Amy Tiemann was a neuroscientist, then a high school teacher, next a mother. ...more

January 29, 2008

Passions flared this week as some residents complained about noise from MacDill Air Force Base while others defended the military installation. ...more

January 24, 2008

Benazir Bhutto was many things: zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. ...more

December 28, 2007

Even in their darkest hour, family members of a 9-year-old boy killed by a church float in the Plant City Christmas Parade recalled that their "little comedian" loved nothing more than making people laugh. ...more

December 11, 2007

PLANT CITY - Even in their darkest hour, family members of a 9-year-old boy killed by a church float in the Plant City Christmas Parade recalled that their "little comedian" loved nothing more than making people laugh. ...more

December 10, 2007

After 30 years in the restaurant business, Pat Spiddle was ready to open his own place, and he wanted it to be unique. ...more

December 1, 2007

It's been 68 years since the U.S. Supreme Court examined the right to keep and bear arms secured by the Second Amendment. It's been 31 years since the District of Columbia enacted its feckless ban on all functional firearms in the capital. It's been eight months since the second most important court in the country, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, declared the D.C. ban - among the most restrictive in the nation - unconstitutional. The obvious incongruity of those three events will be resolved soon. ...more

November 26, 2007

When Myrle Henry built the house on Johnson Road 44 years ago, he said he would never build another. ...more

November 21, 2007

PLANT CITY When Myrle Henry built the house on Johnson Road 44 years ago, he said he would never build another. ...more

November 19, 2007

She sits in a cafe, her laptop unfolded, while at the next table a young man in a suit discreetly reaches for the hand of his fiancee, who blushes and laughs against a window in the night. ...more

November 11, 2007