The little girl entered the big gymnasium in a stroller, asleep and oblivious to the 3,000 people on hand to pay last respects to her father, Sean Taylor. ...more

December 4, 2007

When investigators from a Tampa-based operation seized 27 tons of cocaine from two ships, they hit one of Colombia's most powerful drug organizations, the Norte del Valle Cartel, a federal prosecutor said today. ...more

November 21, 2007

A man tied to two ships seized with 27 tons of cocaine in 2004 was arrested Sunday in Colombia and is expected to be extradited and tried in federal court in Tampa. The federal government has designated him as one of the top 30 international drug traffickers in the world and he has worked for a man on the FBI's 10-Most Wanted List. ...more

November 20, 2007

A revered rooster that few knew and was lunchmeat for a hungry canine 10 years ago was memorialized with a New Orleans-style mock funeral procession down Ybor City on Sunday afternoon. ...more

November 11, 2007

A bullied teenage outcast with radical views scribbled a suicide note bidding farewell to his family before unleashing an indiscriminate killing campaign at his high school, police said Thursday. ...more

November 9, 2007

Around 11 o'clock Thursday morning, a crew from the city's water and sewer utility came to Lakeside Cemetery to create Aaron Smith's resting place. ...more

October 16, 2007

Clad in black leather vests, jeans, boots and bandannas, the bikers stood at attention as pallbearers carried the casket of Army Staff Sgt. Sean P. Fisher inside St. Kieran Catholic Church. ...more

October 6, 2007

Several hundred mourners gathered in a cavernous church Friday evening to celebrate a girl who danced in the rain, lit up a room and died too soon. Raquel Carreras, killed in an auto accident one week ago, was remembered by family and friends as an eternally cheerful and energetic 14-year-old who made friends by the dozens and who will not be easily forgotten by them. ...more

September 21, 2007

About 1,500 mourners called for revenge Friday as they buried the leader of the Sunni revolt against al-Qaida, who was assassinated Thursday by a bomb after meeting with President Bush this month. ...more

September 15, 2007