After working diligently to work out a deal to acquire defenseman Andrej Meszaros from the Ottawa Senators, the Lightning finally reached an agreement Friday night. ...more

August 29, 2008

More than three years after her daughter's body was found submerged in a pond near her Ruskin home, Kelly May was again in the same room with David Lee Onstott, the man accused of killing 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. ...more

August 14, 2008

Cito Gaston will return as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays next year. ...more

August 8, 2008

Dramatic fare increases and flagging demand for travel may test Tampa International Airport in the year ahead, its director says, but the groundwork will continue for its largest expansion project in 40 years. ...more

August 8, 2008

Starting in the Kids Club at Auburndale Speedway in 1996, 10-year-old Aaron Williamson drove the first race of his young racing career. A dozen years later, at 22, he is a crafty veteran with a Mini-Stock championship, two Southern Sportsman championships and a shot at the local Late Model classes. ...more

July 17, 2008

The stunning rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors owed its success not only to artful deception, but also to a five-year U.S.-Colombian operation that choked their captors' ability to communicate. ...more

July 11, 2008

South Hillsborough residents of all ages recently came together for a new project that honors the past while literally laying the groundwork for generations to come. ...more

July 5, 2008

Even as they fretted over billions of dollars in budget cuts, state lawmakers voted this spring to spend $27 million to help more poor children attend private schools. ...more

May 28, 2008

The Southwest Florida Water Management District sets the groundwork for its biggest environmental rehab ever: transforming an old rock mine and farm fields that had been tagged for a power plant into a coastal environmental paradise. ...more

May 26, 2008

For all that the NHL fails to get right, you have to credit the league for a sense of timing. ...more

February 18, 2008