Doctors' Responsibility Re: Dr. David Lubin's letter (Feb. 17): Does Lubin keep open spots on his appointment calendar for patients who have not prescheduled their accidents or illnesses? ...more

February 20, 2009

A Temple Terrace woman filled several prescriptions for Oxycodone and a muscle relaxer by not telling doctors that she had received prior prescriptions for the drugs, Temple Terrace police say. Police arrested Vanessa Kunkle, 31, of Dade City, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

Joseph Valdez used narcotics for more than a decade before he died of an overdose in April 2007. He was 32. Here are selected dates from a timeline of his quest for drugs in the months before his death. ...more

August 3, 2008

Joseph Valdez used narcotics for more than a decade before he died of an overdose in April 2007. He was 32. Here is a timeline of his quest for drugs in the months before his death. ...more

August 1, 2008

Terry Underwood remembers when his wife found their son's body. Timothy Underwood had gone out the night before with friends, his father said. Sometime before morning, someone brought the 23-year-old construction worker home. ...more

July 19, 2008

TAMPA Terry Underwood remembers when his wife found their son's body. ...more

July 18, 2008

Riding in a car headed the wrong way down a one-way street early Saturday led to the arrest of a St. Petersburg nurse and her companion by Tampa Police, authorities said. At 4:30 a.m., police performed a traffic stop on a car driven by Luis Santos Zalvala at Florida Avenue and East Kay Street.. Zalvala, 28, of Tampa, was arrested on a driving under the influence charge. ...more

October 27, 2007