St. Petersburg police say there have been two drive-by blowgun attacks since Monday, with no arrests or serious injuries. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Land O' Lakes Branch Library is keeping its doors open late Friday night for video game lovers looking for a challenge. ...more

November 19, 2008

Why Putnam Left Post Re: "That's Not Why I knocked On 20,000 Doors" (Views Nov. 16): ...more

November 19, 2008

Bob Germaine has fulfilled his goal in life: rising to the top. "I started working here when I was 21 years old," said Germaine, 57, who is currently one of two top directors under incumbent Clerk of Courts Luke Brooker. ...more

November 5, 2008

8:41 p.m.: The doors are open at the Tampa Waterside Marriott for those who volunteered for Barack Obama's campaign in Florida. ...more

November 4, 2008

A small survey of polling places in the Plant City area showed the precincts were line free after 6 p.m., with some seeing only a trickle of voters coming in after 5 p.m. ...more

November 4, 2008

12:05 p.m.: Five of the precincts in the Plant City area had short lines at 10 a.m., with few problems reported by poll deputies. ...more

November 4, 2008

8:15 a.m.: Seniors were out at the crack of dawn this morning to cast their votes at one of five precincts in the retirement community of Sun City Center. Officials at Kings Point, Precinct 904, reported residents standing outside the locked clubhouse as early as 5:30 a.m. When the doors opened at 7, more than 200 voters stood waiting in line, many assisted by walkers. ...more

November 4, 2008

7:30 a.m.: The doors at Precinct 701 in FishHawk Ranch opened on time at 7 a.m., and there has been a steady flow of voters heading in to cast their votes. The line has not gotten any shorter, though. It still stretches all the way down Palmettoside Drive to Dorman Road. ...more

November 4, 2008

A 19-year-old man accused of threatening his 15-year-old girlfriend Wednesday morning has turned himself in to Tampa police, authorities say. Frederick Alex Jackson, of 5038 Temple Heights Road, Tampa, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and taken to Orient Road Jail. ...more

October 22, 2008