The GFWC Tampa Woman's Club is accepting $25 donations for reservation of parking spaces for both the Gasparilla Children's Parade on Jan. 24 and the Gasparilla Day Parade on Feb. 7. ...more

January 14, 2009

For nearly 60 minutes Friday morning, Steven Stamkos stayed on the ice. For nearly 60 minutes, the overall top pick in this past summer's draft endured a grueling workout normally reserved for those out of the lineup. ...more

January 10, 2009

Tampa Bay Lightning rookie Steven Stamkos has been chosen to play in the 2009 NHL YoungStars Game, the league announced today. ...more

January 9, 2009

Family and friends joined the 810th Military Police Company on Saturday for a ceremony to mark its imminent deployment to Iraq. The 170-soldier Combat Support unit will spend up to 10 months in Baghdad, where they will train members of the Iraqi Police Service in law enforcement operations. The 810th will travel to Fort Dix, N.J., on Jan. 24, where they will prepare for their mission for six to eight weeks. Saturday's ceremony took place at the Army Reserve's Medical Command headquarters in Pinellas Park. ...more

January 4, 2009

Knowledge is Power, a program promoting a healthy lifestyle, will be presented at the SouthShore Regional Library Jan. 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...more

January 2, 2009

For two years, Joyce Kesse has driven "the Jen mobile" – a gold Trailblazer covered with photos of her smiling daughter – around the Bay area to trigger leads in her daughter's disappearance. Gaither High School graduate Jennifer Kesse was 24 and living in Orlando when she vanished Jan. 24, 2006. Orlando police found her black 2004 Chevrolet Malibu in an apartment complex about one mile from her condominium. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - After pleading guilty today to attempted sexual battery on a child younger than 12, a 30-year-old man will serve three years in prison then will be deported to his native Mexico. Should Ebaristo Medina ever return to the United States, he could face up to 60 years in prison, prosecutors said. ...more

May 12, 2008

Dai Singhprasert spent his first 14 years living in a jungle in Thailand. ...more

February 21, 2008

Seeing how well the Lightning has played the past few weeks since defenseman Dan Boyle's return from a lengthy injury, it is tough not to wonder: What if? ...more

February 16, 2008

CLEARWATER - A Riverview man was arrested Monday on charges he sexually assaulted an 8-year-old girl three years ago. ...more

February 12, 2008