The couple accused of abusing a teenage boy and keeping him confined to a bathroom in their Spring Hill home are actually the victims in the case, their attorney said Tuesday. ...more

March 18, 2009

While Democrats in Congress look to recoup $165 million in bonus money paid to executives at American International Group Inc., three local bankers chimed in on what they considered a perfect storm of rampant greed on Wall Street and negligence on Capitol Hill. ...more

March 18, 2009

The haze over Tampa early Tuesday morning seemed to add to the ambience as St. Patrick's Day celebrations began. ...more

March 18, 2009

Former Lightning G Olie Kolzig jokingly walked the hallways outside the locker room Tuesday morning, wearing attire typically reserved for the road team on game day. ...more

March 18, 2009

A feisty and confident T.K. Wetherell promised a vigorous appeal of an NCAA sanction requiring Florida State to vacate wins because of academic misconduct. ...more

March 18, 2009

Lawyer says teen was a "violent young man" who "frightened" his adoptive mother. ...more

March 17, 2009

The state rested its case against Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. today, betting that the testimony of three "snitches" will be enough to convict the 21-year-old of killing teens Derek Pieper and Raymond Veluz. ...more

March 16, 2009

A federal judge this afternoon began the tedious process of winnowing the pool of potential jurors into those who will hear testimony in the case of Youssef Megahed, a former University of South Florida student charged with transporting explosives. ...more

March 16, 2009

During the waning full moon phase two fish feeding migrations develop both in duration and intensity at the same time. This is the perfect scenario for both the early morning and late evening anglers, although the later group's success rate will be greater due to the fact that water temperatures along shoreline areas will be the optimum degree for triggering the entire food-chain to feed. ...more

March 15, 2009

Fog is affecting visibility along the Interstate 4 corridor as well as in Lakeland and between Plant City and downtown Tampa, News Channel 8 meteorologist Jennifer Hill said. However, lingering smoke from a brush fire was affecting drivers on I-4 and Old Polk City Road earlier this morning but had dissipated by 6 a.m., TBO.com traffic reporter Alicia Roberts said. ...more

March 10, 2009