A Tampa man faces felony armed burglary charges after a home invasion in Lake Wales this morning. ...more

March 18, 2009

A gunman who killed 10 people in the worst mass shooting in Alabama history had a list of employers "who had done him wrong," including the nearby sausage plant he quit days before the spree and the metal factory where he shot himself, authorities said Wednesday. ...more

March 11, 2009

Residents surrounding Bayshore Boulevard talked Wednesday night of a war they annually face when Gasparilla rolls into town. ...more

March 5, 2009

The city's policy to allow officers to drive home patrol cars has had the beneficial impacts predicted when it was put in place a year ago, Brooksville Police Chief George Turner told the City Council earlier this week. ...more

March 5, 2009

"Night And Day," by Robert B. Parker (Putnam, $26) ...more

March 1, 2009

At his first official meeting as Tarpon Springs city manager, Tuesday night, Mark LeCouris agreed this is most likely one of the toughest times to assume the post as a city's top administrative official. In these, the direst economic times in memory, the city faces a $2 million revenue shortfall in its next fiscal year, LeCouris noted. It may, however, also be the best of times because an economic crisis gives a good manager a chance to really prove his worth, Commissioner Chris Alahouzos declared. ...more

February 28, 2009

Two St. Petersburg police officers did nothing wrong when they shot and killed a woman who seemed poised to drive a barbecue fork into another woman, prosecutors have ruled. ...more

February 25, 2009

The man who is reported to be President Barack Obama's choice as the nation's drug czar was once a St. Petersburg police officer. ...more

February 25, 2009

A Salvadoran immigrant convicted of attacking two women in the park where Chandra Levy's remains were found was expected to be arrested in the next few days in the former intern's slaying, a person close to the investigation said. ...more

February 22, 2009

Fourteen-year-old Tariq Sharrieff doesn't understand teachers who try to be friends with their students. ...more

February 22, 2009