Auditions for a farce by George Herman, "A Company of Wayward Saints," a play about a commedia dell'arte troupe far from home and without the means to get there will be held at Stage West Community Playhouse starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22. ...more

November 20, 2009

Three people were seriously hurt Sunday night after a driver speeding on Interstate 4 near Plant City struck their vehicle while changing lanes, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

June 28, 2009

The fifth and final defendant in an October 2006 gang beating learned Wednesday that his next 15 years will be spent in prison. ...more

April 2, 2009

The fifth and final defendant in an October 2006 gang beating learned today that his next 15 years will be spent in prison. ...more

April 1, 2009

Death row inmate Oscar Ray Bolin Jr., who is awaiting execution for the murder of two Bay area women in 1986, has won a new trial - his fourth - in the slaying of a third woman that same year. ...more

March 21, 2009

Death row inmate Oscar Ray Bolin Jr., who is awaiting execution for the murder of two Bay area women in 1986, has won a new trial – his fourth – in the slaying of a third woman that same year. ...more

March 20, 2009

Immigration agents this week conducted their first work-site raid since President Barack Obama took office, but it was news to their boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who on Wednesday ordered a review of the action. ...more

February 25, 2009

On a recent blustery day on Indian Rocks Beach, three women dressed in an assortment of suede boots, velvet pants, embroidered jackets and long skirts were painting on three separate canvases on three easels facing the sea. The sun glinted off their heavy costume jewelry and the wind blew their hair and scarves around their faces. ...more

February 1, 2009

In an aromatic restaurant filled with the fragrance of baking cheese, the extended table of women spread out on either side of me like the wings of an enormous bird. The 20-or-so of us had just completed a long-planned project and we were celebrating success. ...more

January 7, 2009

The 18-year-old victim of a brutal rape and beating at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library is expected to return to her home in south Hillsborough County at the end of this month. ...more

October 17, 2008