For the next three weeks, Avon representative Florence Richmond of Sebring will be donating 50 percent of her retail sales to abused children in Highlands County. ...more

October 30, 2009

Attitude, the alligator, gets amorous whenever her friend, the garbage truck, rumbles by. Or she gets angry, thinking an intrusive reptile is lurking in her territory. Either way, the 25-year-old American alligator - the queen mum at Sarasota Jungle Gardens - acts weird. Twice a week, a city garbage truck growls nearby and hoists garbage bins into its cavernous maw, Attitude, who's been at the park for about 10 years, jerks her head up, hoists her tail and lets out a bellow for the ages. ...more

February 17, 2009

An ongoing conflict in Zephyrhills, Pasco County's second-largest city, provides yet another example of why local governments need to control growth and work closely with transportation officials. ...more

December 31, 2008

Mom thinks her boy is a catch, so much so she shells out 500 bucks for an ad in The Tampa Tribune. ...more

December 15, 2008

Jacki Wachtel isn't used to finishing second in any race. The Pasco-Hernando Community College women's cross country coach won the Lutz 5K on July 4, and the former River Ridge High standout wins most of the races she enters. ...more

July 19, 2008

TAMPA - Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer, will meet with Alan Crotzer today in Tallahassee and sign the final paperwork needed to pay Crotzer $1.25 million for his wrongful imprisonment. ...more

May 6, 2008

The University of Tampa apologized Friday for two dorm advisers who meted out punishment reminiscent of elementary school: They told 80 honors students to write 30 times, "I will not vandalize the floor, and I will help prevent others from vandalizing." ...more

February 23, 2008

Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema took some jabs at the officials after his Badgers' 21-17 loss to Tennessee in Tuesday's Outback Bowl. In doing so, though, he made an error of his own. ...more

January 2, 2008

Circuit Judge Monica Sierra hopes a three-month trip to Israel will help alleviate the threat of terrorism by helping Palestinians understand Americans and the Bible. ...more

November 29, 2007

It's almost like a Hatfield befriending a McCoy. At a University of Florida football camp, two unlikely players became fast friends. Unlikely because they played for teams that are bitter rivals. Unlikely because their predecessors didn't get along, so why should they. ...more

October 31, 2007