When Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Station No. 24 is dedicated in honor of Leslie "Pete" Dennison on Monday, it will be a well-deserved accolade that would have touched Dennison, his admirers say. ...more

June 21, 2008

Ex-Marine Robert "Bob" Childers' "Once a Marine, always a Marine" manner of loyalty transferred into an allegiance to the men and women of the Temple Terrace Police Department. ...more

June 21, 2008

The e-mail all week and the comments on the blog have continued to focus on the recent column on the young woman lying in a hospital bed, the victim of a horrific beating and rape outside the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library. The event itself was awful enough, but I think it is that sense of abandonment - true or untrue - that has stirred so many of you. Here are just a few of your thoughts. ...more

June 16, 2008

One man was killed and another seriously injured in a single car accident on Park Boulevard in Pinellas Park early this morning. ...more

June 8, 2008

TIMELINE OF TRAGEDY Recent incidents involving East Bay High School students: Oct. 18, 2006 ...more

June 8, 2008

It started as a favor. Linda Rakita, 59, was asked to help find a friend's father 30 years ago. Armed with only a few details, such as a common name and a military background, Rakita was able to find her friend's father after more than a year of searching, before the age of the Internet. ...more

May 31, 2008

SEBRING — After not playing varsity tennis last year, Sebring sophomores Nikhil Raghuveera and Kyle Komisar had quite an impact on the courts this season. Raghuveera, who played at No. 5 singles, showed steady improvement and managed to go undefeated with a 12-0 record for the Blue Streaks, which included winning the Heartland Conference title. But Raghuveera was unable to compete in the district tournament because he was involved in a car accident the night before the event began in Sarasota. ...more

May 28, 2008

Having lived the equivalent of countless baseball lives, Josh Hamilton finally is playing like the rising star the Rays believed they had selected with the No. 1 pick in the 1999 draft. ...more

May 26, 2008

No football team in Hillsborough County has had a tougher week than East Bay. ...more

May 23, 2008

Dear Abby: Last year, my husband, "Steve," was scheduled for bypass surgery. He told everyone - all our friends and relatives - that he planned to stop smoking afterward. ...more

May 18, 2008