TAMPA - The families of fallen deputies lit candles as the rays of the setting sun reflected off Tampa skyscrapers. ...more

May 6, 2008

Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe early Saturday, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle of cognac before stealing away into the darkness. ...more

January 20, 2008

SEBRING — At 3:30 p.m. Saturday, guests at Kegel Bowling Center were asked to direct their attention to lane 14, where David Anthony Bland, 20, and Amanda Lee Fleeman, 20, both of Sebring, would repeat their matrimonial vows. Yes, it was a wedding at a bowling alley, and no, they didn't wear two-tone shoes and advertising on their shirts. The groom was in a black tux, his waist-length hair flowing behind him; the bride wore a traditional white gown with a five-foot train, and carried white and red roses in her corsage. But what could possibly have convinced these kids to stage the most important event of their lives at a bowling alley? "Well," said Bland, "it started out as a joke." And then they looked into renting a hall, but the price was pretty expensive – $300 and up. So, he proposed, "Let's get married at the bowling alley." These are their salad days, so money is tight for them right now. Besides, Fleeman said, "It's different. It intrigued me." ...more

October 16, 2007