EDITOR'S NOTE: Jessica Castillo, 12, just finished the sixth grade at Cambridge Christian School in Tampa. She was chosen writer of the year by teacher Sharee Romaine, who wrote, "I wasn't planning to choose a writer of the year until this student's 'Heart of Christ' paper was turned in to me." ...more

June 7, 2008

Bernhard Langer and Jeff Sluman appeared ready to run away from the field as the third round of the Senior PGA Championship was coming to a close Saturday. ...more

May 25, 2008

Parts 1 and 2 of this story were published April 20 and 27. When four-year-old Lisa slipped into my apartment naked, for the second time, I tried not to look shocked. Gemma quickly said, "Oh, I never put clothes on that one at 'ome. She just gets 'em filthy. Once she even stuffed 'er dress down the commode." I forced a smile, "Would you like some coffee?" "Oh, bloody good idea, that." I led the way to the kitchen where Lisa had already opened my refrigerator and grabbed a carton of yogurt. She shoved it at me. "Open this." "Sure." I pulled off the aluminum seal and handed it back. "Let me get you a spoon." But she had already dug into it with her fingers. Gemma yawned, ignoring her daughter, while I poured the coffee. ...more

May 3, 2008

Defining Moment? Regarding "How Bunting Shaped GOP Nomination," Tom Jackson, Feb. 14: ...more

February 18, 2008

The city was doing a routine inspection of a storage facility today when people were found living in it, officials say. ...more

January 12, 2008

LARGO - The city was doing a routine inspection of a storage facility today when people were found living in it, officials say. ...more

January 11, 2008

Eleven-year-old Rikka Pinckney stopped breathing one night in June 2006 while lying on a bare mattress in her foster mother's Town 'N Country mobile home. ...more

December 13, 2007

A van traveling north on U.S. 19 Sunday night struck a motorcycle from behind hard enough to lodge the bike upright in its grill. ...more

December 10, 2007

"Look at me," said Hillsborough senior Handel Eugene, who played football as a freshman and sophomore before retiring. "Do I look like a football player to you?" ...more

November 16, 2007

Medtronic Inc. is stopping distribution of wires that connect some of its defibrillators to patients' hearts after learning they may have contributed to five deaths. ...more

October 16, 2007