Fight followed argument over victim's previous interracial relationship, according to arrest report ...more

December 30, 2009

A written plea of not guilty was entered for a 17-year-old charged with attempted first-degree murder. ...more

November 17, 2009

As the nation grieved for the 13 people killed in Thursday's attack at Fort Hood, there was a glimmer of encouragement Saturday as some of the people wounded in the shooting were able to leave one hospital near the Army base. ...more

November 8, 2009

Josh Chapin knew the kid playing high school basketball for him was something special. ...more

November 4, 2009

Thank heaven there are such among us as Daniel Green, who, until just a few days ago, had mastered the art of being a good cop. That is, his achievements were unrelentingly laudatory without rising to the level of newsworthiness. Oh, others noticed. Judges, case workers, satisfied civilians. But a sheriff's detective who operates by a creed of professionalism and devotion earns headlines about as often as the airline pilot with an unblemished record of routine takeoffs and landings. ...more

October 21, 2009

A fight over a place in line to get food from a portable canteen trailer on W. Hillsborough Avenue left two men shot – one of whom drove off after being hit only to crash a short while later. ...more

August 8, 2009

Authorities say a man in central Florida has been charged with felony murder in connection to his 5-year-old son's death. ...more

July 29, 2009

A man fatally stabbed his 17-year-old sister, decapitated his 5-year-old sister in front of a police officer and then turned toward his 9-year-old sister with a knife in his hand before officers shot him dead in what their chief described as "a killing field." ...more

March 29, 2009

Authorities still don't know why 56-year-old Gilbert Velez pointed an Airsoft pellet gun at a Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputy Thursday night. ...more

March 27, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy shot a man Thursday evening after the man pointed a gun at him, sheriff's officials said. ...more

March 27, 2009