TAMPA - A batch of bogus bucks is being passed in the Tampa Bay area, counterfeit $100 and $50 bills that can pass the pen test cashiers frequently use to detect fakes. ...more

July 15, 2008

MULBERRY - Detectives are looking for an armed man who robbed a gas station convenience store today, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 3, 2008

Investigators have released a video recording of a Dollar General store robbery in which a safe was cleaned out and an employee tied up. ...more

June 3, 2008

Hillsborough County recently reduced the number of employees and the workload at its Plant City building services permitting office. ...more

May 3, 2008

I thought I was going to need oxygen the last time I went to the grocery store and the cashier announced my final total. Suddenly, all of those news stories about rising food prices hit home. ...more

May 2, 2008

A veterinarian had been called to examine a 10-year-old Irish wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. ...more

February 21, 2008

LARGO - To save money, the owner of a gas station has kept the lights off when the business isn't open, but now that thieves have broken in under the cover of darkness, he has changed his mind, the manager of the gas station says. ...more

February 13, 2008

Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives arrested a transient today who they say asked for Marlboro cigarettes before robbing two stores. ...more

January 7, 2008

Service Slap It has come to my attention that the American flags and "We Support Our Troops" signs are all a facade. I had this idea shortly after 9/11, but it really didn't hit me until recently. ...more

January 2, 2008

Steve Flaig's long search for his birth mother ended at an incredible place: the checkout line of the home-improvement store where he works. ...more

December 23, 2007