TAMPA - It looks like "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra's plans to appear on the VH1 sequel "Celebrity Rehab II" might have hit a snag. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA - Former American Idol finalist Jessica Sierra – and one of the stars of the VH1 program "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" – wants to continue her drug and alcohol treatment as well as her reality-television career. ...more

June 4, 2008

Authorities say a man tried to cover up a drunken driving crash by parking his Jeep and reporting it stolen. ...more

May 7, 2008

The Hillsborough County courthouse had its own version of a reality program Monday morning, complete with a gruff judge, big-name lawyers, a dramatically tearful would-be starlet and a celebrity doctor. ...more

January 8, 2008

TAMPA - Judge Daniel Perry said he was reluctant but agreed to send Jessica Sierra for a yearlong stint at an in-house drug treatment facility in California. ...more

January 7, 2008

Anyone who paid any attention to the news at all in 2007 should already be familiar with of some of the state's stranger 2007 stories. ...more

December 23, 2007

Jessica Sierra's Ybor City antics have cost her a patriotic gig this week. ...more

December 9, 2007

Jessica Sierra's Ybor City antics have cost her a patriotic gig. Sierra's web site shows that she planned to sing at the "A Song for Their Service" concert for American troops set for Dec. 14 in Washington D.C. That's not going to happen, said retired Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, of MoveAmericaForward.org, the group sponsoring the concert. ...more

December 8, 2007

Fallen "American Idol" star Jessica Sierra stood in a courtroom Thursday morning, trying in vain to cover the worried look on her face with her long brown hair. ...more

December 7, 2007

TAMPA - Fallen "American Idol" star Jessica Sierra stood in the courtroom this morning, her long brown hair covering the worried look on her face. Her attorney, John Fitzgibbons, told Circuit Judge Daniel Perry that he wasn't ready to directly address the charges against Sierra but would enter a plea of not guilty on her behalf to charges of disorderly intoxication and misdemeanor resisting an officer without violence. ...more

December 6, 2007