TAMPA – A year after Thomas Guth was released from federal prison in 2003, his lawyer told a judge in Chicago that he wanted to start a new life away from the city in Pueblo, Colo. The judge agreed to release Guth early from probation so he could move away with his then-15-year-old son. ...more

June 13, 2008

Reported violent crimes in Tampa dropped 7 percent last year but rose 1 percent in Clearwater and 2 percent in St. Petersburg, in part because of more murders, according to crime figures released this week by the FBI. ...more

June 11, 2008

Reported violent crimes in Tampa dropped 7 percent last year but rose 1 percent in Clearwater and 2 percent in St. Petersburg, in part because of more murders, according to crime figures released this week by the FBI. These preliminary figures comprise the annual Uniform Crime Report, which the FBI uses to compare crimes around the country reported in seven categories: the violent crimes of murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault, and the property crimes of burglary, larceny and motor-vehicle theft. ...more

June 10, 2008

Once upon a time, the Republican Party believed in limited government,,,,, ...more

May 30, 2008

City officials have agreed to pay $2.2 million to a man wrongfully convicted of six murders and a rape. ...more

May 11, 2008

A teenager has been arrested in connection with the brutal double murder of Patrick and Evelyn DePalma 18 months ago. ...more

April 12, 2008

No More Torturing Regarding "Waterboarding Legal, White House Argues" (Nation/World, Feb. 7): ...more

February 13, 2008

Huckabee Speaking Out Of Both Sides Of His Mouth In 2005, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee asserted that an immigration bill proposed by then Arkansas Sen. Jim Holt, was un-Christian and anti-life. The state Senate bill called for the banning of state services for illegals, required proof of citizenship to register to vote and required state agencies to report suspected cases of people living in the country illegally. ...more

January 22, 2008

Bucking a statewide trend, overall crime in Tampa dropped 8.6 percent in the first half of this year compared with the first half of 2006, statistics released Tuesday show. ...more

November 7, 2007

'Midnight Rambler,' by James Swain (Ballantine, $24.95) ...more

October 28, 2007