A ballot chock full of candidates for local races is starting to take a clearer shape. ...more

May 22, 2008

Most candidates collect signatures to qualify. ...more

May 21, 2008

Melissa Trinidad says it took physical prowess and "nerves of steel" to compete on "American Gladiators." ...more

May 9, 2008

Rays scouting director R.J. Harrison spent Thursday night at his home in Phoenix, and that in itself was somewhat newsworthy. ...more

May 4, 2008

Like many twins, Wharton seniors Kathia and Katrina Skinner share many of the same things - thoughts, interests and sometimes even clothes. At times, you can catch them finishing one another's sentences. ...more

February 20, 2008

Sen. Mel Martinez has surpassed $3 million raised for his campaign war chest since taking office, well ahead of the pace of most other U.S. senators whose current terms also expire in 2010, new campaign finance reports show. ...more

February 11, 2008

Who can blame the networks for lavishing ever more attention on the presidential primaries? ...more

January 23, 2008

Uncertainty rules the Academy Awards as "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led Tuesday with eight nominations each, two other best-picture contenders trailed with seven, and a writers strike left the fate of the show itself up in the air. ...more

January 23, 2008

The race began about 11:30 p.m. Monday with two women in labor at Tampa General Hospital. ...more

January 2, 2008

A midwife delivered the first baby of 2008 at Tampa General Hospital. Six-pound-10-ounce Micheal David Pierce, born at 12:01 a.m, to Daniel Micheal Pierce, Jr. and Miranda Cyrus, second cousin of Billy Ray Cyrus. ...more

January 1, 2008