A former Girl Scout leader was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday for stealing her troop members' Social Security numbers and using them in a tax-fraud scheme. ...more

January 25, 2008

Tuesday's results BOYS BASKETBALL BERKELEY PREP 76, TAMPA CATHOLIC 58 TAMPA CATHOLIC (58)-Harrison 4 0-0 9, Doyle 4 0-0 8, Matthews 1 1-2 3, Gonzalez 1 0-0 2, Green 6 2-4 14, Mills 1 1-1 3, Didden 7 0-0 17, Ham 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 4-7 58. ...more

January 16, 2008

AVON PARK — Dedication and commitment go hand-in-hand in the sporting world, and in diving, Avon Park's Heather Barnes displayed an abundance of both during her senior season. Barnes limped into diving her sophomore year — something to keep her in shape for softball — but walks out of the sport her senior year as the 2007 Highlands Today All-Heartland Girls Diver of the Year. "This [honor] validates all the hard work and training I put in this year," Barnes said. "People can see me now as something other than for playing softball." ...more

January 3, 2008

Educator. Coach. Pastor. Father and grandfather. Prison evangelist. Community servant. The Rev. Abe Brown is one of Tampa's last surviving icons from the days before people of color had rights. Some of his peers were more vocal in their leadership — the late Rev. Leon Lowry and Bob Gilder, to name two. Brown, meanwhile, quietly influenced thousands of lives and change in this community. It is only fitting that his biblical name means "father of many nations." "He's the property of history. Our history," says Tampa's poet laureate, James Tokley. "He is the coach of men, of the community and of the hopeless." At the end of the year, Brown, now 80, retires from one job so he can plunge into another. Although he has certainly earned the right to enjoy some time off, that's just not his nature. Because wherever there's work that needs to be done, there is Abe Brown. ...more

December 23, 2007

Coach wasn't putting up with anything from Al Barnes. The teenager knew that when he saw Abe Brown on the porch, talking to his mama. ...more

December 23, 2007

PACERS 93, WIZARDS 85 WASHINGTON (85) - Songaila 3-10 2-2 8, Jamison 10-23 7-11 29, Haywood 3-9 2-6 8, Mason 7-11 5-5 20, Stevenson 4-10 0-0 10, Blatche 1-3 0-0 2, Young 2-9 2-2 6, McGuire 1-2 0-0 2, Wilks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-77 18-26 85. ...more

December 23, 2007

THE DIFFERENCE: Tampa Bay Tech sophomore fullback Maurice Hagens rushed for a game-high 212 yards on 39 carries, while scoring all three of the Titans' touchdowns. ...more

November 10, 2007

THE DIFFERENCE: With their primary quarterback, Archie Barnes, out, Berkeley Prep was relentless with its rushing. Berkeley Prep's Julian Crockett led the offense with 168 rushing yards and two touchdowns. ...more

October 27, 2007

THE DIFFERENCE: Tampa Bay Tech scored 21 points in the last six minutes of the game behind two rushing touchdowns from fullback Maurice Hagens to help stop a two-game losing streak for the Titans. ...more

October 13, 2007