A suspicious house fire broke out this morning, though no one was home when firefighters arrived to put it out, officials say. The blaze at the small house at 8110 Diagonal Road N. was reported at about 7:30 a.m., said Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue. ...more

October 22, 2009

Tampa police say the previously closed portions of downtown have been reopened to cars and pedestrians. ...more

October 17, 2009

AVON PARK A 19-year-old man suffered non life-threatening injuries Wednesday after being hit by a pickup truck at U.S. 27 North and College Drive. ...more

October 15, 2009

A 19-year-old man died in a shooting Friday night at 2301 E. Sligh Ave. ...more

October 10, 2009

A 12-year-old boy was in fair condition Friday in Tampa General Hospital after a dirt bike he rode collided with a truck Thursday afternoon at Ranchero Drive and Farm Road in Sebring. ...more

October 10, 2009

A man was stabbed in the chest on Monday night during an altercation in which he fired shots at his assailant, Tarpon Springs police said. The stab wounds inflicted on George Pattri, 49, were described as life-threatening, said Lt. Barbara Templeton of the Tarpon Springs Police Department. The man who reportedly assaulted him has not been identified. ...more

September 29, 2009

Authorities say friends of an ill man dumped the 54-year-old from a car and planned to meet him at a hospital, but the man died on the side of a Seminole County road. ...more

September 27, 2009

Three pharmacies were robbed this morning in North Tampa. Authorities have arrested at least one suspect. ...more

September 26, 2009

Investigators identified the victim of a home invasion this morning as 55-year-old Paul William Proto. Police responded to a report of a home invasion at 9405 N. 10th St. shortly after midnight today. After the shooting, a suspect took off in the victim's car, a 1996 white Cadillac Seville, police said. ...more

September 23, 2009

A man was injured Sunday after a shooting lesson between a father and his two children backfired. ...more

September 22, 2009