The screams of joy carried down historic Seventh Avenue in Ybor City. Their man had done it. ...more

November 5, 2008

An 83-year-old woman fought off an armed robber who approached her with a knife Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of a Sweetbay grocery store. ...more

September 10, 2008

Tom Petty didn't sing a single note. His Heartbreakers didn't strike a single chord. Not so much as a rim shot was heard Thursday from the band that will perform during the halftime show at this year's Super Bowl. ...more

February 1, 2008

When I was a kid we played outside all day. And in summer, all the kids in the neighborhood, (usually at least ten or twelve kids, ages five to fifteen) would gather every evening after supper to play Kick-the-Can. First we'd draw straws from somebody's broom. The kid who drew the shortest straw was "it" and the kid with the longest straw got to kick the can. Any old empty tin can would do. It would be placed in a central location then kicked as far as possible. The moment the kicker's shoe hit that can, all the kids would scatter and hide. The one who was "it" had to chase the can and bring it back to the home base, then cover his/her eyes and start to count. When the counter reached 100, he or she would give a shout, "Here I come!" and strike out to search for those hiding. Usually it was easy to find the young ones, but often the searcher would make the game more fun by pretending not to see them. Older kids could get pretty creative about finding hiding places, and when the searcher was looking elsewhere, they'd move from one hiding place to another, so the searcher would have to check and recheck each potential hiding place. ...more

December 2, 2007

right past your front yard. You stand alongside the road and plead with them to slow down for fear they will hit a child running into the street after a ball, and what you get back is a fist or finger waved in the air along with the shout for you to mind your own business. ...more

November 26, 2007

Daryl Dickerson of Tarpon Springs says 10th hole at Tarpon Springs Golf Course a hazard to Alt. 19 traffic. ...more

October 10, 2007