Sarasota police have charged an ice cream man with molesting a 12-year-old girl inside his truck. ...more

June 6, 2008

Data Doesn't Matter Regarding "Secondhand Facts Drive Smoke Bans" by Joseph H. Brown (Commentary, May 18): ...more

May 25, 2008

Regarding "Penniless Man Returns $100 Find" (front page, Feb. 15): I want to thank The Tampa Tribune for placing this story on the front page. As the main headline that day was about a tragedy in Illinois, this local story of an honest man and a teenager who was brought up right in this day is the real news. We would love to read about this news more often. ...more

February 18, 2008

As rapper Kanye West demonstrated on Sunday night's Grammy broadcast, bringing some light on the subject of clothes can create quite an impression. ...more

February 14, 2008

The spectacle that is the Ebony Fashion Fair was launched in 1956. Eunice W. Johnson, wife of the publisher of Ebony magazine, agreed to stage a fashion benefit to help a friend in New Orleans. Two years later, the first tour featured four black models in 10 cities. It quickly became one of the most talked-about fashion events in the country. ...more

February 12, 2008

SARASOTA - The man wanted on charges he broke in to his girlfriend's home and fatally stabbed her Monday night had been arrested twice before on charges of breaking in to her home. ...more

February 5, 2008

TAMPA - The body discovered Friday afternoon in the pond at Country Wood Apartments has been positively identified as that of the missing adult Timothy Robert Chipley, 34, of Tampa, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 2, 2008

A 17-year-old boy came home from school Monday to find his 45-year-old father shot to death in their Lakeland home. ...more

January 16, 2008

A 17-year-old came home from school Monday to find his 45-year-old father shot to death in their Lakeland home. The teen, Eric Theismann, told Polk County sheriff's deputies that he was staying with his mother for the weekend but came home Sunday evening to get some clothes. That was the last time he spoke with his father, Vincent Thomas Theismann. ...more

January 15, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - They made headlines five years ago and were back in the news this year when their reward money couldn't be found. Jarvarious Jones and Oscar Carter did a good deed in 2002 and were finally old enough to collect the reward money this year. The then-13-year-olds found $4,000 in cash near their Greco Middle bus stop and turned the money over to authorities. ...more

January 2, 2008