Hillsborough County news
Woman, grandchild burned in blaze
TAMPA -- A woman and her 2-year-old granddaughter were badly burned Friday night in a fire at their home.

Lightning ignites condominium
TAMPA -- A fire caused by lightning destroyed a residence in the Westchester Manor Condominiums Friday night, leaving eight families homeless

A closer look: One Hillsborough church
Landmark Baptist Church

A longtime Tampa gumshoe says goodbye
A homicide investigator retires after 41 years in local law enforcement. Behind straight talk and shoe-leather work was a soft approach to victims.

John Vest, 59, public servant, volunteer
He committed his life to helping others as a firefighter, sheriff's deputy and as a civic leader.

Sandra Thompson
Don't yield to worries on lives of new 'adults'
On one side of the cake was an icing photograph of a little girl, a baby really, and on the other side a photograph of a beautiful young woman. Congratulations, it said, as so many cakes will say this weekend. It struck me that the two pictures on this graduation cake are illustrative of what's going on in the minds of the parents of these young people who've put high school, and home, behind them and are going off to college.

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