TAMPA - A Tampa man had an axe stuffed in his pants, a flashlight in his rear pocket and a crack pipe with faux rocks of cocaine in his shirt pocket as he tried stealing a box of liquor from an Ybor City business Saturday, police say. ...more

December 23, 2007

After they escaped, one of the severely burned women ran into a nearby sandwich shop and the other walked to an SUV in the parking lot and leaned against it. ...more

December 15, 2007

Samford's undermanned team was like a Sunday afternoon house guest that dropped by unannounced and then wouldn't leave. Florida State kept dropping hints that it was time for the pesky Bulldogs to disappear, but they wouldn't listen for much of the game. ...more

December 3, 2007

Far more Cubans are making the risky crossing to the Florida Keys this year than the Coast Guard can hope to stop. They're also landing on other beaches and finding new routes here. ...more

November 30, 2007

BROOKSVILLE — A suspected burglar who was shot twice on his way out the door has been captured, authorities announced today. ...more

October 29, 2007

TAMPA - Police charged a woman with felony child neglect Wednesday night after they found her 2-year-old son unattended and running along a sidewalk next to a four-lane portion of North Boulevard, they say. Latasha Regina Kendrick, 26, of Tampa, appeared to have just woken up when she answered the door after an officer knocked, an arrest affidavit states. ...more

October 18, 2007

AUBURNDALE - Polk County sheriff's detectives have released composite sketches of two suspects in an Auburndale home invasion Thursday. ...more

October 16, 2007

Two men wearing business suits forced their way into a Polk County woman's home in the middle of the day, punched her several times and demanded to know where she kept her safe, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 12, 2007

Despite 26 security cameras, officials couldn't say Thursday how an armed, suspended 14-year-old student was able to get into his downtown school a day earlier and shoot two students and two teachers before killing himself. ...more

October 12, 2007

The roar of Paris rush hour died down, giving way to eerie quiet. With traffic halted, jurors in a British inquest ventured by foot into a dark underpass and came to a halt before the scarred, dented pillar where Princess Diana's Mercedes crashed 10 years ago. ...more

October 9, 2007