Twelve hours in a Florida COVID-19 ICU
On this ward at Morton Plant Hospital, nurses are overwhelmed by the number of new, desperate cases.
On this ward at Morton Plant Hospital, nurses are overwhelmed by the number of new, desperate cases.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Sep 2021 20min Permalink
After a reckoning over policing in America, 30 recruits enroll at the academy.
“I want to be the change.”
“This could happen to you.”
“What did you think this job was?”
“Just like that: Bang! You’re dead.”
“Love the aggression.”
“Get him to the grass!”
“You change when you become a cop.”
“One family! One fight!”
After the academy, new officers meet real-world challenges.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jul 2021 1h20min Permalink
An important house in Florida history is for sale, its future uncertain. Some want the historic house preserved, while the racism that fueled the Rosewood riots remains.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jun 2018 10min Permalink
"The couple tried to make them leave. They complained to the police. When that didn’t work, they tried to build friendships, hoping they could charm the squatters into respecting their property. Sometimes, they hid in their house. For three years, the tension built. Until one sweltering summer night in 2016."
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Nov 2017 25min Permalink
Last February, John Jonchuck Jr. dropped his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge to her death. This is the story of what happened, and what didn’t, in the years before the murder made headlines.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jan 2016 25min Permalink
A profoundly neglected 6-year-old gets a new home.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jul 2008 25min Permalink
Newton Murray got his first job in 1926. He’s seldom missed a day of work since.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jul 2013 10min Permalink
On the lonely life of a for-profit pageant queen.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jul 2013 10min Permalink
How life has changed in the neighborhood where Trayvon Martin was killed.
Lane DeGregory The Tampa Bay Times Mar 2012 10min Permalink
A year in the life of an oxycodone addict.
John Pendygraft, Lane DeGregory The St. Petersburg Times Dec 2011 40min Permalink
A former prostitute and pregnant at 14, Lillie was a foster child looking for a home. A nurse and already a mother of 5, Amy wanted to help. Then Lillie and her newborn moved in.
Lane DeGregory The St. Petersburg Times May 2006 25min Permalink
A teenage love triangle turns tragic in Pinellas Park, Florida.
Lane DeGregory The St. Petersburg Times Jul 2010 15min Permalink