The first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing his mother will begin Wednesday morning in Pasco Circuit Court. ...more

January 20, 2009

The trial of Tyrone Lamont Grimes, accused of killing a bystander in a Brandon bar scuffle, was delayed today until March. ...more

January 14, 2009

A 34-year-old mother remains in critical condition tonight at a Lakeland hospital, a day after her 6-month-old daughter was killed when their car was hit by a truck that ran a red light on U.S. 27 in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 5, 2009

In church on Sunday, before the service started, I observed a young girl between 10 and 12 years old walking up and down the aisle, greeting people with the aplomb of a 40 year old. ...more

December 31, 2008

Just the other day my mother was robbed in a grocery store parking lot. ...more

December 24, 2008

The meter reader who last week discovered the remains of a small child near missing toddler Caylee Anthony's house had called the sheriff's office on three consecutive days in August asking deputies to respond to the scene, a sheriff's spokesman said Thursday. ...more

December 18, 2008

Bill Brown had a story to tell. So did Fanni Green. Brown, 58, a radio engineer, recalled a time in Naples when he was hired to be a "prisoner" at the local jail. Green, 48, a theater professor at the University of South Florida, told of how her life has changed since her 78-year-old mother fell, injured her shoulder and was diagnosed with dementia. ...more

December 13, 2008

Maybe you don't believe in angels, much less Christmas angels. Annie Agarwal could make you change your mind. ...more

December 13, 2008

TAMPA -- Bill Brown had a story to tell. So did Fanni Green. Brown and Green today became the first two Tampa area residents to record 40-minute personal accounts for the StoryCorps project. This nonprofit effort to collect personal oral history has set up a mobile recording studio in Ybor City. ...more

December 11, 2008

I've been known to cry in the supermarket when I hear "I'll Be Home for Christmas." When I'm really touched, I sob. Other people don't like sobbing in public, as I found out when I was asked to leave the movie "Imitation of Life," I was attending long ago with several high school girlfriends. So far I've never been chastised for crying over Walter Kent's well-known song. However, I'm sure I'm on borrowed time, as I make a blubbering nuisance of myself every year. ...more

December 10, 2008