With two chilling nights behind them, residents in West Central Florida face two more potential freezing mornings as a stubborn cold spell digs in. ...more

January 5, 2010

David Levine, 83, an artist whose witty caricatures illustrated The New York Review of Books for more than 40 years, died Tuesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan of prostate cancer and complications from other ailments. Levine's drawings of politicians, celebrities, writers and historical figures typically had large heads and exaggerated features - Albert Einstein with a nimbus of hair, Richard Nixon all 5 o'clock shadow and ski-slope nose. ...more

December 31, 2009

Former Buccaneer quarterback Bruce Gradkowski has found new life since taking over Oakland's offense. ...more

December 13, 2009

More than 60 dogs removed from a breeder's home in Tampa on Wednesday are being evaluated and moved to three animal shelters for additional care. ...more

December 11, 2009

It's interesting how Mark and Karen Bartlett got separately from Michigan and Virginia to the No Frills Grill, by way of the Florida Keys. ...more

November 30, 2009

Members of the courtroom audience were completely silent as Judge Peter Estrada addressed Travis Kelton Hill III before formally sentencing him for DUI manslaughter on Monday. ...more

October 27, 2009

Police are looking for a man who confronted a female student in a high school bathroom, then was seen 90 minutes later acting suspiciously on another high school campus. ...more

September 11, 2009

It was by coincidence, but the pool that Durant and Plant City were placed in for the Saladino Baseball Tournament puts them into very familiar environs. ...more

April 1, 2009

St. James United Methodist Church is changing with the times. Starting Sunday, the congregation at 16202 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. is breaking with one of its oldest traditions: The church is dropping the 8 a.m. Sunday service. ...more

March 28, 2009

Our house burned down. Not the one in which we currently reside. And it didn't actually burn down, but it burned badly enough to level it and replace it with something that isn't our house. ...more

March 22, 2009