On July 20, 1969, people crowded around black-and-white TV sets to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon. ...more

July 16, 2009

St. Petersburg police officer Stephen Mathews had the day off Monday, but when he heard radio transmissions of shots fired during a drug bust gone wrong, he decided he had to help. ...more

March 4, 2009

St. Petersburg police officer Stephen Mathews had the day off today, but when he heard radio transmissions of shots fired during a drug bust gone wrong, he decided he had to help. ...more

March 3, 2009

The birds flew majestically, in perfect formation, and the co-pilot saw them coming. For a moment, it looked like they would pass beneath US Airways Flight 1549, but when Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger looked up, they were there in his windscreen. Big. Dark brown. Lots of them. ...more

January 18, 2009

An Avon Park police officer was out of jail Wednesday on a $5,000 bond following his Tuesday arrest. ...more

December 4, 2008

For the second time in less than two weeks, an Avon Park police officer was arrested by agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sebring field office. ...more

December 3, 2008

"I got a subject down" a voice on the police radio said. "He had a gun. ... ...more

June 10, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Members of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement gathered in front of the St. Petersburg Police Department this morning to protest the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old at a graduation party Saturday night. ...more

June 9, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - "I got a subject down" a barely-restrained voice said on the police radio. "He had a gun." ...more

June 9, 2008

Small Iranian fast boats swarmed around massive U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, and a man speaking heavily accented English threatened, "I am coming to you. ... You will explode," according to a video released Tuesday by the Pentagon. ...more

January 9, 2008