By now President-elect Barack Obama must know how Abraham Lincoln felt after winning that long campaign for election and finding the nation in a political crisis. His mission was to preserve a union of contentious, albeit prosperous, citizens. ...more

December 13, 2008

A three-play, 80-yard drive halfway through the fourth quarter proved to be the difference, as Plant High defeated Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer, 33-21, Friday night at Dad's Stadium to advance to the Class 4A state football championship. ...more

December 12, 2008

TONIGHT Events at 7:30 unless noted BOYS BASKETBALL ...more

December 12, 2008

CARVER CITY/LINCOLN GARDENS - People at MacDonald Training Center raised more than $200 by collecting aluminum cans from their lunch room. They used the money to buy school supplies for Roland Park Elementary, donating the supplies at an event Nov. 18. Participants were part of the Turning Point Club, a service and leadership movement organized by Brewster Technical Center for MacDonald Training Center, an organization that has served disabled adults in the Tampa Bay area since 1955. ...more

December 3, 2008

A 79-year-old man died today after he lost control of his car, veered into oncoming traffic on Howell Avenue in Brooksville and crashed into another vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

November 23, 2008

A St. Petersburg couple was arrested Sunday afternoon after a robbery and shooting at a flea market, Pinellas County deputies say. The robbery victim was shot in the ankle but didn't suffer life-threatening injuries. ...more

November 17, 2008

The mother was running out of more than patience when she abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital over the weekend under Nebraska's safe-haven law. ...more

November 14, 2008

Mark Abbott pushed a person and demanded property back, then got out a box cutter and held it to the person's neck, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 10, 2008

1:55 p.m.: Meteorologist Cindy McClure was going to Starbucks to grab some coffee before voting this afternoon at Fellowship Masonic Lodge 265, 306 N. Lincoln Ave. ...more

November 4, 2008

At 12 years old, Zachary Sharples is a lifelong Tampa Bay Rays fan. "I've been a Rays fan since they started playing," he said. "I went to the second game in Rays' history with my mom. I was 2. My dad went to the first game." ...more

October 9, 2008