They say talk is cheap. I say that depends on who is doing the talking. Today's scheduled talking is supposed to take place in the great chamber of the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners. That ought to make all of us nervous. The board is going to be talking about what ultimately will be a project costing billions of dollars. YOUR dollars. ...more

November 4, 2009

As the swine flu sweeps through schools and households across the state, many folks feel as if hand washing now rivals time spent playing outside. ...more

October 22, 2009

Carli Slack checked in to St. Joseph's Children's Hospital on July 19 and, except for a brief visit home at Thanksgiving, has been there ever since. ...more

February 5, 2009

Carli Slack was checked into St. Joseph's Children's Hospital on July 19 and, except for a brief visit home at Thanksgiving, has been there ever since. ...more

February 4, 2009

Anger and desperation pushed Jennifer Roma to chase the man who swiped her mother's purse, knocked her down and left her dying on the pavement of the T.J. Maxx parking lot. ...more

January 4, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG - "Please, Daddy. Please." Those words, spoken by a 2-year-old girl as her father stabbed her mother to death, were captured verbatim Sept. 3 through a string of coincidences involving her parents' cell phone voice mail, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

December 7, 2007