TAMPA A 20-year-old woman was arrested Friday night on a child neglect charge after authorities said she left her crying, 22-month-old son alone in a car while she chatted with a friend inside an apartment. Ashley Marie Stoneking, of 8812 Moran Lane, was being held at Orient Road jail today on $7,500 bail, records showed. According to a criminal report affidavit, Stoneking left her son fastened in a car seat with the engine off about 10 p.m. at an apartment complex at 4542 Sand Pointe Pl. A security officer observed the child crying and a dog jumping on top of him, the affidavit reads. A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy responded and saw Stoneking inside an apartment talking on the couch with friends, the affidavit reads. Stoneking admitted to leaving her son alone without supervision for 18 minutes, the affidavit reads. ...more

October 20, 2007

Friends and family celebrated the 100th birthday of Edward Graham at a party Sunday at the Regency Park Civic Association. ...more

October 1, 2007

Facing concerns about security, a stack of late payment notices and a shortage of students, leaders for Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High this week discussed the pains that come with opening a new school. ...more

September 22, 2007

TAMPA - Enrique Sanchez, a 34-year-old Mexico City resident, was arrested early this morning at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino's poker room after telling security guards there was a bomb in the building, according to an arrest report. ...more

September 21, 2007