The U.S. Coast Guard has found one of four missing boaters clinging to the capsized vessel today in the Gulf of Mexico and the Coast Guard said it has rescued Nick Schuyler, a former University of South Florida football player who was on a Saturday fishing trip with three other people. ...more

March 2, 2009

It took Wayne Tompkins about five minutes to fatally strangle his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter. ...more

February 12, 2009

It took Wayne Tompkins about five minutes to fatally strangle his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter. ...more

February 12, 2009

The 18-year-old East Bay High School student who was beaten and raped outside Bloomingdale Regional Library on April 24 returned to her south Hillsborough County home earlier this month for the first time since the attack. ...more

November 19, 2008

It had been six months since they'd seen one another. But Gracy, a one-eyed, 12-year-old bichon frise, had no problem recognizing her best friend despite her drastic change in appearance. ...more

November 6, 2008

The 18-year-old woman who was beaten and raped outside Bloomingdale Regional Library returned to her south Hillsborough County home for the first time since the April 24 attack today. She had been in treatment at a Sarasota rehabilitation center for the past five months. ...more

November 5, 2008

Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot. ...more

November 4, 2008

Midway through the fourth quarter Saturday night, Bucs CB Marcus Hamilton and LB Antoine Cash were hurt on the same play. ...more

August 24, 2008

The article I submitted about our life in Betmar Acres was meant to be my last contribution before heading back North. However, thinking it just might be helpful, I thought I would share with fellow readers my health-related experiences of the last few days. ...more

May 9, 2008

When Alex Gurney heard Jimmie Johnson was interested in joining his team for this weekend's Rolex 24 at Daytona sports car classic, Gurney knew his car owner needed to sign up the NASCAR champ. Immediately. ...more

January 25, 2008