Busy times lie ahead for Bruton Memorial Library and its patrons. The library at 302 McLendon St. has a full slate of events lined up for the new year. ...more

December 29, 2007

Some days Freda Abrams might swear her office phone is attached to her ear. ...more

December 7, 2007

Manatees will continue to get the highest level of protection that Florida affords an imperiled species, thanks in part to Gov. Charlie Crist and thousands of letters and e-mail messages he received from manatee lovers. ...more

December 6, 2007

Electronic message signs are nixed by county commissioners on 3-2 vote ...more

December 5, 2007

Megan Meier died believing that somewhere in this world lived a boy named Josh Evans who hated her. He was 16, owned a pet snake, and she thought he was the cutest boyfriend she ever had. ...more

November 30, 2007

TAMPA - And then there were three. Contestant Rosana Ramirez of Jacksonville was eliminated from the Hannah Monstrosity contest this afternoon. ...more

November 13, 2007

County commissioners have received hundreds of phone calls, e-mail messages and faxes in recent days about proposed changes to a trash-hauling ordinance, and lobbying will ratchet up considerably today, when independent haulers are planning demonstrations outside the County Center at 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. ...more

November 7, 2007

In the 1994 movie 'The Last Seduction,' a femme fatale coaxes her lover into killing her husband for money. Prosecutors say a beautiful stripper obsessed with the film followed the script to its murderous end. ...more

October 11, 2007

In Southern California, where the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay victims of pedophile priests $660 million, the archdiocese is ordering nuns out of convents so the buildings can be sold to fund the out-of-court settlement. ...more

October 6, 2007

As she attends the 20th reunion of Lakeland High School's Class of 1987 this weekend, Meradith McGee-Hale said she can't help thinking of a classmate arrested this week and accused of threatening violence at the event. ...more

October 5, 2007