Preaching the importance of bicycle safety is nothing new in this community. ...more

October 22, 2008

"The Heretic's Daughter," by Kathleen Kent (Little, Brown & Co., $24.99) ...more

October 19, 2008

Darryl Schumacher, 55, Plant City Height: 5-foot-10 ...more

October 16, 2008

Erin Stawarz can easily call her parents to baby-sit or suggest toys for Christmas, but one topic remains taboo: asking them to help pay for their grandchildren's college tuition. ...more

October 5, 2008

When she was served with DUI manslaughter charges in a fatal head-on crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway, Cheryl Riemann told a trooper she didn't even remember being on the highway, the trooper said. ...more

September 26, 2008

A judge today denied bail for Cheryl Riemann, who is facing DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges in the Sept. 10 head-on crash that killed a mother and left the woman's child in serious condition. ...more

September 25, 2008

Though the east spans of the Skyway fishing piers were carrying 20,000-pound motorhomes just a few weeks ago, the Florida Department of Transportation says the 50-year-old structures are so unsafe they cannot bear even the weight of a few dozen anglers on foot - the east side of the popular structures will remain closed permanently, according to FDOT spokesperson Kris Carson. ...more

September 5, 2008

Mr. Dunlap, now that I know where you're coming from, I would like to "beam up" a response. First, if you feel uncomfortable talking to my 3-year-old granddaughter about Social Security, I will substitute the 9-year-old with this warning: She knows 2 plus 2 doesn't equal 5. ...more

August 21, 2008

After Casey Weldon Till attacked a family Sunday night near Haines City, killing one person and stabbing two others in what appears to be a random act of violence, he went home and told his family what he had done, Polk County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

August 20, 2008

After experiencing Hurricanes Charley, Francis and Jeanne, a tropical storm shouldn't have been cause for a sleepless night for Lance Harris. ...more

August 20, 2008