A Tampa police officer who rescued a woman in Old Tampa Bay and a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy who ended a man's bloody rampage are among 15 people being honored today for heroism, the governor's office said. ...more

December 3, 2008

For the second time in less than two weeks, an Avon Park police officer was arrested by agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sebring field office. ...more

December 3, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist's legal department is reviewing whether to suspend or remove Sebring City Councilman Dan Andrews from office following his arrest on three felony charges, according to a Sterling Ivey, spokesman for Crist, in Tallahassee. ...more

November 26, 2008

It happened again last week. An 82-year-old St. Petersburg man suffering from dementia drove away from his home about 10 a.m. Wednesday and never returned. ...more

November 24, 2008

An investigation that began in part when police learned marijuana was stored in a Pinellas Park warehouse has led to a plea of guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. ...more

November 21, 2008

A Pinellas County physician has been charged with illegally selling drugs he obtained by writing prescriptions in his patients' names without their knowledge. ...more

November 21, 2008