TAMPA - A public memorial service for longtime radio newsman Don Richards will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Good Samaritan Lutheran Church at 6085 Park Blvd. in Pinellas Park. ...more

June 27, 2008

Ex-Marine Robert "Bob" Childers' "Once a Marine, always a Marine" manner of loyalty transferred into an allegiance to the men and women of the Temple Terrace Police Department. ...more

June 21, 2008

Stationed in the Philippines before World War II, Army Lt. Don Blackburn escaped capture during the fall of Bataan in 1942. ...more

June 6, 2008

Daniel Guy McMullen, the oldest living member of a Pinellas County pioneer family, sat at his kitchen table Saturday and smiled about becoming a centenarian this week. His face crinkled and his eyes twinkled as he said, "Ninety-nine years has covered a wonderful span. And now 100 years has got me." ...more

February 10, 2008

The United States might be reducing its nuclear stockpile, but experts say that nearly two decades after the Cold War, our firepower is still a case of overkill. ...more

January 13, 2008

Readers expecting a one-sided, "black athletes are being exploited" rant from Newsday sports columnist Shaun Powell will be disappointed. Those looking for challenging dialogue and insight will be pleased. ...more

January 10, 2008

Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard the word "mechatronics." Believe it or not, it's not another newly minted tech field. ...more

December 23, 2007

A glowing tradition that started 40 years ago continues Monday when thousands of lighted paper bags line the streets of Original Carrollwood. ...more

December 22, 2007

The last tenants at Georgetown Apartments were vacating the once-thriving community this week. ...more

November 3, 2007

In this remote and rusting town on the barren steppes of Central Asia, the space race and the Sputnik era seem much more than a memory. ...more

October 21, 2007