The woman handed me a stack of gift wish lists. That's not all that unusual this time of year, especially around our house where the lists include electronic devices I have (a) never heard of and (b) can't afford. It has been like that for a long time now, but it has only been in recent years that telephones exist that do everything except, apparently, make phone calls. ...more

December 10, 2008

The motorcycle in a Plant City Police Department demonstration Nov. 18 that injured two spectators, the police chief and the driver was going 37 mph when it skidded out of control, according to a report on the accident. ...more

December 2, 2008

A lawyer was stunned with a Taser twice this afternoon after he became upset at a Tampa Code Enforcement Board meeting, police say. ...more

November 26, 2008

The news director at WFTS, Channel 28, is leaving the station to become vice president of communications for a group of companies owned by a Tampa lawyer. ...more

November 24, 2008

3:05 p.m.: Of all the volunteer poll workers for Obama in Hillsborough County, Henk Ovink may have come the farthest. ...more

November 4, 2008

The county mayor question won't be on the ballot next month, but Hillsborough County voters still will have a opportunity to define the scope and authority of that position. ...more

October 14, 2008

Guilène Theodore stacked tubes of antibiotic ointment and rolls of gauze inside a cardboard box. "I'm doing medical supplies. If you find any, give them to me," the Tampa lawyer told other volunteers. ...more

September 21, 2008

In a small, hot warehouse in Hillsborough County, volunteers packed hurricane relief supplies for people suffering in devastated Haiti. ...more

September 20, 2008

The Hillsborough County mayor question won't be on the Nov. 4 ballot. On Friday, a three-judge panel upheld a circuit judge's earlier ruling to keep it off. ...more

September 13, 2008

The breathless electorate of Florida's 9th Congressional District can rest easy tonight. Anita de Palma has bestowed her unequivocal endorsement on Bill Mitchell, her former rival and, as of Tuesday, the Democrats' nominee to take on incumbent Gus Bilirakis. ...more

August 31, 2008