2012
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN He didn’t have to save the family with five small children. He could have let them die; no one would have faulted him for it. Given the…
By MELODY JAMESON BALM — Known for its rehabilitation success rate, lauded for its force of volunteers, the pioneering women’s prison here with programs that work again is in the…
Beverly Dehnke BrunnerBeverly Brunner, 88, died December 23, 2011 at Pepper Family Hospice and Palliative Care following a short illness from a stroke. She is survived by her husband of…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I would not normally expect to be thrown into a fit of pondering by someone with the nickname “The Booth Babe”. But then again, The Booth Babe,…
By MELODY JAMESON BALM – As Florida’s annual legislative session opens this week, badly-needed roofing repairs at the state prison here are up in the air. The reason, though, is…
By MITCH TRAPHAGENRUSKIN — Wayne Stinnard, a teacher at Cypress Creek Elementary School has been named one of five finalists by the Hillsborough Education Foundation for the Ida S. Baker…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN And thus it is resolved: 2012 will be the year to get in shape. Well, at least it has been resolved for roughly half of the people…
By MELODY JAMESONSUN CITY CENTER – As residents here continue to debate the upgrading advantages and debt-generated disadvantages of a proposed $3 million building program, other authoritative views are surfacing.…
By Mitch TraphagenRUSKIN — A community garage sale has been organized as a benefit for the family of Diego Duran, the 12-year-old boy shot in the head by a bullet…