ST. PETERSBURG A St. Petersburg police officer was fired today amid allegations he kept in contact with a married woman he was told to stay away from, according to internal affairs documents. ...more

August 7, 2008

A medical center that allowed a patient to escape twice before he killed a sheriff's deputy has been ordered to stop admitting the mentally ill who have been involuntarily committed. ...more

August 5, 2008

The grandmother of a missing Florida girl says she won't explain what she meant when she said that "pieces of the puzzle" are coming together regarding Caylee Anthony's disappearance. ...more

August 1, 2008

A man whose girlfriend sat on a toilet for so long that the seat adhered to her body will spend six months on probation. ...more

July 31, 2008

The following column is dedicated to families who are moving, thinking of moving or know that a move is in the near future due to the economy or a job change. ...more

July 20, 2008

Billy Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-year run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended. ...more

July 15, 2008

A Wednesday night thunderstorm had an even greater impact than just drenching a good part of south Hillsborough. About 1,100 Tampa Electric Co. customers lost power for a portion of the evening after a circuit went out in the Gibsonton substation, said Rick Morera, TECO's senior spokesman. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA - An Adventure Island revenue manager has embezzled more than $113,000 from the company since May 2007, police say. ...more

July 7, 2008

Do any of the drilling advocates actually realize how small our petroleum reserves are? We consume 25 percent of the world's oil and have 2 percent of the world's reserves. Domestic drilling ensures our oil runs out faster and encourages Americans to continue consuming at four times the rate of the rest of the world. ...more

June 25, 2008

Sirchauncey Holloway won't be able tote the football in his senior season of high school, but he knows where he will play the year after that. ...more

June 25, 2008