Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago. ...more

December 30, 2007

A woman and her boyfriend acknowledged they methodically gunned down her parents and four other family members in rural Washington on Christmas Eve, according to authorities' affidavits filed in court Thursday. ...more

December 28, 2007

Design work is under way for pipelines that will provide a safe source of drinking water to residents on rural Buster Bean Drive. ...more

December 10, 2007

The Sun City Center Woman's Club honored veterans at its November meeting. ...more

December 6, 2007

It's one of the largest private employers in the city, one that's helped put this town on the map. ...more

November 27, 2007

Residents began making their way through back streets and dirt roads Sunday afternoon into evacuated areas of this upscale community to see whether their homes survived a wind-driven wildfire that scorched surrounding brush-covered hills. ...more

November 26, 2007

A fast-moving wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds raced through the canyons and mountains of this wealthy enclave for the second time in little more than a month Saturday, destroying 49 homes and forcing as many as 14,000 residents to flee. ...more

November 25, 2007

Winifred and Walter J. Dean married in 1944 and soon after bought a lot in Brandon on which to build their home and raise a family. The parcel, a block north of Brandon Boulevard at Ridgewood Avenue and Morgan Street, cost $125. ...more

November 24, 2007

A string of armed robberies targeting migrant workers led to a car chase Tuesday that ended with the arrests of five suspects. ...more

November 7, 2007

PLANT CITY - A string of armed robberies, including the shooting of a migrant worker, led to a car chase that ended today with the arrests of five suspects. Two victims were struck in the head with a gun and one was shot in the thigh during an assault spree against more than six migrant workers, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. Two of the suspects were injured, including one who suffered a broken leg when officers crashed into the suspects' Jeep Grand Cherokee near 1316 Alsobrook St. ...more

November 6, 2007