When she began teaching math 30 years ago, Norris Johnson didn't even own a computer. ...more

June 4, 2008

Not long after a 10th-inning, game-winning home run no one could have predicted rocketed off his bat Sunday afternoon, Gabe Gross thought of his family. ...more

June 2, 2008

Paula Jerkins stopped by Project Return to donate a typewriter and soon found herself cornered by one Rhoda Zusman. ...more

February 4, 2008

Scott Seigal was awakened one recent early morning by a cell phone text message. It was from his girlfriend's mother. ...more

January 23, 2008

The 75-year-old grandmother who was arrested on Thursday for disorderly conduct at a McDonald's gave an officer lip with her fries, according to a police report. ...more

January 22, 2008

If anyone was "lovin' it" at the McDonald's that Jean Merola visited Thursday evening, it certainly wasn't her. ...more

January 20, 2008

If anyone was "lovin' it!" at the McDonald's that Jean Merola visited Thursday evening, it certainly wasn't her. The 75-year-old grandmother of eight was arrested for disorderly conduct after she refused a police officer's orders to move her car while she waited for the coffee and fries she ordered at the drive-through window. "Isn't that terrible?'' she said from her Clearwater home Saturday. "Oh my goodness, here I am, a poor little innocent woman waiting for my French fries.'' ...more

January 19, 2008

Cookie Ginex likes the keyless remote system and the ability to load up her CD player with a half-dozen country recordings, but mostly her needs are "pretty basic" when it comes to cars, she says. ...more

January 19, 2008

A 57-year-old woman named Joyce dreams that she is riding on the back of a truck overflowing with the most beautiful bright red tomatoes. ...more

December 20, 2007

A 4-year-old boy walked his 82-year-old grandmother to safety when he noticed her house at 3036 18th Ave. S. was on fire, St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue Lt. Rick Feinberg said. ...more

December 17, 2007