Florida State's Bobby Bowden, USC's Pete Carroll and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier all make stops in Tampa to meet with prospects. ...more

January 20, 2009

If -- and that's an if in bold-face, capital letters – the weather dominoes line up just right, folks from Tampa Bay to Brooksville stand a chance of seeing some snow Tuesday night. It wouldn't be heavy, certainly not something from a Currier and Ives painting, but there is a chance for some flurries, said Paul Close, National Weather Service meteorologist. ...more

January 19, 2009

A suspected drunk driver slammed into a school bus Tuesday afternoon on Mariner Boulevard. ...more

January 15, 2009

Wildlife authorities are asking for the public's help this morning in locating a rhesus macaque monkey that is on the loose. ...more

January 14, 2009

A domestic disturbance turned bloody Tuesday morning when a man shot his ex-girlfriend's new husband, then turned the gun on himself. ...more

January 14, 2009

A sudden and fierce windstorm hit the Centergate Plaza on Bee Ridge Road about 3 p.m. Tuesday and "started turning everything sideways," one witness said. ...more

January 13, 2009

The developers of Meadow Pointe have carved out a new community development district to finance a commercial center straddling State Road 56 at Meadow Pointe Boulevard. ...more

January 7, 2009

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a bank robbery last week and a warrant has been issued for a fourth, deputies said. ...more

January 1, 2009

Miracle Johnson weighed about a pound when she was born prematurely, and it took nurturing and nursing to get her to where she needed to be in life, said Alvin Mitchell, a family member. ...more

December 25, 2008

A 10-year-old girl died Tuesday afternoon after an 11-year-old boy visiting her Fort Meade home for Christmas shot her with a gun found in the bedroom, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

December 24, 2008