Six months ago, Elalia Walker wrote in court papers that her boyfriend would watch her from shrubbery, force her into sex and tell her, 'If I can't have you, then no one will have you.' ...more

October 20, 2007

The Durant and Plant City high volleyball squads can enter next week's District 6A-8 tournament feeling good about themselves. ...more

October 20, 2007

The city council has continued a hearing to rezone a former West Tampa cigar factory until 6 p.m. Nov. 8. ...more

October 20, 2007

The great hedge debate is over. Or is it? Jim Shanklin, who has waged a nearly four-year battle against the city to defend what he says is his constitutional right to keep his front yard hedges as tall as he wants, has been ordered by a judge to comply with the city's hedge-height limit. ...more

October 20, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - The great hedge debate is over. Or is it? Jim Shanklin, who has waged a nearly four-year battle against the city to defend what he says is his constitutional right to keep his front yard hedges as tall as he wants, has been ordered by a judge to comply with the city's hedge-height limit. Yet Shanklin still may end up keeping his too-tall hedges, or at least the appearance of them. ...more

October 19, 2007

TAMPA - Elalia Walker, whom investigators say was beaten by her boyfriend, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, according to Temple Terrace police. She had brain damage after being beaten Oct. 11 by her boyfriend, Stanley Telfare, a custodian at Blake High School, authorities said. ...more

October 19, 2007

Elalia Walker, who investigators say was beaten by her boyfriend, suffered brain damage and her condition worsened today. Temple Terrace police said Walker was beaten Oct. 11 by her boyfriend, Stanley Telfare, a custodian at Blake High School. ...more

October 18, 2007

PLANT CITY - A 3-year-old quarter horse was stolen last week from a pasture, and Hillsborough County deputies are seeking the animal and the thief. Bugs, who is red and has a black mane and tail, is valued at $20,000. ...more

October 18, 2007

As the regular season wraps up, a few surprises shook up the Sunshine Athletic Conference. Ridgewood's boys and Wesley Chapel's girls upset their opponents and turned the conference on its head. ...more

October 3, 2007

Zephyr Christian Church's new pastor wants to help children get ready to start school. ...more

September 29, 2007