ST. PETERSBURG – Fire investigators are returning to the scene of a three-alarm blaze that ripped through a plumbing supply company Tuesday night, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue spokesman Rick Feinberg said. ...more

November 28, 2007

SEBRING – Harder Hall is up for sale again after the buyer, Steve Israel, pulled out his contract when the Sebring City Council refused his request to extend the due-diligence period. Nils Richter, a representative for Israel, said Tuesday night they could not secure financing for the project to renovate the hotel and build condominiums on the site. "We didn't find it easy in this market to get the financing we need," Richter said. "We are trying to put together something that makes financial sense." Instead of extending the due-diligence period, city council members told Richter to submit another contract if he is still interested in purchasing the property. ...more

November 6, 2007

TAMPA - Three Tampa men have been charged with carrying out a spree of armed robberies in Tampa, Seffner and Brandon, their crimes growing increasingly violent and culminating in the stabbing of a man, deputies say. Four of the incidents took place this weekend; another occurred Oct. 19. ...more

October 31, 2007

Hillsborough County deputies are searching for three men suspected in a string of armed home invasions and the shooting of a resident who nearly caught one of the suspects. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies are searching for three men suspected in a string of armed home invasions and the shooting of a resident who defended himself and nearly caught one of the suspects. ...more

October 30, 2007

PALM HARBOR - The body of 46-year-old Daniel Propes, the second of two anglers who went missing Sunday morning, was found at 3:50 p.m. by deputies in Lake Tarpon, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

October 1, 2007