An argument at a house on Doris Drive turned violent Sunday morning when one man was fatally shot and another was seriously injured, Lakeland police said. ...more

September 28, 2008

Forecasters are saying Tampa residents may see something Thursday morning not viewed since May 27: a thermometer reading lower than 70 degrees. ...more

September 23, 2008

How do you measure loss? How do you deal with it? ...more

September 19, 2008

OLIVER, HARDLY I received a nice e-mail from dedicated Stew reader Cindy Vickers of Sebring the other day. ...more

September 17, 2008

A 26-year-old woman called 911 Sunday morning and told the operator that if she had an AK-47 assault rifle, "she would stick it in the 911 operator's mouth and shoot it," according to a Tampa police criminal arrest affidavit. ...more

September 14, 2008

In a city where public meeting space is at a premium, the American Legion building on Church Avenue filled a need and did it for free. ...more

September 11, 2008

A gang member fired a bullet into the Plant City home of a 67-year-old man early Sunday, Hillsborough County deputies said. ...more

September 8, 2008

Two people died Sunday morning in a collision between a car and a wrecker at the Pasco County intersection of U.S. 41 and Carson Drive, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a release Monday. ...more

September 1, 2008

Since opening a volunteer-run food assistance center in April, Cypress Point Community Church has served more than 300 people. ...more

August 27, 2008

Deputies responding to an animal nuisance call Sunday morning decided to not wait for trappers and instead took matters into their own hands when they discovered a 6-foot-long alligator wandering the streets. "We went on top of it and duct-taped his mouth and put a blanket on him," Pinellas County Sheriff's Sgt. Tim Grundmann said. ...more

August 24, 2008