Henry Broxton went to Tallahassee last week to advocate against legislative changes that he says have made it more difficult for him to get rehabilitation services. ...more

March 18, 2009

The St. Petersburg Times is closing its Dade City bureau in the Old City Hall building on Meridian Avenue. ...more

February 12, 2009

Zachary Sharples, the 12-year-old suspended from a Palmetto middle school for his Rayhawk hairdo, may have moved to St. Petersburg, but he can't dodge the spotlight. ...more

October 15, 2008

The call from ESPN came after a wild week that began with the suspension and ended with Zachary meeting Rays players and coaches on Tropicana Field before Saturday's game. ...more

October 14, 2008

Gloria Tesch, a 14-year-old Tarpon Springs High School ninth-grader from Palm Harbor, has written an 800-page novel. It is the first installment in a planned trilogy. ...more

September 20, 2008

A swarm of bees fatally attacked an 18-month-old pit bull mix Monday minutes after its owner left the dog on a chain in the backyard of her Largo home. ...more

July 29, 2008

An 18-month-old pit bull mix died this afternoon after it was swarmed by bees and stung more than 1,000 times, according to the dog's owners. ...more

July 28, 2008

"Skeletons at the Feast," by Chris Bohjalian (Shaye Areheart, $25) ...more

July 13, 2008

The house was ravaged - its floors ripped, walls busted and lights smashed by owners who trashed their home before a bank foreclosed on it. Hidden in the wreckage was an abandoned member of the family: a starving pit bull. ...more

January 30, 2008

Chris and Jane Bender and their daughter, Sara, of 1501 Topier Road, are the recipients of the Plant City Garden Club Beautification Award for September. ...more

October 1, 2007