Now we've added "Flugtag" to the Tampa lexicon for that which is festive and funky and fun. Move over Gasparilla and Guavaween. Actually, the Red Bull Flugtag, a celebration of homemade "flying" machines that drew about 100,000 spectators and three dozen participating teams downtown recently, could carve out its own unique niche. ...more

July 30, 2008

Gerald Joseph Spelman was at home drinking Tuesday night, Tampa police say, and consumed so much alcohol that he passed out on his bed, leaving two young children unsupervised. ...more

July 30, 2008

Now we've added "Flugtag" to the Tampa lexicon for that which is festive and funky and fun. Move over Gasparilla and Guavaween. ...more

July 30, 2008

Levi Dixon Jr. wasn't perfect, but to Angela Pratt, he was the best son a mother could have. ...more

July 29, 2008

Levi Dixon Jr. wasn't perfect, but to Angela Pratt, he was the best son a mother could have. "He was a good kid," Pratt said a day after 17-year-old Levi was shot to death at a friend's house in Tampa. "He didn't get in trouble. Nothing like that. He liked to have fun." ...more

July 28, 2008

Police arrested a man today they have been looking for since Saturday night, when he eluded an officer that was stabbed from behind in the neck. ...more

July 28, 2008

A Tampa police officer was stabbed in the neck Saturday night at North Oregon Avenue and West Chestnut Street, police say. ...more

July 27, 2008

TAMPA A Tampa police officer was assaulted at Oregon Avenue and Chestnut Street, police say. ...more

July 27, 2008

A 93-year-old with a "determined" mood is looking for friends on My- Space in hopes of solving crimes. ...more

July 21, 2008

Luella McAdoo, the 68-year-old woman accused of forcing a mentally disabled man to perform oral sex on her, was released on her own recognizance Friday. ...more

July 19, 2008