Pinellas County sheriff's detectives are investigating a fire that was intentionally set and destroyed a 12-unit apartment building in Feather Sound early this morning. ...more

February 22, 2009

A 22-year-old unemployed man was arrested this morning, accused of punching and hitting a cat, and then leaving his apartment with the feline in his backpack. ...more

February 12, 2009

Deputies are searching for the suspect in a fatal shooting this morning at an apartment complex. Hillsborough Deputies Searching For Suspect In Fatal Shooting ...more

February 7, 2009

Food left cooking on a stove caused a fire late Saturday night in an apartment building on Manhattan Avenue. ...more

January 25, 2009

Two Tampa police officers were treated at a local hospital Thursday after they rescued two people from a burning apartment, police said. ...more

January 23, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies say heroin sales have picked up near 15th Street, south of 131st Avenue. ...more

January 22, 2009

Hotel rooms remain available in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties for the Feb. 1 Super Bowl weekend, but visitors can expect to pay the rack rate, the highest price a hotel lists for each room, or close to it, and book for at least three or four nights. ...more

January 21, 2009

Fire crews were called out to a fire early today at J.L. Young Apartments, 8220 N Florida Ave., Tampa Fire Rescue said. ...more

December 25, 2008

About a dozen residents of an apartment complex watched as St. Petersburg firefighters battled a small blaze at the Brandywine Apartment complex near the Tyrone Square Mall just before 1 a.m. today. The fire started in a laundry room on the first floor at 6367 16th Terrace N. ...more

December 17, 2008

TAMPA A man accused today of strangling his roommate during an argument over cigarettes was arrested last month after another argument between them turned violent, police said. Tampa police charged Billy Locke Jr., 30, with felony second-degree murder in the death of Rick Lamar Ming, 43, earlier today. Locke was held without bail at the Orient Road Jail. ...more

December 9, 2008