TAMPA - News of the federal government doling out rebates in May that range from the hundreds to thousands of dollars was greeted with a bit of skepticism as well as musings of how to spend the cash this morning. ...more

January 25, 2008

PINELLAS PARK - Rescue crews pulled a construction worker out of a 15-foot trench this morning after a bucket that had been removed from a back hoe fell on his feet, fire officials said. ...more

January 24, 2008

In Perry, Ohio, they are going to need a new baseball coach for the 14-year-olds. ...more

December 6, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - In Perry, Ohio, they are going to need a new baseball coach for the 14-year-olds. The Bridge Band, which plays contemporary Christian music, is going to need a new bass player. ...more

December 5, 2007

BEAUFORT, S.C. - The body of a Largo, Florida, construction worker missing for nearly two weeks has been found in a South Carolina river. ...more

December 4, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A card table was set up at First Street South and Fourth Avenue North, and a group of homeless and their advocates grabbed doughnuts from a dozen or so boxes on top. Next to the table sat Paul Wilkinson, 64, a former construction worker who lost his leg in a Miami shooting several years ago, the beginning of hard times leading to homelessness. Wilkinson came to the corner from his shelter at the St. Vincent de Paul Society to join the protest this morning. ...more

November 27, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A deputy at the Land O' Lakes jail was injured early Wednesday morning when he tried to break up a fight between two inmates in the maximum-security wing. ...more

November 22, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A deputy at the Land O' Lakes jail was injured early this morning when he tried to break up a fight between two inmates in the maximum-security wing. ...more

November 21, 2007

Robert Benjamin tried to hold back his tears. He didn't, however, hold back on Daniel Lee Parbel. ...more

November 17, 2007

John Benjamin spent the last hours of his life high on crack and begging for money to pay off a $300 drug debt. ...more

November 15, 2007