The choice wasn't easy, but it was a simple one. Either jump in, or the woman clinging to the side of the Howard Frankland Bridge would certainly die. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa police officer jumped into Old Tampa Bay from the Howard Frankland Bridge on Monday night to save a woman who had been clinging to a piling and crying for help. ...more

January 29, 2008

A chain saw chewed through the doomed maple while two men held ropes secured to its trunk. ...more

January 22, 2008

The word on Keith Thurman when he was an amateur was that he was destined to be a hard-hitting professional. Of his 101 amateur victories, 76 were by knockout. ...more

January 19, 2008

PLANT CITY - John McCaughey, senior district secretary to state Rep. Rich Glorioso, R-Plant City, died today at South Florida Baptist Hospital. He was 67. ...more

December 17, 2007

Jeff Lacy was a model patient. His physical therapist, Chris Arrigo, said as much a little more than a week before Lacy's unanimous-decision victory against Peter Manfredo Jr. Dec. 8 in Las Vegas. ...more

December 14, 2007

Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn't need to dance to beat Ricky Hatton. His fists proved a lot more potent than his feet. ...more

December 9, 2007

There's every reason to feel fear while working 450 feet up, dropping down from the edge of a skyscraper roof while suspended by only a thin length of rope and a narrow swing seat. ...more

December 7, 2007

TAMPA - There's something special about peering over the edge of a 450-foot-tall building just after dawn and then climbing over the roof's railing; the only thing protecting you from plummeting to your death is a thin length of rope and a narrow swing seat. ...more

December 6, 2007

The Brandon Christian Writers Group, a diverse and lively group of authors affiliated with the American Christian Writers Group, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at the Brandon Regional Library, 619 Vonderburg Drive. The next meeting will be Thursday. ...more

November 10, 2007