove around the corner to a department store parking lot, where he killed himself, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 1, 2009

Camille Dupree, Amanda Mirabella and Ashley Johnson are winners of the recent Bayshore Christian School Fundraising Decathlon. The teens defeated 16 other competitive teams, boys and girls, from both middle school and high school. ...more

May 13, 2009

Reality TV star Kate Gosselin says she isn't cheating on her husband, Jon, and calls the accusations disgusting and unthinkable. ...more

May 12, 2009

Mr. Hensley, you were right on target in your column about Lyn Roche. We have truly lost a lady who was a servant of God with that something extra that radiated from her soul. I am a member of the Alzheimer's Caregivers Group that Lyn and Bill organized and ran, and the love and energy that she and Bill invested is untold. The main lesson given each week was "it is all about love." They exemplified this in their daily lives, as well as assuring the caregiver that by keeping this as our number one priority we can accomplish our task of taking the very best care of our loved one. I have lost a friend; we have all lost a friend (as we all believe that we were her best friend) and I will miss the sound of her saying my name in that special way, but I can just imagine how thrilled she was when she heard her "Master" say her name last Wednesday. ...more

May 9, 2009