Charles Siffermann of Seminole, a former computer teacher at St. Stephen Catholic School, surprised Assistant Principal Jennisica Rodriguez by proposing to her in front of the entire school during the March 6 broadcast of St. Stephen's morning video program. ...more

March 25, 2009

Born during the Depression, one man has made a life journey accomplishing the challenges of being a missionary of God. He has reached the sunset glory of retirement, directed always by God - hitherto and henceforth, he likes to say - as a devout Lutheran. ...more

November 15, 2008

Former Tampa Bay fullback Mike Alstott finally received a sensational sendoff that paralleled his career. ...more

October 20, 2008

In one, Mayor Rick Baker is wearing a pink dress with a matching pink hat. ...more

July 26, 2008

In one, Mayor Rick Baker is wearing a pink dress with a matching pink hat. In another, police Chief Chuck Harmon's head has been put on an obscenely overweight body, and the chief is looking intently at a two-layer cheeseburger. Maj. Melanie Bevan appears as both a dominatrix and as the Wicked Witch of the West. These are among more than 180 computer-altered images internal affairs investigators collected as they looked into an allegation that a police officer had posted them online. They were made available today as the result of a public information request. ...more

July 25, 2008

Had he not retired, a St. Petersburg police officer would have been fired for posting degrading computer-altered pictures of police administrators and others on a Web site popular in the law enforcement community, according to a memorandum released this afternoon. ...more

July 24, 2008

He came to say goodbye. He had them at hello. Warren Sapp, who made his reputation hunting down NFL quarterbacks, charmed an intimate gathering of friends, former teammates and coaches Saturday night after arriving fashionably late at a retirement party to celebrate his glittering 13-year career. ...more

June 30, 2008

TAMPA — Friends and former teammates from the Bucs gathered at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino on Saturday night to honor Warren Sapp. ...more

June 29, 2008

This year, Deer Park Elementary School will say goodbye to two teachers who, between them, have served the school for more than two decades. ...more

May 25, 2008

Palma Ceia Country Club golf professional Gil Gonsalves leaned forward in a chair, lowered his voice as if passing a secret, and cringed at the memory. It was back in May 1974 and Gonsalves - born and raised in Bermuda before finishing high school in Rhode Island and getting into the golf business - had been invited to interview at the exclusive South Tampa club. ...more

February 21, 2008