An Austrian who fathered seven children with a daughter he held captive for 24 years refused to speak to her for years, coming into the squalid cellar only to rape her, often in front of the youngsters, a prosecutor said Monday. ...more

March 17, 2009

With picture postcard weather and calm water, the 25th annual Leon Tolar Memorial Fishing Tournament attracted a large number of youngsters and parents to HL Bishop Park on Saturday. ...more

March 16, 2009

Scientists have the first evidence that life-threatening peanut allergies may be cured one day. A few kids now are allergy-free thanks to a scary treatment - tiny amounts of the very food that endangered them. ...more

March 15, 2009

Barbie's 50th birthday is being marked around the world with numerous pink-carpet events. But the most meaningful celebration of her milestone is in the stories shared by baby boomers who loved her as youngsters and collect her as adults. ...more

March 15, 2009

John Matkovich of Palm Harbor says Mark Schantz's Feb. 21 op-ed page column on school crossing guards was wrong for a number of reasons. ...more

March 14, 2009

The Florida Strawberry Festival ends today. Here's today's event schedule: ...more

March 8, 2009

About 60 students took to the skies Saturday, getting bird's-eye views of Hillsborough County as part of a partnership with the Young Eagles Association. ...more

March 8, 2009

The issue: Should county government continue to offer employees tuition reimbursement at taxpayers' expense? Our opinion: Ax the program during tough economic times. ...more

March 8, 2009

About 60 students took to the skies this morning, getting bird's-eye views of Hillsborough County as part of a partnership with the Young Eagles Association. ...more

March 7, 2009

Armed with colored markers, paper, scissors and equal measures of creativity and concentration, youngsters made their own handprints today at the Saturday Morning Market in downtown St. Petersburg. ...more

March 7, 2009