TAMPA -- Bill Brown had a story to tell. So did Fanni Green. Brown and Green today became the first two Tampa area residents to record 40-minute personal accounts for the StoryCorps project. This nonprofit effort to collect personal oral history has set up a mobile recording studio in Ybor City. ...more

December 11, 2008

Back in 1995, Gene and Polly Shewfelt started a volunteer snowball rolling by picking the citrus in their own backyard to provide food for the needy. ...more

December 10, 2008

With the economy slumping and Christmas right around the corner, many people might be upset, but not Jeff Olsen of Wesley Chapel. He sees this as an opportunity for people to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. ...more

December 4, 2008

With the economy slumping and Christmas right around the corner, many people might be upset, but not Jeff Olsen of Wesley Chapel. He sees this as an opportunity for people to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. ...more

December 3, 2008

An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" before admitting to firing at least two shots at each of the men. ...more

November 19, 2008

1:45 p.m.: "Who did you vote for?" queried Eric Williams, a 45-year-old John McCain supporter who was comparing political notes with co-worker Keith Lewis, 38, also of Tampa, who said he voted for Barack Obama. ...more

November 4, 2008

While the popular media is obsessed with body image, some situations can't be addressed with a simple diet. ...more

October 23, 2008

36-year-old on probation for carrying concealed firearm. ...more

October 22, 2008

The Brooksville Police Department's first K-9 unit in more than a decade is officially on patrol. ...more

October 13, 2008

In public, some topics should be off-limits. Sex, for example. Or religion. Or the 2000 NFC Championship game unless you are willing to concede Bert Emanuel caught that ball. ...more

October 13, 2008