While waiting at the red light by Lowe's going north, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, a young fellow with a cell phone in hand rear-ended my vehicle. He asked if I was hurt, apologized and while I was reaching for pen and paper for information he went in the turn-off lane. Waiting for traffic to clear I did the same, but he didn't stop and just disappeared. ...more

January 8, 2009

An audit of Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson's office was able to verify just $336,000 of the $2.34 million Johnson told county commissioners he needed last month to cover cost overruns. ...more

January 6, 2009

An audit of Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson's office was able to verify just $336,000 of the $2.34 million Johnson told county commissioners he needed last month cover cost overruns. ...more

January 5, 2009

A fisherman who had loaded too much mullet in his vessel and had run out of gas needed to be rescued Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, St. Petersburg fire officials said. ...more

January 2, 2009

Dear Abby: A few months ago, I moved in to a new apartment. The complex, while not luxurious, is quite nice. ...more

December 28, 2008

The best Christmas gift for the Santana family wasn't under a tree, it was at Tampa International Airport: The return of Ernest Jose Santana - known as Ernie - away from his family for 20 months, including 15 in Iraq. ...more

December 26, 2008

Joshua Dean Davis, 30, performed sexually explicit acts on a Web cam for a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. But the "teen" turned out to be a detective. ...more

December 18, 2008

Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson didn't get the $2.3 million he wanted to cover what he characterized as "unexpected" election costs, but he will get an audit courtesy of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

December 18, 2008

Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson will tell county commissioners today that he's in a financial jam and needs a $2.3 million bailout. ...more

December 17, 2008

A police officer was fired today after an investigation found he had sex with a teenage girl he met through a department program, according to police documents released this afternoon. ...more

December 17, 2008