After months of legal troubles, Earl and Clarissa Johnson were about to regain custody of their children. ...more

March 16, 2009

After months of legal troubles, Earl and Clarissa Johnson were about to regain custody of their children. On Thursday, though, a month before they were to be reunited, Lakeland police say their youngest son, 17-month-old Zachary, was brutally beaten and killed by his uncle, Matthew Wyrosdick. ...more

March 15, 2009

This past week I returned from our 7th American Legion yearly cruise we put together to of course enjoy life and each other, but mainly to raise funds for our veteran programs and children and youth programs. It has personally been a rewarding experience for my husband, David, and me, but this year's cruise brought along with it yet another dynamic force that made me once more sit up and take notice of our wonderful country and all its attributes. The force came this time from the eye of our youngest son, Matthew, who along with his lovely new bride Theresa, had come along for this year's cruise, as did many other of our travelers bring family. After a day at sea with us developing a great rapport with the other travelers and enjoying all the beauty around us, we went into Grand Cayman Island followed by Jamaica. That evening my son came to our room saying, "Mom, you know this is the first time I have ever been out of the United States in my 40 years and I felt in my heart that there is no place on earth like the United States of America. The beauty God gave our world was all around us as it is everywhere, but seeing these ports and the structure of their economy, education and living, etc. I can honestly say that even in these hard times, Mom, there is nowhere like the good old U.S.A. Our poorest of people live better than these people. ...more

February 10, 2009

Although investigators determined the carbon monoxide deaths of Jules and Parker Baudin were accidental, the boys' parents are assigning blame. ...more

January 8, 2009

George Steinbrenner's 35-year reign as boss of the New York Yankees ended Thursday when he passed control of baseball's most famous team to his youngest son, Hal. ...more

November 20, 2008

The parents of a girl who was molested by a neighbor's son have sued the boy's parents. ...more

November 14, 2008

In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple. He was a teenager in a concentration camp in Nazi-controlled Germany. She was a bit younger, living free in the village, her family posing as Christians. Their eyes met through a barbed-wire fence and she wondered what she could do for this handsome young man. ...more

October 13, 2008

With ideas about making Pasco's girls soccer team as successful as the boys, the Pirates tabbed longtime boys assistant Warren Lowery to lead the girls team. He replaces Wardell Powell, who resigned in January. ...more

July 31, 2008

TAMPA - Two boys hurt in a Pinellas Park car crash that took the life of their mother last week returned home Tuesday to relatives in South Carolina. ...more

July 15, 2008

After his older brother was fatally shot in what appeared to be a random carjacking, Dar Chanthavong was too grief-stricken to join his family whenever they pleaded in front of television cameras for information in the killing. ...more

June 24, 2008