The survivor of a drunken-driving crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway is facing serious surgery and a custody battle, her grandmother said Saturday. ...more

February 22, 2009

The survivor of a drunk-driving crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway is facing a serious surgery and a custody battle, her grandmother said Saturday. ...more

February 21, 2009

The politically charged investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is over, and its conclusions are stinging. But the fallout, if any, might not come until Election Day. ...more

October 12, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The politically charged investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is over, and its conclusions are stinging. But the fallout, if any, might not come until Election Day. ...more

October 11, 2008

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. ...more

July 24, 2008

On a January night nine years ago, Laura Snider was saved. A 27-year-old single mother at the time, Snider felt she had ruined her life through a disastrous marriage and divorce. But in her kitchen that night, after reading pamphlets and Bible passages that her boss had pointed her to, she realized she was a sinner, she said, she prayed for forgiveness, and put her trust in Christ. ...more

February 17, 2008

Congratulations to Alberto Gonzales, who was recently named 2007 Lawyer of the Year, besting runners-up Alan Shore of "Boston Legal" and Nicky "Neck Brace" Carbone, who won a $6,200 settlement for a woman who claimed mental anguish when a can of squirt cheese exploded in her camper trailer's kitchenette. Isn't it wonderful that a small boy who was the subject of an international custody dispute in 2000, seized at gunpoint by federal agents and returned to his native Cuba amid a firestorm of controversy would be named Lawyer of the Year a mere seven years later. (Note: After Hollifield submitted his column six hours past deadline, we patiently explained that he was confusing Alberto Gonzales, former attorney general of the United States, with Elian Gonzales, the Cuban boy in the custody battle.) ...more

December 18, 2007

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m., Alumni Field at Corral Memorial Stadium ...more

November 9, 2007

The call went into a child abuse hot line on Monday, reporting that a 4-year-old was being abused at a local child care facility. ...more

October 26, 2007

TAMPA – The bitter divorce and custody battle between Elijah Dukes and his estranged wife will stop briefly as the embattled baseball player heads for the Dominican Republic on Wednesday to play winter ball. Dukes and his wife, NiShea, were in court today fighting over visitation of their children and his payment of alimony, child support and her attorney's fees. ...more

October 9, 2007