Authorities confirmed Saturday what some friends already knew - that the body found floating in a Carrollwood pond was that of Timothy "Chip" Chipley, last seen a week earlier at a nearby bar. ...more

February 2, 2008

Residents found a body partially submerged in a lake Friday at Countrywood Apartments, less than a mile from where a missing martial arts enthusiast was last seen. ...more

February 2, 2008

About 30 victim advocates stood in a tight-knit half-circle Sunday night, holding candles near the war memorial in Largo Central Park to pray and recommit to fighting domestic violence, a crime that claimed 11 lives in Pinellas County in 2007. One woman sang almost silently. Members of the Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force, and others touched by the violence, read off the names of the 11, noting that more than 20,000 calls came in to the county's domestic violence hot line last year. "This is about improving the community's response and to increase victim safety," task force chairwoman Wendy Lomas said before the 30-minute vigil. She said the calls to the hot line represent only about half of the actual domestic violence incidents that occurred here last year. ...more

January 28, 2008

TAMPA - The family of a 9-year-old boy who died after being struck by a car sought petition signatures for speed bumps on Flora Street while holding another vigil Wednesday. ...more

December 12, 2007

Live music, folk dancing, Latin food, carnival rides and bingo, coupled with ideal weather, are helping draw Tampa Bay area residents to the three-day Our Lady of Guadalupe Festival at Plant City Stadium. ...more

December 9, 2007

A St. Petersburg toddler whose parents say would not be alive today if not for government-financed health care is being featured in lobbying efforts to persuade Congress to override the president's veto of a children's health insurance program bill. ...more

October 16, 2007

BBC World News (British Broadcasting) is a good source to find what is happening in the world and how that affects the United States. The 45 year old Cuban embargo has cost Fidel Castro 89 Billion dollars. The embargo has caused China to race to Cuba's rescue with busses for public transportation. Dictator Hugo Chaves has engaged his country to supply Cuba with petroleum to fuel Cuba's vehicles. ...more

October 6, 2007