Bubba Latimer and the Bub-ba-Q team from Jasper, Ga. is the Grand Champion at the 12th Central Florida BBQ Festival. ...more

January 12, 2008

Clay Sink's pioneers loom as larger-than-life role models in this enclave tucked away in the Withlacoochee State Forest. For generations, residents have handed down their stories. ...more

December 26, 2007

Share your photos of the flyover ramp being built at the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard/Interstate 75 interchange. The project, which will ease access to southbound I-75 from southbound Bruce B. Downs, is planned for completion next year. We would like to see your photos as the project takes shape. Click on the centerpiece image at Northeast.tbo.com and upload your pictures to the photo gallery. For assistance, contact online community producer Kenneth Knight at kknight@tampatrib.com. ...more

December 21, 2007

TAMPA - The shoppers were on a mission: spend $4,000 to help almost 200 children -- some only a few days old -- in foster care. ...more

December 14, 2007

More than a dozen family members and friends comforted one another this afternoon in the pediatric emergency ward at Tampa General Hospital as they waited for word on the condition of a 10-year-old Valrico girl bitten on the face by a dog. ...more

December 12, 2007

For the second consecutive year, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon is celebrating "Thanks-mas" by cooking for the needy at area shelters. ...more

December 10, 2007

St. Petersburg police arrested three protesters outside the CNN/YouTube presidential candidates' debate at Mahaffey Theater on Wednesday. ...more

November 29, 2007

Paul Sisco, the attorney representing Sandra Prince's boyfriend, wants the results of soil samples taken in connection with her disappearance to be released to the public. ...more

November 29, 2007

TAMPA - Firefighters have evacuated an apartment complex north of Ybor City because of a broken natural-gas line, officials said. ...more

November 28, 2007

Two people were killed and another was injured Tuesday afternoon when two vehicles collided on Handcart Road, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. ...more

November 28, 2007