TRIBUNE TOP 5 1. Chamberlain (13-0): Junior infielder Stephanie Medina has returned to the lineup after missing two weeks with an arm injury. Chiefs face Gaither on Friday. ...more

March 26, 2009

Two men delivered 60 grams of cocaine to undercover detectives Monday in Gibsonton in exchange for $1,600, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 13, 2009

Like a lot of friends, Debra Medina and Leslie Barile often had we-ought-to start-a-business conversations during the seven years they worked together as counselors at Cotee River Elementary School. ...more

October 19, 2008

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October 15, 2008

Like a lot of friends, Debra Medina and Leslie Barile often had we-ought-to start-a-business conversations during the seven years they worked together as counselors at Cody River Elementary School. ...more

October 4, 2008

TAMPA - A South Tampa woman didn't seek treatment for her poodle, which had a broken leg, according to a Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman. ...more

June 26, 2008

AVON PARK — A suspect in the 2001 stabbing murder of a Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Monday after he was extradited from Madison County. Juan Tirso Perez, now 26, also known as Juan Tirso Marin and Juan Tirso Marin-Perez, was booked in at 9 p.m. Friday on a charge of second-degree murder as a suspect in the stabbing death of Sergio Jose Morales, according to sheriff's central records. According to the arrest narrative, it was about 12:30 a.m. Feb. 19, 2001, when Morales was stabbed to death in his trailer home at 303 Highlands Blvd., in Lake Placid. ...more

June 2, 2008

TAMPA Ken Eriksen, who guided the University of South Florida to the first Big East regular-season title in any sport in school history, was named Big East Softball Coach of the Year and freshman pitcher Capri Catalano was named the league's rookie of the year. ...more

May 8, 2008

The Palmetto boys basketball team had three players score in double figures on Tuesday night to lead the Tigers to a 88-71 victory over Sebring in the opening round of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament. ...more

February 6, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Antonio Santana scored two goals and captain Hugo Medina netted two goals — including the game-winner — as Lake Placid rallied to beat McKeel Academy 5-4 in boys soccer on Friday night at rain-soaked Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. The Class 3A Green Dragons trailed for most of the match, but refused to quit to improve to 1-4 in District 10 action. "This was a brave win," said Lake Placid coach Josh Virkler. "We were down two goals at two different points in the match, and it would have been easy for the guys to quit because the conditions were pretty severe." McKeel took a 2-0 lead just seven minutes into the match on the rain-slicked field. ...more

December 16, 2007