"Ann Vickers," by Sinclair Lewis (originally published by Doubleday, Doran in 1933, it is not in print, but can be found in the hundreds on antiquarian book Web sites for as little as $2.50 a copy) ...more

September 14, 2008

Police charged a man with felony child abuse, saying he beat his girlfriend's 5-year-old son because of a bad-behavior report at school. ...more

August 27, 2008

TAMPA - An officer with Tampa police's helicopter unit was reprimanded and given a "letter of counseling" after he made inappropriate comments in February when chasing a man in a stolen vehicle, authorities said. ...more

August 14, 2008

A Pinellas Park police officer was hit by a van as he directed traffic at U.S. 19 and Park Boulevard this morning, authorities said. ...more

July 17, 2008

A medical examiner testified today that 13-year-old Stephen Tomlinson was strangled, most likely with someone's hands. ...more

July 16, 2008

This being the Fourth of July weekend, if I were king I would issue a simple proclamation, something along these lines: ...more

July 5, 2008

OLDSMAR - An Oldsmar man was arrested for animal cruelty after Pinellas County deputies say he dangled a dog from a moving car. ...more

July 4, 2008

AVON PARK — Were it not for a school worker, a doughnut would have almost killed an Avon Park Middle School student. A group of Avon Park Middle students decided to make a game out of a doughnut treat and dared each other to swallow one in one go. Melvin Prewitt stuffed one in his mouth. In a moment, it got stuck in his throat, and Prewitt started to turn blue from a lack of oxygen. ...more

June 11, 2008

Kyle Busch won the battle of attrition Saturday as NASCAR's least popular driver overcame a pit-road penalty and several scrapes with the wall to win the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. ...more

May 11, 2008

For about 30 seconds, a Tampa police pilot and an observer watched as an officer clung to a Corvette speeding west on Beach Street, radioing the car's every move. ...more

February 26, 2008