A fascinating trade deadline eve saw the Rays go from potentially big winners in a late move to forgotten bystanders to a percolating megadeal. ...more

July 31, 2008

TAMPA - Acting on a tip, an undercover police officer met with a 58-year-old Tampa woman Wednesday evening to arrange the purchase of more than 100 hydrocodone pills, police say. ...more

July 10, 2008

The state will test air quality inside homes and apartments where groundwater contamination is heaviest from the Raytheon plant site in St. Petersburg, officials said. ...more

July 10, 2008

A tanker truck carrying used oil overturned on a rural stretch of road outside Dade City on Wednesday evening, spilling some of its cargo. ...more

July 10, 2008

OKEECHOBEE — Seth Abeln can get under the skin of any pitcher in Dixie baseball when he gets on base, as he is famous for turning a single into a run. ...more

July 3, 2008

AVON PARK — The Housing Authority of Avon Park's plans to acquire Ridgedale Apartments have stalled after the complex's owners balked at the possibility of paying a penalty for dissolving its contract with another management company, authority Executive Director Larry Shoeman said. According to Shoeman, Columbus, Ohio-based Ridgedale LLC needed to make the housing authority the property manager during the rehabilitation work that will be needed for the 36-unit project. To do that, however, Ridgedale needed to ditch its current management company, according to their contract. "The management is not willing to terminate the agreement without a penalty," Shoeman told the Housing Authority of Avon Park's Board of Commissioners Wednesday evening. "We're at an impasse at this point." ...more

June 22, 2008

A body unearthed late Wednesday behind a partially burned home is slaying victim Theresa Jones. ...more

June 20, 2008

There is a high number of young families and children and youth attending the many services and ministries at Spring Lake United Methodist Church. Men of the church collectively represent father figures to all in this busy, faith community. ...more

June 14, 2008

A Gibsonton man remains in serious condition at Tampa General Hospital after he was shot Wednesday evening outside his mobile home, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

May 30, 2008

You wouldn't put a deaf child in a classroom with a teacher who doesn't know sign language. ...more

May 29, 2008