The bug spray bandits are back. ...more

March 28, 2009

My 9-year-old daughter looks older than she is. Always has. Kids and - worse - grownups who should know better comment on it all the time. ...more

March 22, 2009

What can parents, especially those of girls, do to temper culture's pressure to grow up way too fast? ...more

March 19, 2009

How much do you know about the world's most famous plastic princess? Which one, you ask sarcastically? The Barbie doll, of course ...more

March 9, 2009

A Tampa man is accused of snatching his 1-year-old child out of a moving car during an argument with his estranged wife, putting the child in harm's way, an affidavit states. ...more

February 14, 2009

A Circle K convenience store was robbed Thursday night by a man with a long blonde ponytail and a gray goatee. ...more

January 15, 2009

At 8:05 this morning, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office received a report of a body found in an orange grove in rural Manatee County. ...more

August 11, 2008

Red Hogan e-mailed a letter commenting on a recent column and suggested another way of saving gas he hadn't seen much written about. I've known Hogan for about 30 years. I don't think Red is his real name but it is all I've ever heard. ...more

June 30, 2008

I finally got my first taste of stress in the kitchen last week in an "Iron Chef"-like competition against Ray "Dr. BBQ" Lampe. I affectionately refer to him as my "one degree from Justin Timberlake" as he's Sexyback's executive chef in New York. ...more

June 25, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - In an attempt to identify a man who robbed a SunTrust bank on Monday, police have released surveillance images of the robbery. ...more

June 18, 2008