Just the other day my mother was robbed in a grocery store parking lot. ...more

December 24, 2008

The meter reader who last week discovered the remains of a small child near missing toddler Caylee Anthony's house had called the sheriff's office on three consecutive days in August asking deputies to respond to the scene, a sheriff's spokesman said Thursday. ...more

December 18, 2008

Bill Brown had a story to tell. So did Fanni Green. Brown, 58, a radio engineer, recalled a time in Naples when he was hired to be a "prisoner" at the local jail. Green, 48, a theater professor at the University of South Florida, told of how her life has changed since her 78-year-old mother fell, injured her shoulder and was diagnosed with dementia. ...more

December 13, 2008

Maybe you don't believe in angels, much less Christmas angels. Annie Agarwal could make you change your mind. ...more

December 13, 2008

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

I've been known to cry in the supermarket when I hear "I'll Be Home for Christmas." When I'm really touched, I sob. Other people don't like sobbing in public, as I found out when I was asked to leave the movie "Imitation of Life," I was attending long ago with several high school girlfriends. So far I've never been chastised for crying over Walter Kent's well-known song. However, I'm sure I'm on borrowed time, as I make a blubbering nuisance of myself every year. ...more

December 10, 2008

A local man arrested Nov. 1 for allegations he battered his 78-year-old mother will have the charges dropped in light of the victim admitting she had "exaggerated" her statement. ...more

December 6, 2008

A financially strapped young mother trying to stretch her infant formula supply almost killed her newborn, hospital officials say. ...more

December 1, 2008

A dog died in a fire this afternoon in Lutz, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. ...more

November 29, 2008

an emotional high brought about when years of stressed family relationships matured in one exhilarating moment in time. These poignant moments were spent with the woman who brought me into this world, loved me, cared for me, nurtured me and prepared me for the trip we all embark on, that is life's journey. ...more

November 29, 2008