The National Hurricane Center dropped all tropical storm warnings for the northern Gulf Coast. Winds in a weakening Tropical Storm Ida dropped enough this morning for the storm to be declared a tropical depression. Forecasters expect Ida to be swallowed by an approaching front on Wednesday. As Ida fizzles, its remains will influence weather in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

November 10, 2009

In the days before he killed five family members and five others in the worst massacre in Alabama history, Michael McLendon told a confidant he was unfulfilled and depressed by his failure to become a police officer or a Marine. ...more

March 12, 2009

The winner of the Miss Heart of Plant City pageant, Sara York, will compete later this year for the title of Miss Florida. ...more

March 11, 2009

A gunman on a terrifying rampage across two southern Alabama counties killed at least nine people Tuesday, including members of his own family and apparent strangers, and burned down his mother's home before shooting himself at a metals plant, authorities said. ...more

March 11, 2009

Two of the state's largest blood centers, Florida Blood Services of St. Petersburg and Southeastern Community Blood Center of Tallahassee, are consolidating, in line with national health care reform initiatives to pool resources and expertise. ...more

November 17, 2008

Fay just won't quit. The tropical storm that set a record with four landfalls in Florida chugged west across the Gulf Coast on Saturday, and cities from Pensacola to New Orleans prepared for several inches of rain. Late Saturday, the storm was downgraded to a tropical depression. ...more

August 24, 2008

Kelli Ackett didn't sell her house outright at the Big Top Flea Market. But she did get six potential buyers - and one date - out of her six hours in a booth at the Fowler Avenue institution. ...more

January 23, 2008

Julio Jones, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound wide receiver from Foley, Ala., regularly beats double-coverage, sometimes triple-coverage. ...more

December 24, 2007