A double dose of pepper spray cost a Pinellas deputy more than a month's pay after a confrontation with an unruly inmate inside the Pinellas County Jail. ...more

March 5, 2010

A double dose of pepper spray cost a Pinellas deputy more than a month's pay after a confrontation with an unruly inmate inside the Pinellas jail. ...more

March 4, 2010

Slain school bus driver Vincent Thomas was considered a reliable employee who recently had been promoted to a full-time position with Hillsborough County public schools. ...more

December 30, 2009

The Kansas City Chiefs, apparently fearful of losing in arbitration, agreed Monday to cut Larry Johnson's suspension in half for making gay slurs. ...more

November 3, 2009

From Miss Manners, Patricia Rossi. ...more

July 23, 2009

Laurie Kepler and Jan Falcione are always cooking up ideas to raise more money. After all, fundraising is a major part of the job at Mary and Martha House. ...more

April 1, 2009

They call him "Psycho." At 20, Michael Andrews, a former Pasco High School football player, still has the desire to smash his helmet and shoulder pads into other humans - and leave them motionless in the dirt, if possible. ...more

March 21, 2009

A former local lawyer and Chicago police officer received a 10-year federal prison sentence Friday for sending threatening letters to his estranged wife and others while in state prison. ...more

March 7, 2009

One of five teenage girls charged in the beating of another teen was sentenced today to three years of probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. Circuit Judge Keith Spoto also sentenced Mercades Nichols to 100 hours of community service and ordered that she pay restitution to victim Victoria Lindsay. ...more

March 6, 2009

Comedian Tyler Perry trots out his favorite character for "Madea Goes to Jail," his latest cinematic souffle of bawdy comedy and moralizing melodrama. ...more

March 5, 2009