A man who had pulled a black T-shirt over his face and head, covering everything except for his eyes, robbed a St. Petersburg convenience store at gunpoint this evening, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 19, 2009

Construction worker Anthony Carey usually gets $50 in scratch-off lottery tickets once a week at the convenience store where he gasses up, but he says that probably will change when Florida reintroduces vending machines this year in supermarkets. ...more

June 6, 2009

Authorities are searching for a Washington state man apparently caught on video holding up a convenience store as his young daughter watches and telling the clerk he is unemployed and needs money to support the girl. ...more

April 2, 2009

An argument that began at a convenience store apparently sparked a drive-by shooting this month at Giddens Park. ...more

March 30, 2009

With chants of "No justice in Tampa," Johnnie Compton and about a dozen like-minded supporters picketed the Hillsborough County Courthouse on Friday over a judge's decision to release a sex offender on bail pending his appeal. ...more

March 28, 2009

With chants of "No justice in Tampa," Johnnie Compton and about a dozen like-minded supporters picketed the Hillsborough County Courthouse today over a judge's decision to release a sex offender on bail pending his appeal. ...more

March 27, 2009

A pajama-wearing 8-year-old boy found running along a country road in Crystal River last week wasn't abducted after all but left home on his own, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

March 25, 2009

An Avon Park man remained in jail Friday on a $105,000 bond following his arrest for allegedly robbing a delivery man at gunpoint. ...more

March 21, 2009

There are two fundamental truths that Tampa Tribune readers should be aware of as they consider Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to create a first-ever, $100 million tax on bottled water companies: These companies did not cause the overdevelopment that has led to water shortages in some communities, and this tax will do nothing to prevent more of it from happening. ...more

March 18, 2009

The following are items of interest from the March 9 Plant City Commission meeting: ...more

March 18, 2009