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It hasn't been an easy year for 39-year-old Mark Broviak of Ruskin. The single dad, who has raised his now 18-year-old quadruplets alone since his wife left them when the children were one year old, lost his job at the beginning of the year and his unemployment is about to run out.

A dozen years ago, Don Eichar heeded the call to adventure. With his wife, Lynn, and the couple's 6-year-old son, the Palm Harbor resident headed to Costa Rica for a year of surfing, biking and exploring the small country from coast to coast.

Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 1:35 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 1:35 p.m. LARGO Jose Walle was a 13-year-old getting ready to start seventh grade when he was arrested with two adult men last year in a series of brutal rapes.

The suspect in the kidnapping and slaying of a Lakeland man who has been missing since April 2008 will remain behind bars without bail.

Orlando, FL Stobert Lindell Holt, Jr, age 42, was arrested Friday by law enforcement authorities in Orlando, Florida without incident.

A former Apollo Beach man has been charged with murder, kidnapping and extortion in the 2008 disappearance of a Lakeland man.

An Apollo Beach teen was sentenced to five years in prison today for a DUI fatality in February 2008.

Many pets have become part of their family's holiday celebration. They receive presents, often wrapped and placed under the Christmas tree for the pups and kitties to open on Christmas day.

Many banks in Tampa Bay continued to decline in the third quarter of this year, with three now rating zero stars in the closely watched BauerFinancial analysis.

Alexandra Castillo, left, gazes into the sky while sister Cassandra, right, sits on the Dukes Chiropractic Health Clinic float right at the 2008 Plant City Christmas Parade on Collins Street.

Ninety bedrooms, an intensive care unit, emergency, surgical and outpatient services and obstetrics with labor and delivery.

Sheepshead will be the catch of the day during Saturday's South Shore Anglers tournament to benefit the Emergency Care Help Organization.

Hanney is accused of dousing his estranged wife, 26-year-old Audrey Mabrey, with lighter fluid and lighting her on fire at the home they used to share in Apollo Beach.

There's a mom at Tampa General Hospital who sits by her daughter's hospital bedside and squeezes her hand.

Forty-four year old Christopher Hanney is accused of setting his wife on fire. Instead of being granted bond, he was slapped with another charge in addition to attempted murder: arson.

Tough nuzzle but it's mom Mlelani, left, lets her newborn white rhinoceros calf scratch on her horn Monday at Busch Gardens in Tampa.

A 37-year-old man was jailed late Sunday, accused of throwing gasoline on his girlfriend's son and threatening to set him on fire, according to Hills borough sheriff's deputies.

Florida Highway Patrol on the scene reporting lane blockage. -US-19: at Alderman Rd - accident.

An Apollo Beach woman who was severely burned during what authorities say was a domestic dispute is getting help from her college classmates and co-workers. Hillsborough Community College's Southshore campus at 551 24th St.