I thought of Halloween when I saw the decorations for the holiday already in stores at the end of August, and it made me reminisce and wonder if today's kids have Halloween fun as we did long ago. Actually, if they do some things we did, they might be arrested in this day and age. Of course, there were the parties, sometimes with costumes, hayrides, and/or bonfires. The most fun for me, though, was going "Halloweening." One such adventure follows. ...more

October 22, 2008

Something was wrong. It was too quiet. I rolled over slightly in bed so I could make out the green digital numbers on the TV clock. It read 3:15 in the morning. I rolled a little more and saw the empty space next to me. The Frau wasn't there. That happens a lot during the school year, especially after she's spent half the night grading tests and the requisite 10 minutes hitting her head against the wall wondering what went wrong. ...more

September 17, 2008

Police arrested a suspect in the armed robbery of the Cindy's Hallmark greeting card store Monday, in the Sebring Square shopping center. ...more

September 16, 2008

The Sebring Police Department has detained a "young male" in connection with a robbery this morning at Cindy's Hallmark, located at 710 Sebring Square, police said. ...more

September 15, 2008

When two deputies went to investigate a report of a burglary in progress Monday night, they soon were threatened with a gun by a man who claimed he owned the home, according to Pasco County Sheriff's Office reports. ...more

September 10, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy they say was kicked in the groin by a teenage girl after he held her down and fondled her outside her home last week. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy they say was kicked in the groin by a teenage girl after he held her down and fondled her outside her home last week. ...more

August 28, 2008

Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants. New regulations, which don't require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have been performing for 35 years, according to a draft first obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

August 12, 2008

Whaley's Market isn't the glitziest grocery store in town. The carpet is worn and splotched. The paint along the side walls is a dull shade of coral. Some wire racks in the refrigerators are old and rusted. A new 39,000-square-foot Publix GreenWise Market going up around the corner promises to outshine and outmerchandize the South Tampa market ...more

August 6, 2008

Three masked men robbed a restaurant as employees were cleaning up early Sunday – and one of the men sexually assaulted one of the employees, St. Petersburg police said today. ...more

August 5, 2008