A 17-year-old Orlando teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to charges he fled from police after a Tampa robbery in 2008 and smashed a car into two utility poles in St. Petersburg, killing his mother, who was a passenger. ...more

February 26, 2009

Your opinion piece "State Lawmaker's Bark Aimed at Wrong Tree" (Our Opinion, Feb. 16) was cutely titled but incomplete and somewhat misleading. Do your editors think putting homeless animals to death is cute? ...more

February 17, 2009

SEMINOLE - It lingers in the back of their minds while they eat supper together, get ready for school or sing at church. ...more

January 1, 2009

People started lining up at 5:30 this morning outside the Hillsborough County Animal Services shelter in Brandon, eager to adopt animals rescued this month in what authorities say was a raid on a puppy mill. ...more

November 19, 2008

A 52-year old gay man and permanent guardian of his 13-year-old foster son last week won the right to adopt the boy, despite a Florida law banning adoptions by homosexuals. ...more

September 15, 2008

Tina Freeman, a mother of four and stepmother of four more, was browsing Craigslist for day care services today when she came across what she called a shocker: "Eight Months Old Baby Boy For Adoption." ...more

August 28, 2008

For 14 months, Ana Escobar studied the tiny fingers of every passing baby, searching for a girl with pinkies that curved gracefully outward, just like those of her missing daughter. ...more

August 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The Johnston family lined up early outside Pasco County's Animal Shelter recently to wait for the doors to open at noon, in search of a pup to add to their family. ...more

July 26, 2008

Marion County Animal Center has closed after an outbreak of diseases contaminated the facility. They expect to euthanize about 80 dogs. ...more

July 10, 2008

State lawmakers agreed Wednesday to transfer more than $21 million from state trust funds to shore up adoption, foster care and child protection programs that were casualties this spring of the state's budget crisis. ...more

June 19, 2008