Brian "David" Shaw thought he was going to have a few drinks with an old girlfriend after a Super Bowl party early Monday and ended up with a knife in the gut. ...more

February 3, 2009

A 13-year-old girl is in stable condition at Tampa General Hospital after being stabbed today, Tampa police say. ...more

January 30, 2009

A St. Petersburg police sergeant did not violate department policy when he fatally shot a former Cuban soldier in November who was armed with a firearm and machete, the sergeants' supervisors ruled this afternoon . ...more

January 22, 2009

Police are investigating a stabbing this morning at the Tampa bar. Police were called to the Apollo South Lounge, 5110 N. 40th St., at 2:46 a.m. to investigate a report of a man being stabbed in the abdomen. ...more

January 8, 2009

Two clerks have been shot at a Gulfport convenience store. The shooting happened this evening at the Joy Foodsmart on 49th Street South. Police responded first to a silent panic alarm, then a hang-up 911 call just after 8:30 p.m. ...more

December 22, 2008

The Hillsborough County Health Department has learned that a person traveling through the area from the United Kingdom has tested positive for measles. ...more

December 19, 2008

The state says a St. Petersburg police officer's actions in the shooting death in November of 46-year-old Roberto Garcia Lara were the "lawful performance of his legal duties." ...more

December 15, 2008

Plant City police arrested a 19-year-old man Saturday night on charges he grabbed his pregnant girlfriend and slapped his 2-year-old daughter. ...more

December 7, 2008

They came to the United States from the city of Nadiad in India's Gujurat state. The first to arrive was Bhasker, the oldest of eight brothers, and then the Patel matriarch, accompanied by another son. The rest followed. ...more

December 5, 2008

A warrant has been issued for a 25-year-old Tampa man after one person was fatally shot and another wounded Thursday afternoon in Plant City, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 4, 2008