This time, authorities say, Matthew David Lopez wasn't clowning around. ...more

March 4, 2010

Matthew Lopez has a simple explanation for why he was wearing a clown mask Tuesday. ...more

February 27, 2010

Matthew Lopez has a simple explanation for why he was wearing a scary clown mask Tuesday afternoon – a fashion choice that led to his arrest. ...more

February 26, 2010

Send in the clowns. Then the police. A teen wearing a clown mask with bright red-orange hair was arrested Tuesday, charged with the rarely reported offense of wearing a mask or hood on a public road and the more common crime of obstructing or resisting an officer without violence. ...more

February 25, 2010

Author, folklorist and civil rights crusader - will make a return visit here next month, a mere seven decades after his first. ...more

January 30, 2010

Ruby Jackson and William Sanders have been named to lead the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. ...more

January 6, 2010

An Alachua County Sheriff's Office corrections officer who acknowledged being a member of the Ku Klux Klan has been fired for belonging to a subversive or terrorist organization, a violation of the agency's code of ethics. ...more

January 4, 2010

British performer Tricky's new album pays tribute to an area most people try to avoid. ...more

March 5, 2009

Holy jurisprudence. Ybor City's Batman is getting his mask back. Hillsborough County Judge John Conrad on Monday dismissed two misdemeanor charges Tampa police lodged against Walsh Ian Nichols when he refused orders to take off his Batman mask. ...more

February 17, 2009

Holy jurisprudence. Ybor City's Batman is getting his mask back. Hillsborough County Judge John Conrad today dismissed two misdemeanor charges Tampa police lodged against Walsh Ian Nichols when he refused orders to take off his Batman mask. ...more

February 16, 2009