Freddie Vasquez II was sentenced to 10 years in prison today after pleading guilty to killing two men during what prosecutors claim was a gang-related dispute in 2006. ...more

February 16, 2009

Society generally has not been kind to those with mental illnesses or quirky personalities. Embarrassed by such relatives, their families of decades past often sent them to institutions and never talked about them again. ...more

January 25, 2009

Pick a major East Coast city at random, and you're likely to find a 200th birthday celebration for Edgar Allan Poe. ...more

December 28, 2008

Princess Diana's brother offers local shoppers replicas and pieces inspired by the family's ancestral home. ...more

September 3, 2008

TAMPA - Linda Ledesma needed a little extra money to help pay the rising costs of living in Florida. So she decided to sell her burial plot in Sylvan Abbey cemetery in Clearwater. The newspaper classified ad noted its scenic location "in Garden of Ascension, near waterfall, under shade tree." ...more

June 23, 2008

Every year, hundreds of people who die in Hillsborough County have no one willing or able to bury them. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - Every year, hundreds of people who die in Hillsborough County have no one willing or able to bury them. ...more

October 1, 2007