Rosemary Jenkins heard someone banging on the front door and windows of her Odessa home shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, deputies said. When Jenkins opened the door her home, at 8030 Peterson Road, she saw an acquaintance, according to an affidavit. According to the affidavit, Renaye Lashawn Hicks, 33, was waiving a semiautomatic handgun and asking for Ndiyya Anderson, who was asleep in a back bedroom. ...more

September 26, 2008

It's About Time For Sheriff White To Go I concur with Bill Salter (letter Sept. 7) that Sheriff Bob White has got to go. ...more

September 21, 2008

Bill Lee is juggling work, the arrival of his third child - and training for his first marathon. ...more

September 19, 2008

The casual cropped pants, conservative hair and baggy T-shirt were gone. In their place, Katie Bullock got a fluffier hairstyle, stylish outfit and a fresh look. ...more

September 17, 2008

George G. Morgan remembers his introduction to family history. It was 1962 and he was 10. His grandmother, Minnie Morgan, 89, was determined to teach him about his ancestors, two of whom fought in the Revolutionary War. ...more

September 10, 2008

Marousa Placiotis, a single mom with four home-schooled sons and two foster children, is living a dream of owning her own farm. ...more

September 5, 2008

Two people died Sunday morning in a collision between a car and a wrecker at the Pasco County intersection of U.S. 41 and Carson Drive, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a release Monday. ...more

September 1, 2008

Artist Catherine Lawlar is elbow deep in magnets - small pieces of iron nestled among tiny silver or gold pieces or brightly colored beads. ...more

August 19, 2008

Detective Ronnie Cooper walked around a sheriff's office conference room Thursday, pointing at light bulbs as long as his forearm and marijuana plants as high as his waist. ...more

August 8, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has announced 72 arrests and the dismantling of 65 marijuana grow houses in an operation called Indoor Outlaws. ...more

August 7, 2008