Euphoria turned to season-ending heartbreak in the matter of a minute for the River Ridge Lady Knights Thursday night in their home regional quarterfinal match with Newsome High. ...more

January 25, 2008

A 55-year-old Clearwater nurse is the first person to file a complaint against a bar since the Legislature passed a law protecting designated drivers last year, state officials said. ...more

January 25, 2008

Officials agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit from a former jail inmate whose back was broken after a confrontation with a corrections officer in 2003. ...more

January 22, 2008

The family of a 9-year-old boy who died after being struck by a car sought signatures for speed bumps on Flora Street while holding a vigil Wednesday. ...more

December 12, 2007

TAMPA - The family of a 9-year-old boy who died after being struck by a car sought petition signatures for speed bumps on Flora Street while holding another vigil Wednesday. ...more

December 12, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - "Please, Daddy. Please." Those words, spoken by a 2-year-old girl as her father stabbed her mother to death, were captured verbatim Sept. 3 through a string of coincidences involving her parents' cell phone voice mail, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

December 7, 2007

University of California officials have won the legal right to oust a band of tree-sitters who have taken up residence in an oak grove standing in the way of a planned sports center. ...more

November 23, 2007

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is committed to helping Martin Lee Anderson's family continue any investigation into the teen's death, according to a statement released by McCollum and family attorney Benjamin Crump today. Anderson, 14, died after being restrained and struck by drill instructors at a Panhandle boot camp while a nurse looked on, occasionally checking his vital signs. The confrontation was captured by a surveillance camera. ...more

November 13, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A man who was shot four times and pistol-whipped Thursday night is in critical condition, police say. The man was identified as John Evans; no age or address was available. ...more

November 2, 2007

TAMPA - A teenager is recovering from being stabbed Wednesday, Tampa police said. Police say details are scarce because the injured teenager refused to cooperate and investigators could not find witnesses who would speak out. The stabbing occurred about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at 19th and East Emma streets, police said. ...more

October 26, 2007