A gourmet chef who practices her culinary artistry in the wine-loving region of Tuscany will make a three-day visit to Southern Hills Plantation this week. ...more

February 7, 2008

Gourmet Italian chef demonstrates her culinary skills at Southern Hills Plantation this week. ...more

February 6, 2008

The chief thought an accident last September was a fender bender that should have been addressed internally and without the input of the fire board. ...more

December 20, 2007

Fallen "American Idol" star Jessica Sierra stood in a courtroom Thursday morning, trying in vain to cover the worried look on her face with her long brown hair. ...more

December 7, 2007

TAMPA - Fallen "American Idol" star Jessica Sierra stood in the courtroom this morning, her long brown hair covering the worried look on her face. Her attorney, John Fitzgibbons, told Circuit Judge Daniel Perry that he wasn't ready to directly address the charges against Sierra but would enter a plea of not guilty on her behalf to charges of disorderly intoxication and misdemeanor resisting an officer without violence. ...more

December 6, 2007

Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman has apologized for repeatedly using a racial slur in a profanity-laced tirade during a private phone conversation with his son that was recorded and posted online. ...more

November 2, 2007

Four women and two men held Ronald Smart's future in their hands Wednesday. ...more

October 25, 2007

Halfway through listening to a 30-minute recorded conversation, Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Walter Heinrich said he'd heard enough and denied bail for a local youth minister charged with two counts of capital sexual battery on a minor. ...more

October 11, 2007

TAMPA - Halfway through listening to a 30-minute recorded conversation, Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Walter Heinrich said he'd heard enough and denied bail for a local youth minister charged with two counts of capital sexual battery on a minor. On the tape, Justin Peterson, 31, is scolded and questioned by his accuser, who now is an adult and lives out of state. ...more

October 10, 2007

It's a myth so pervasive, most of us believe it's true. I know I did. So when information about 'feminist bra burning rallies' turned up in a timeline Maidenform provided for a Sept. 27 story on the history of the bra, I didn't think twice about using it. ...more

October 9, 2007