The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office wasn't negligent in its treatment of an inmate who had an emergency hysterectomy after doctors found a cancerous cervical tumor, a jury found. ...more

December 12, 2009

Ernest Illes was preparing to leave for work one morning two weeks ago when he felt the ground under his house in Old Seminole Heights shake - several times. ...more

November 19, 2009

The sewage spill was one of several discharges on Nov. 5 that occurred when a burst of pressure inside a newly installed $23 million wastewater pipeline broke through at least six air release valves, flooding the neighborhood with nearly 75,000 gallons of effluent. ...more

November 18, 2009

TAMPA - Friends and family held a candlelight vigil this evening in remembrance of Essence Jade Jovan Williams, the 19-year-old Tampa woman who died after she was shot following what authorities have called a domestic-related call. ...more

October 4, 2009

Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a pharmacy Thursday by saying he had in his pocket a needle filled with the AIDS virus. ...more

April 17, 2009

It was a family reunion fraught with risks involving parents fearful of deportation but more afraid that their 2-month old baby had been abducted. ...more

March 25, 2009

A 2-month-old baby has been reunited with her parents more than 24 hours after a woman impersonating an immigration official took the child from her mother. ...more

March 24, 2009

NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won. ...more

March 23, 2009

A fourth person has been charged with arson and attempted murder in connection with a fire on Monday that left 10 people homeless. ...more

March 12, 2009

At least one cell phone company blocked some calls to Florida's toll-free unemployment compensation hot line because the line is frequently busy, but the problem has been corrected, state officials said Monday. ...more

March 10, 2009