TAMPA Police are investigating this afternoon the reported stabbing of a cab driver in South Tampa. The cab driver told police he was attacked at West Idaho Street and South Faul Street about 5:30 p.m. He then drove a quarter mile to a fire station at West Ingraham Street, Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. ...more

June 5, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The lights were off in City Manager Richard Reade's office, but he was in there, working away. Reade finds himself with an unexpected personnel issue, as Public Safety Director Mathias Brewi turned in his resignation May 15, about a year after taking the then-newly created position that put him in charge of both the police and fire departments. ...more

June 4, 2008

HAINES CITY - Thanks in part to some attentive citizens, Haines City police say they've arrested an Orlando man responsible for up to 10 bank robberies across Central Florida. For now, Christopher Eugene Floyd, 29, has been charged in one Haines City robbery and two Lake County robberies. But he's a suspect in 10 robberies, stretching from Melbourne to Lakeland, starting in late March. ...more

May 29, 2008

A city-sanctioned kickball game at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park on Wednesday night devolved into a brawl involving about 100 people, according to a preliminary police report. ...more

May 23, 2008

SEBRING — A Tallahassee man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bail Tuesday after Sebring police say he walked into the Sweetbay supermarket and tried to cash a forged check from Lapin Sheet Metal. ...more

May 6, 2008

The sudden and inexplicable death of her 21-year-old nephew left Yvette Lewis grappling for answers Saturday. ...more

May 4, 2008

TAMPA Police are investigating a suspicious death at Grand Oaks Apartments at 6269 Canopy Tree Drive. ...more

May 3, 2008

Following two tips, Tampa police and U.S. marshals arrested a man wanted for rape in Maryland a day after America's Most Wanted television program aired a segment about him. ...more

February 17, 2008

Sometimes it pays to wear a bicycle helmet even if one is not riding a bicycle. ...more

January 31, 2008

The Gulf Middle School Web site was shut down Friday after a link to a gay-pornography Internet site was discovered, school officials reported. ...more

January 26, 2008