SANFORD, N.C. (AP) — The father of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found off a rural North Carolina road regrets giving the girl's mother a chance to raise their daughter, even though she seemed to be getting her life together. ...more

November 17, 2009

Police are investigating whether the robbery of a University of Tampa student this month is connected to the fatal shooting of a UT student in August. ...more

November 17, 2009

Gregory Allen Jr. planned to join the National Guard after graduating from Middleton High School, where he had once been named "Turnaround Student of the Year" for the uptick in his academics and behavior. ...more

November 13, 2009

A Marine reservist told a talk radio show host Thursday he was trying to defend himself against a sexual assault when he clubbed a man with a tire iron and chased him down the street. ...more

November 13, 2009

Gregory Allen Jr. planned to join the National Guard after graduating from Middleton High School, where he had once been named "Turnaround Student of the Year" for the uptick in his academics and behavior. ...more

November 12, 2009

The priest was lost in the Channel District and needed directions to Interstate 275, so he tapped a U.S. Marine Reservist on the arm and, in a thick Greek accent, asked for help. ...more

November 11, 2009

John Allen Muhammad, one of the snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C., area seven years ago, may have shot a man on a Clearwater golf course, but authorities are skeptical whether they can prove it. The hurdle in getting the evidence is promising Lee Boyd Malvo, the accomplice in the shootings, immunity from prosecution, police say. ...more

November 9, 2009

City officials trying to balance community needs with safety at the annual Gasparilla Parade have come up with these compromises: ...more

November 6, 2009

Josh Chapin knew the kid playing high school basketball for him was something special. ...more

November 4, 2009

Theo Smalling, a Hampton University basketball player who attended Bloomingdale High School, remained in critical condition this morning after being accidentally shot over the weekend in Virginia. "I talked to his mom [Sunday] and its not looking good," said Josh Chapin, who was Smalling's coach at Bloomingdale and is now assistant principal for student affairs at Brandon High School. ...more

October 26, 2009