Efrem Tyree was only 9 years old, the new kid at a Pasco County charter school. After dinner with his mother and younger sister Saturday, Efrem's mom offered maternal advice: Put some lotion on after your bath. Minutes later, Jacqueline Tyree found her son hanging in a closet. ...more

November 25, 2008

Steven Stamkos strides into the Lightning locker room, making sure to veer to the right to avoid the giant logo in the middle of the floor, and finds his locker stall. ...more

October 11, 2008

Monkey outbreak in Tokyo. As a responsible media organization, we owe it to the public to provide up-to-the-minute monkey news. You're the city editor, so tell me, who do we have to put on this story?" ...more

August 24, 2008

SEBRING –– The Sebring Senior Softball League games form last week had no big blowouts, just moderate scores, and no budding all-stars shining. Discount Aluminum caught a lot of attention with their new classy uniform shirts and caps, plus they had a winning score of 23-14 over the Klingons. Aluminum was in the lead until the fifth inning. Klingons poured on some coal and scored 11 runs, but Aluminum put a sudden stop to that and won the game. Discount Aluminum's James Gilbert was the hot hitter by slugging out two home runs. Four players going 3 for 4 were Mike Ellis with three RBIs, Jim Larnard, Rudy Pibble and Tom Walsh each earning two RBIs. The new kid on the team, Rod Palmer, went 3 for 3 with 2 runs scored. Some of the Klingons doing their share were Don Sheets and Ross "Spider" McMinn with two home runs. It was double Bank Day when Highlands Independent Bank Avon Park and Highlands Independent Bank Sebring faced each other on the diamond. ...more

February 24, 2008

A year ago, Kevin Burnell was a new kid on varsity just trying to find his way and plugging in his skills wherever they could be used. ...more

November 30, 2007

SRI-St. Petersburg may be the new kid on Florida's research scene, but by landing a $36.5 million Navy contract, it has quickly established itself as a major player in marine science research. ...more

November 1, 2007

TAMPA - Die-hard college football fans across the nation probably couldn't point to Tampa on a map even if they had, well, a map. But all that is changing, what with the upstart University of South Florida Bulls football team making its splash on the national landscape. ...more

October 15, 2007

Seven years ago, 13-year-old Lauren Nelson and a few friends entered an Internet chat room during a sleepover. Within a week, an online predator was e-mailing one of them lurid photos. ...more

October 4, 2007