A 29-year-old man convicted in the 1998 murder of a Haines City police officer was sentenced this morning to life plus 10 years in federal prison. ...more

September 18, 2008

Angela Silliman was upset that someone stole her drugs, deputies say, so she called the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 17, 2008

A flag that once flew over the World Trade Center in New York City will hang in Mayor Pam Iorio's conference room - a gift from the police of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ...more

September 12, 2008

TAMPA A flag that once flew over the World Trade Center in New York City will hang in Mayor Pam Iorio's conference room – a gift from the police of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ...more

September 11, 2008

The expected arrival of Tropical Storm Fay early this week resulted in little more than a drill for the Tampa area. ...more

August 24, 2008

TAMPA - Two Hillsborough County 911 operators who coached mothers giving birth over the telephone got a chance Thursday to meet and hold the babies they helped bring into the world. ...more

August 7, 2008

When Carlos Jose Gutierrez lost money in a slot machine at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino early Monday, deputies say he didn't just walk away, he called 911 to report that a slot machine stole his money. ...more

August 5, 2008

When Carlos Jose Gutierrez lost money in a slot machine at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino early this morning, deputies say he didn't just walk away. ...more

August 4, 2008

Repeated calls to the Hillsborough County 911 system by a man who wanted deputies to arrest him eventually got him what he wanted, a trip to jail. ...more

July 29, 2008

The woman who drowned Wednesday night in the Gulf of Mexico was a Norwegian tourist who was overtaken by a wave as her children watched from the beach, Clearwater police said. The woman was identified as Alicja I. Dyga, 51, said Clearwater public safety spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts. ...more

July 24, 2008