WUSF Staff

Willie Crain is a convicted child molester who was found guilty in Amanda Brown's 1998 disappearance and death. Now 80 years old, he is slated to receive Florida's 22nd lethal injection of the year on Dec. 10.

Here are the results of merit retentions for the state Supreme Court and Tampa Bay-area district courts of appeal.

The Rays' remarkable season ends with a 4-1 loss in Game 5. In a matchup of similar styles, Milwaukee's pitching overwhelmed Tampa Bay's bats throughout the Series. William Contreras was the MVP.

Milwaukee took the lead in the top of the 12th on a home run by Cooper Pratt, but Tampa Bay rallied to win it on a bases-loaded RBI single by Ben Williamson. Game 5 is at the Trop on Wednesday.

After two one-run losses in Milwaukee, Tampa Bay finds itself down 3-0 with the possiblity of two more games at home. Thousands of Brewers fans were attendance at Tropicana Field to watch the rout.

Few predicted this pairing of small-market pennant winners in March. But here are Milwaukee and Tampa Bay, both seeking their first World Series title with supurb pitching and a throwback style of play.

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg said she will resign after the fall term for personal reasons.

Daylina Miller received the award of Best Photojournalist in the annual vote of Creative Loafing's readers, while three other WUSF/WSMR staffers were finalists.

Undrafted rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels played well at times but threw two interceptions that led to 10 Green Bay points in his first career start filling in for an injured Baker Mayfield.

After spending 2025 at Steinbrenner Field, Tampa Bay had the biggest increase, up 628,255 to 1,414,975. The Trop hosted 24 games with more than 20,000 people and seven with more than 24,000.