Officer Prentice K. Shellman didn't buckle an arrestee into the back seat of his police cruiser. He didn't close the cruiser's window. And he didn't notice when the arrestee escaped out the window as Shellman drove to an inmate transport van. ...more

December 23, 2009

A search in St. Petersburg for two armed suspects who threatened somebody at a Tampa nightclub is over, but the pair was not found, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

December 18, 2009

Authorities have arrested seven suspected human traffickers this afternoon after a chase through the outskirts of Floral City in Citrus County. ...more

December 15, 2009

Pasco County deputies are investigating a possible road-rage incident that ended with a stabbing Friday afternoon. ...more

November 21, 2009

Mark Parrish kept waiting for someone to push the pace at Friday morning's Class 4A-Region 2 cross country meet at Lake Park. This was, after all, one of the toughest divisions in the state, with five boys teams ranked in the top 10. ...more

November 14, 2009

Jimmie Johnson has won 23 races the past three seasons, and claimed the points championship each year, too. ...more

October 25, 2009

It was getting on in the afternoon when Jim Norman finally cut to the chase and summed up the situation with some accuracy. ...more

October 23, 2009

In the matter of Falcon Heene, the 6-year-old boy who stashed himself - or was stashed by his parents - in the attic while a frantic world thought he was adrift in a homemade balloon, let us stipulate a few things: ...more

October 23, 2009

The body of a boater was found in a Polk County lake early this morning more than 24 hours after the canoe he was in capsized, pitching him and two others into the water. ...more

September 21, 2009

The world's largest consumer products maker is finding that "new and improved" is still good but "lower price" is working better. ...more

September 11, 2009