- Cornell Harris Jr. and Robert B. Cummings Jr. were childhood friends who sometimes worked out together at a local boxing club. ...more

March 14, 2009

SARASOTA - Police say arsonists started a fire at a home on 24th Street in an attempt to kill a man who they suspected of shooting an aspiring boxer and his girlfriend over the weekend. Related Links: ...more

March 12, 2009

A man was killed and a woman was shot multiple times this morning in a shooting at a Sarasota apartment. ...more

March 7, 2009

Tampa Bay's coaching overhaul continued Sunday when the Bucs hired Pete Mangurian to tutor one of the NFL's youngest offensive lines. ...more

January 26, 2009

Brandon senior standout wrestler Eric Grajales has verbally committed to Michigan. ...more

October 14, 2008

I came away from an election-poll-workers' training session the other day shaking my head in wonderment. Just as I felt that the registered voters of Hillsborough County, after a few elections, were becoming adjusted to using the touch-screen voting machines, we have taken a giant step backward for mankind by going to paper ballots. ...more

July 18, 2008

Sweetbay Supermarkets president and chief executive Shelley Broader is headed to the executive offices of Michaels Stores, the Irving, Texas-based arts and crafts retailer announced Friday. ...more

June 6, 2008

Jim Flautt lives in Fort Lauderdale and, until recently, the only way he knew to check on his father's grave in St. Petersburg was to drive the 240 miles. ...more

February 11, 2008

Clearwater police have charged two 14-year-old boys with carjacking and are looking for a third teenager. Investigators say the teenagers approached a vehicle at Jacmar Street and Pinehurst Avenue in Dunedin about 4:30 p.m. Monday, dragged the driver out of the car and took the vehicle. Clearwater police spotted the car an hour later and arrested Jayontae Davis, of 1113 Tangerine St., and Cornell Cunningham, of 2070 San Marino Way. Both teenagers are from Clearwater. ...more

October 16, 2007

Mary Skidmore, 94, didn't like the color her boyfriend was painting her mobile home Tuesday morning. ...more

September 27, 2007