Michael Payne, an exterminator who frequently attends city council meetings, has filed preliminary paperwork to run for office here. ...more

February 8, 2008

As the city gears up for Gasparilla, a dispute continues between Tampa police and a woman who said she was raped - then was arrested - during last year's festivities. ...more

January 26, 2008

As Tampa gears up for Gasparilla, a dispute continues between city police and a woman who said she was raped — then arrested — during last year's festivities. ...more

January 22, 2008

TAMPA A 37-year-old man posing as a landlord pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing more than $40,000 in grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. ...more

January 17, 2008

Two companies have been ordered to make restitution for trees taken out without proper permits at Learning Gate Community School and the house next door. ...more

December 27, 2007

Two companies have been ordered to make restitution for trees taken out without proper permits at Learning Gate Community School and at the house next door. ...more

December 22, 2007

Former Chicago Sun-Times publisher F. David Radler was given 29 months in prison and a $250,000 fine Monday for his role in stealing millions of dollars from Hollinger International shareholders. ...more

December 18, 2007

As Steven Green remains incapacitated in a New York hospital, a team of managers is working to prevent collapse of the real estate investor's company before he can pay more than $4 million in court-ordered restitution. ...more

December 11, 2007

TAMPA - As multimillionaire real estate investor Steven Green remains incapacitated in a New York hospital, a team of managers at his company are working feverishly to prevent the company from collapsing before the entrepreneur can pay more than $4 million in court-ordered restitution, according to testimony at a federal hearing this morning. ...more

December 10, 2007

Between March 2002 and March 2004, a Tampa mortgage broker refinanced loans for older homeowners of modest means, scamming more than $400,000 to supplement a legitimate income that came close to six figures a year. ...more

December 8, 2007