The opening of a bank isn't usually cause for a neighborhood celebration, but in the Midtown area Dec. 22 the new GTE Federal Credit Union was a community event. ...more

December 28, 2009

St. Petersburg police officers fatally shot a man Saturday afternoon who had been involved in another shooting, according to St. Petersburg police. ...more

December 26, 2009

A 23-year-old motorcyclist died after running a stop sign and colliding with a vehicle in West Bradenton Friday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

July 18, 2009

Those who knew him say Alfred Lee Barnes Jr. never gave up on children. ...more

April 20, 2009

Two officers were standing in the parking lot of the police station this morning at 5:30 a.m. when a man walked up to them and told them he had killed his wife. ...more

April 12, 2009

A 41-year-old Tampa man died Sunday evening, within hours after his Dodge Intrepid was struck from behind on 18th Avenue South in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

March 9, 2009

The black activist group, International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, announced today that it plans to conduct an act of civil disobedience Wednesday at the World Series opener at Tropicana Field. ...more

October 21, 2008

Firefighters had to lift a vehicle Tuesday morning to rescue a driver after a two-car wreck, fire officials said. ...more

September 17, 2008

Firefighters had to lift a vehicle this morning to rescue a driver after a two-car wreck, fire officials said. ...more

September 16, 2008

Regarding "Park Rules May Be Out Of Their League" (front page, May 17): On April 20, I left home. On my way out, I drove past 18th Avenue Park where preparation was on for a kickball game. That afternoon was a very different story. ...more

May 24, 2008