GANDY/SUN BAY SOUTH - The Sticks 'N' Stuff building on Gandy Boulevard was mostly rubble last week as the demolition and clearing of the site for the Wal-Mart supercenter continued. ...more

August 19, 2009

Someone's poisoning pigeons in Indian Shores. The Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary picked up a pair of sick pigeons Monday, both of which quickly died. ...more

August 18, 2009

Police in eastern Pennsylvania say they responded to an argument at the home of Jon and Kate Gosselin (GAHS'-lihn), stars of the TLC show "Jon & Kate Plus 8." ...more

August 14, 2009

A woman advertising sexual services on Craigslist.com was arrested on drug charges Tuesday, deputies say. ...more

August 12, 2009

A Walt Disney World performer has died, four days after being injured in a Magic Kingdom show. ...more

August 12, 2009

Media Enterprises, the company that markets Mighty Putty, is making plans to eventually find a new pitchman to replace Billy Mays, who died June 28. ...more

August 7, 2009

Public transit ridership fell 6 percent in June to 974,054 passengers compared with a year ago, a Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority report states. ...more

August 6, 2009

An Odessa woman was arrested on two counts of cruelty to animals after she left her dogs in a car during the heat of the day for at least 45 minutes, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

August 4, 2009

Eight Falkenburg Road Jail inmates have been tested for swine flu, but there are no confirmed cases of the illness within the jail, said Col. Jim Previtera of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Twenty-four inmates are in respiratory isolation for an array of reasons, from recent travel to Mexico to flulike symptoms to contact with people confirmed to have the swine flu. ...more

August 4, 2009

A man was shot in the leg during a confrontation at a bar this morning, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 1, 2009