Evelyn Johnson Taylor of New Tampa never expected to be a published author. Growing up as a pastor's daughter in North Carolina, putting pen to paper never crossed her mind. Years later, after raising two daughters, working as a nurse and earning a degree in women's studies, she felt led to try something new. ...more

February 4, 2009

A mother was arrested Wednesday on charges she has repeatedly beaten her four children with belt buckles, hangars and metal spoons. ...more

January 29, 2009

A $165,151 debt to his former wife and four children has landed David William Earley in the Pasco County Jail, but it doesn't put him at the top of Florida's growing deadbeat parents list. ...more

January 21, 2009

"OK" was all David William Earley said when he faced a judge in Pasco County dressed in jail stripes today, charged with violating his probation and failure to pay $165,000 in child support. ...more

January 20, 2009

A tip led Pasco County sheriff's deputies to a man they had been chasing for two weeks for failing to pay nearly $165,000 in child support. ...more

January 20, 2009

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January 19, 2009

Friends of those who lose their loved ones are there for them through the funeral. ...more

January 12, 2009

Alvah H. Chapman Jr., a giant of the newspaper industry who helped Miami rebuild after Hurricane Andrew, died of pneumonia on Christmas Day. He was 87. ...more

December 29, 2008

Allegro, arabesque, pirouette, sauter and soutenu are French words many Americans have difficulty pronouncing, much less defining. ...more

December 24, 2008

Jade Moore, the face of the Pinellas County teachers union for more than three decades, died early Thursday. ...more

December 19, 2008