David Schmidt and Susan Valdes have never run against each other for school board, but they share a unique political link. ...more

August 5, 2008

TAMPA - A West Palm Beach attorney says she is representing three boys who accused a Polk County schoolteacher of having sex with them. ...more

June 6, 2008

As 2,000 convention delegates gather in Puerto Rico, the Service Employees International Union is about to jettison a time-honored union tradition - having members go to their union representatives with their questions and grievances. ...more

June 1, 2008

Manatee County detectives arrested two men late Saturday night in connection with a burglary that turned deadly last week for a 74-year-old woman. ...more

May 25, 2008

BRADENTON - Manatee County detectives are investigating an elderly woman found slain in her Bradenton home. ...more

May 21, 2008

To the individual who called the Lake Placid Sweetbay store on Saturday morning, Jan. 19: According to the account of the conversation that was given to me, you said it was the first time you and your husband had ever been in our store and it would be the last time, because I was so inexcusably and excessively rude to you. I have no idea who you are or what you were referring to. I am totally clue-less. ...more

January 24, 2008

Thank you Mayor George Hensley for opening words at the Orange Blossom shuffleboard tournament. Sebring's Orange Blossom Tournament was sponsored by Dell Realty and the Blue Crab Restaurant and Sports Bar. The people who made this happen, John Bushee, Tony Beckwith, Jim Edwards, Harold Miller, Jim Mondry, Don Rohman, George Rosema, Peter White and Carl Wile. These people worked in the cold outside from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. both days. ...more

January 8, 2008

The first time he touched a football in an NFL preseason game was for the expansion Buccaneers in 1976. He made a touchdown. The rookie had practiced once with his new team, having just been cut by the Vikings. ...more

December 17, 2007

Determined residents of this retirement community packed Community Hall on Tuesday to make their case why South Bay Hospital should not be allowed to move six miles north to Big Bend Road in Riverview. ...more

October 31, 2007

Mommy and kid yoga classes are all the rage, and now you can take those poses home with you. That's what Lisa Wilson of Yogani Studios in south Tampa does with 2-year-old Grace. Wilson, who's been teaching pre-natal and vinyasa flow classes for four years, studied under Shiva Rea and Janice Clairfield. Check out these kid-tested poses you can do anywhere. ...more

October 11, 2007