Fort De Soto Park is about to become cleaner. The nonprofit group Tampa Bay Watch is hosting a midsummer cleanup at Fort De Soto Park from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in partnership with WTSP, Channel 10, and Keep Pinellas Beautiful. ...more

July 9, 2009

The bug spray bandits are back. ...more

March 28, 2009

A federal prisoner stands accused in a rape that occurred 22 years ago in Pinellas County, according to authorities and court records. ...more

March 18, 2009

Ready to walk? Here's the gear you'll need: •Water bottle ...more

December 20, 2008

Guilène Theodore stacked tubes of antibiotic ointment and rolls of gauze inside a cardboard box. "I'm doing medical supplies. If you find any, give them to me," the Tampa lawyer told other volunteers. ...more

September 21, 2008

In a small, hot warehouse in Hillsborough County, volunteers packed hurricane relief supplies for people suffering in devastated Haiti. ...more

September 20, 2008

•KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENT: Just as a wide-angle lens does little good when photographing a bird 50 yards away, a 600 mm lens would do little good for most landscapes. Plan out what you would like to photograph and pack your gear accordingly. ...more

November 2, 2007

Forget the rubbery skeletons, eerie lights and leering pumpkins. For anyone growing up in the '60s and '70s, the true Halloween horror was that old man down the block who tossed an apple into your trick-or-treat bag. ...more

October 29, 2007