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

Deana Mazurkiewicz and Adrienne Reed tell nearly identical stories. Five years ago, each opened her dream business. Mazurkiewicz's Bow Wow Boutique in Tampa Palms is a popular pet grooming business with more than 4,000 clients. Reed has earned a loyal following at her yoga studio, Namaste. ...more

May 28, 2008

Daily trips to the rink are a part of Vinny Lecavalier's everyday life during the winter. But summer trips for Lecavalier are supposed to be reserved for leisurely jaunts to exotic locales, not the mundane grind of visits to the trainer's room. ...more

May 22, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A Lake Placid man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond Monday on a charge of attempted second-degree murder in the May 11 shooting of a Lake Placid man. Sheriff's investigators arrested Matwain Donyel Bryant, 24, of 149 Zion St., a suspect in the shooting of Sherman Murray Wyche, 26, who was shot six times in the leg and back outside of the Highway Park Liquors, located at 101 Vision St. near Crestmore Drive, in the Highway Park subdivision. "Due to the number of shots fired, it is apparent the perpetrator was attempting to kill the victim," the arrest report stated. ...more

May 19, 2008

REGIONAL BASEBALL SEMIFINALS Nature Coast faces Pasco for fourth time; HCA travels to Deltona-Trinity Christian. ...more

May 2, 2008

Most days the mail just sits there in the box until one of us finally goes for the bad news. Weekends are usually worse. For some reason, Saturdays are when we get the bills that are messed up; the ones that some store's accounts have somehow taken a debit instead of a credit. ...more

May 2, 2008

Who knew the key to defeating Tampa Prep was unveiled 30 years ago? Luckily for Calvary Christian, Coach Dave Bintz was paying attention. ...more

February 20, 2008

At Hendrick Motorsports' preseason company luncheon, owner Rick Hendrick gave his usual speech about how the whole organization wins when one of its teams does. ...more

February 10, 2008

Wesley Chapel's Ladarius Manora can hurt you from anywhere on the court, and as some teams have learned this season, when he gets hot, he can hurt you from everywhere. ...more

February 8, 2008

Police divers used sonar to find a stolen silver Cadillac CTS that plunged into the Hillsborough River on Tuesday. ...more

February 6, 2008