Funeral services are scheduled this week for Peggy Woodward, mother of Pinellas assistant county administrator Mark Woodward and mother-in-law of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio. ...more

August 20, 2008

He was never one for distractions, endlessly preaching to his players the virtue of a mind that can overcome any ordeal. "There are no small plays when we are doing it," U.S. men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon would forever tell his players. Hardly words of great insight but a window into the soul of a man who disdains the kind of clutter that pulls an athlete down. ...more

August 11, 2008

Jorge Roque endured life in the Kuwaiti desert as his Marine Corps unit waited for the signal that the war in Iraq had begun. He survived as friends died fighting their way into Baghdad. He witnessed the famous toppling of the city's statue of Saddam Hussein. ...more

July 4, 2008

TAMPA - A 24-year-old man used his mother-in-law's handicap decal to park at Wal-Mart on Tuesday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 18, 2008

A state lawmaker whose house burned down early Wednesday is returning with his wife and children from vacation in Virginia to assess the damage. ...more

June 5, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A state lawmaker whose house burned down early this morning is returning with his wife and children from vacation in Virginia to assess the damage. ...more

June 4, 2008

No one disputes who shot and killed Joseph Martell. Investigators say Max Wesley Horn Jr. shot Martell six times with a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun on March 29 during the annual Chasco Fiesta. Horn's attorney, Keith Hammond, admits his client shot Martell and then told investigators which hand he used so a gunshot residue test could be done. ...more

May 30, 2008

It was supposed to be a discussion about the most important aspect of the city council's job: the budget. ...more

May 23, 2008

More than a third of the 22 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars, troubling experts who say vehicles are one of the worst places to be during a twister. ...more

May 13, 2008

St. Petersburg police say a woman sleeping in her car about 5:15 this morning was shot dead and a fisherman was struck by a bullet in the 2800 block of Pallanza Drive South near Lake Maggiore. ...more

May 9, 2008