TAMPA – Police charged a woman with animal cruelty after finding an emaciated dog with a festering wound in her yard. ...more

June 26, 2008

Trashing A/C units for the copper wire inside is so 2007. A metal box bolted to the asphalt behind a Spring Hill medical clinic was stolen some time this weekend. Inside was a smaller box holding radiological medical waste. ...more

June 26, 2008

My favorite letter this week comes from Valerie Sumner Morales. The letter was not about her dad, but I want to mention her father, the late Col. Robert Sumner, on the heels of Memorial Day. A lot of you might remember him as an instructor at the University of Tampa. ...more

June 2, 2008

There are three ways I know that a recipe's a winner — when it's quiet at the dinner table, when there are no leftovers and when my twin sister, Janet, e-mails me a new recipe and says, "This one's a keeper." Funny how one phrase can predict the future of a recipe. My sister has never let me down; maybe it's our genetically shared taste buds. Janet always seems to have a good recipe up her sleeve — this time for a grilled steak — which surprised me because that cut of beef isn't her favorite menu item. But this steak was melt-in-your-mouth good, she said, and it made a steak-loving convert out of her. ...more

January 30, 2008

The tax changes on the ballot with the presidential primary are a stew of legislative leftovers sure to give the state heartburn. ...more

January 14, 2008

I am tired of meaningless, bickering "debates" and being asked for contributions while no candidate seems to care about the convention delegate votes which represent one of the largest, most diverse group of voters. I am tired of a few people in Iowa and New Hampshire telling me I can have the leftovers on my ballot. Being involved in politics off and on since 1960 as a young voter in Texas, I am beginning to long for the smoke-filled rooms. At least back then we could pick delegates at our precinct level, then go to a county, state and national convention without waiting for Iowa and New Hampshire telling us who we could vote for. ...more

December 16, 2007

She wrote him letters, accepted his many phone calls and even gave him money, officials said. But that's not what put a nurse at Falkenburg Road Jail behind bars Thursday. ...more

December 14, 2007

She wrote him letters, accepted his many phone calls and even gave him money, officials said. But that's not what put a nurse who works at Falkenburg Road Jail behind bars earlier today. ...more

December 13, 2007

Most people enjoy giving their pets special treats. That's particularly true during the holiday season, when we humans tend to over-treat ourselves. ...more

November 17, 2007

SEBRING — For 10 years now, Lynn McCray has been putting food on the tables of hundreds of families for Thanksgiving dinner. ...more

November 1, 2007