Rich Tocchet stepped into the Lightning locker room early Friday night wearing a hoodie sweatshirt and tried to come to grips with the events of the afternoon. ...more

November 15, 2008

For anyone who takes the Tampa Bay area for granted, Australia's Mirinda Carfrae has a list of reasons not to. ...more

November 8, 2008

A 12-year veteran of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has resigned after a departmental investigation found he took prescription drugs from a woman during an unrecorded traffic stop. ...more

November 5, 2008

6:45 p.m.: The Balm Civic Center had about 15 cars in the lot before polls closed. Precinct clerk John Bailiff, a 10-year veteran of the election office, says it's been much busier than normal. ...more

November 4, 2008

2 p.m.: At the Campbell Park Recreation Center, 601 14th St. S, in St. Petersburg, where the line was reportedly nearly a block long at one point this morning, Eric Harris just voted for Barack Obama. ...more

November 4, 2008

Chief Warrant Officer Bob Turner spent most of the last year at an Army base in Afghanistan, far from his fellow sailors and the sea. The 28-year veteran was one of thousands of sailors attached by themselves to Army and Marine units, groups that trained together stateside - without them. ...more

November 2, 2008

Two words that describe character are integrity and reputation. In these political times, some may say that it is difficult to find a candidate with one, if not both, of these characteristics. It is with personal knowledge that I attribute these characteristics to Mr. Bob Germaine. ...more

October 25, 2008

Lightning coach Barry Melrose is not a fan of altering a lineup coming off a victory, but when Tampa Bay returns to the ice Saturday against San Jose, at least two new faces will be inserted to face the Sharks. ...more

October 24, 2008

An American computer game designer boarded the International Space Station on Tuesday, floating onto the orbital outpost 35 years after his astronaut father circled the Earth on Skylab. ...more

October 15, 2008

A Polk County deputy, transporting a prisoner in his patrol car last night, was hit by a motorcycle, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 11, 2008