Well, we've done it again. We have spent another year in freedom and opportunity - arguing all the while about how free, how much opportunity and the best way to guarantee both - and arrived back at the anniversary of the founding of our nation. We tend to take this for granted but definitely shouldn't. ...more

July 4, 2009

A squall line ahead of a cool front brought some valuable rain overnight, though the amount of rain hardly qualified as a deluge. Wet Windy Weather Across Tampa Bay ...more

March 29, 2009

The idea stemmed from listening to his parents talking about growing up, their meeting, getting married, moving and eventually raising a family. ...more

March 27, 2009

A place typically focused on health will offer a little culture this Saturday. ...more

March 27, 2009

After months of legal troubles, Earl and Clarissa Johnson were about to regain custody of their children. On Thursday, though, a month before they were to be reunited, Lakeland police say their youngest son, 17-month-old Zachary, was brutally beaten and killed by his uncle, Matthew Wyrosdick. ...more

March 15, 2009

Robert W. Wilson of Tarpon Springs appreciates budget cuts made by City Commission and City Manager Mark LeCouris. ...more

February 28, 2009

A 19-year veteran of the sheriff's K-9 squad is recovering from hand surgery after he was attacked. ...more

February 9, 2009

Tracer, a dog with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, attacked a deputy Saturday morning, biting his left forearm, right hand and right ring finger. ...more

February 9, 2009

A sheriff's deputy was taken to a Tampa hospital Saturday after a police dog attacked him and bit him on his arm and hand. ...more

February 7, 2009

More than 20 people from a "biblical group" gathered Saturday outside the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area, 7326 E. Sligh Ave., with signs and a bullhorn to denounce the religion of Islam. ...more

January 31, 2009