Working suicide patrol on the towering Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Leif Cardwell rolled up to find the 58-year-old woman with one leg already draped over the short concrete barrier wall. The license plate on the Ford minivan she drove there said: "HPPY NOW." ...more

May 4, 2008

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Central High grad finishing out his collegiate career pitching out of the bullpen for Florida Southern. ...more

May 3, 2008

Here are the contestants for 2008 Florida Strawberry Festival queen: JORDAN ALYSSA ANDREW, daughter of Alan and Kelly Andrew. She is a junior at Durant High School. She plans to attend the University of Florida and pursue a degree in engineering. She would like to be a pediatric biomedical engineer. She is a member of the Durant band, the National Honor Society and is involved with Best Buddies. ...more

January 30, 2008

Medical professionals and state legislators debated Monday the governance of the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute, with some arguing the institute should be absorbed by the University of South Florida and others saying it should be independent. ...more

January 15, 2008

Adam Sollazzo is the high scoring, 6-foot-5 point guard for the Armwood boys basketball team. He currently leads the Hawks (5-5) with 23.3 points, 6.5 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game. As a junior, he was named to the Tampa Bay Basketball Coaches Association All-Star team and was a Western Conference second-team selection. He currently has interest from schools like USF, Mercer, Elon and Florida Gulf Coast. ...more

December 21, 2007

Boston College-bound forward Evan Ravenel said his Brandon team should have entered this season as the defending Class 5A state champions. ...more

December 7, 2007

Tampa Catholic running back Drew Zink received good news Tuesday, as an MRI revealed no ligament tears in his injured right knee. ...more

November 27, 2007

Hillsborough County's top boys basketball players. ...more

November 19, 2007

Sherron Collins scored 22 points and fueled a 17-2 run early in the second half and No. 4 Kansas swamped Louisiana-Monroe 107-78 on Friday night to win its 35th consecutive home opener. ...more

November 10, 2007

Never again will Tampa have a professional sports franchise like it's very first. ...more

November 1, 2007