She doesn't normally impose on perfect strangers, but there was something about the situation that impelled Allysa Forrest to dig deeper. ...more

January 7, 2009 |

Jason, the Tampa bachelor whose mom wants to find him a wife, will make his television debut Monday on the locally produced "Daytime" show. ...more

December 18, 2008 |

Tampa businesswoman Tina Greene and her estranged husband Ken managed to survive another leg of CBS's "The Amazing Race" Sunday night and will be among the final three teams going for the $1 million prize on Sunday. ...more

December 1, 2008 |

It was a perfect evening for dreaming. Thursday, in the downtown Circle, Heartland Idol judges crowned two new champions. ...more

October 4, 2008 |

A mother and son committed an armed robbery Sunday night in Tampa, leading to a police chase and a crash in St. Petersburg that left the mom dead, police said. ...more

September 9, 2008 |

Prosecutors and defense attorneys called the final witnesses to the stand Monday, and when court resumes Wednesday, the jury is expected to decide the fate of David Lee Onstott. ...more

August 19, 2008 |

Ingrid Vecsey picked up her 38-year-old son from a bar Saturday night, and soon after they got home, he began beating and choking her to the point she spit up blood, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. ...more

July 29, 2008 |

Ingrid Vecsey picked up her drunken 38-year-old son from a bar Saturday night, and soon after they got home, he began beating and choking her to the point she spit up blood, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. ...more

July 28, 2008 |

One recent Saturday night, my 81-year-old in-laws, once serious league bowlers, got to throw strikes and pick up spares, just like in "the old days." ...more

February 25, 2008 |

SEBRING — A light red scar shows under the bridge of Bauer Smehyl's nose as he starts to cry, but the only other hint to his condition comes from his baby bottle. After his mom filled a long bottle with milk, Stacy Smehyl grabbed several parts to assemble a three-inch-long Haberman nozzle. Bauer uses this nozzle so he can chew rather than suck to get the milk. That is because the 6-month-old was born with a cleft palate. He also had a cleft lip before surgeons in Boston stitched it together in December. ...more

February 1, 2008 |