The "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law has left one Wesley Chapel couple frustrated and concerned. ...more

October 31, 2009

The woman who took a gun-shaped cigarette lighter into the Hillsborough County Courthouse last week, unintentionally causing an evacuation, will not be charged, Hillsborough County deputies said. ...more

August 13, 2009

A 32-year-old man who went for a predawn swim in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued Saturday after almost five hours of treading water, the U.S. Coast Guard said. ...more

June 7, 2009

A 32-year-old man who went for a predawn swim in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued this morning after almost five hours treading water, the Coast Guard said. ...more

June 6, 2009

A sheriff's deputy was placed on 80 hours of unpaid leave after she spent a collective 11 on-duty hours at home over a four-month period. ...more

April 10, 2009

Three South Tampa homes near rail road tracks were affected by fire this afternoon. ...more

March 20, 2009

Siblings will fight over anything. On Thursday night, a brotherly dispute took a bizarre turn when Frederick Crevoiserat, 39, put out his brother's cigarette with a fire extinguisher, the sheriff's office said. "He wouldn't put it out, so I put it out for him," Crevoiserat said in a sheriff's report. "The victim advised the spray was unwanted and unwelcome," the report said. Crevoiserat lives with his brother, who was not named, at 4116 Grand Blvd. ...more

March 6, 2009

The explosion of an overturned petrol tanker Saturday night in Kenya could be felt for miles, and in the moments that followed, people ablaze, their clothes burned off, ran to the bush in a futile effort to escape the pain and begged for help. ...more

February 2, 2009

The year 1991 will always be impressed upon my memory. ...more

January 11, 2009

A local man remained in jail Friday on no bond after being charged with a number of counts following his Thursday arrest for shoplifting. ...more

January 11, 2009