More than 32,000 people are expected to fly out of Tampa International Airport on 220 commercial flights today, making it one of the busiest travel days of the year. On the morning after Super Bowl XLIII, some fans headed straight from the game to the airport. They were easy to spot at 6 a.m. They were the ones asleep in chairs or on the floor. ...more

February 2, 2009

In the inmates-are-running-the-asylum department, too many cases are popping up to ignore them. Here are a few modest examples: ...more

December 14, 2008

A 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night, accused of beating and raping a woman. ...more

October 23, 2008

A 19-year-old man accused of threatening his 15-year-old girlfriend Wednesday morning has turned himself in to Tampa police, authorities say. Frederick Alex Jackson, of 5038 Temple Heights Road, Tampa, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and taken to Orient Road Jail. ...more

October 22, 2008

Hillsborough High School is under a modified lockdown this morning after a 15-year-old student was threatened by her 19-year-old boyfriend, police and school officials said. ...more

October 22, 2008

Detectives are still searching for the second of two suspects who robbed a couple at gunpoint on top of the Linda Pedersen Park watchtower late Sunday night. ...more

September 5, 2008

First they drew straws - loser had to tell him. Then they had to clear all the breakables out of the room and call for extra security. Only then did the Rays break the news to Troy Percival that he was going on the disabled list. ...more

May 30, 2008

TAMPA - The practices of the Chamberlain High School band and football team were disrupted this afternoon when police converged on their fields. ...more

October 17, 2007

147 Pinellas Sheriff's employees will lose their take home cars starting October 1st. Most of the cars are unmarked vehicles used by the civilian staff. The new policy doesn't affect deputies who take marked patrol cars home. Sheriff Jim Coats says this is part of a larger plan of budget cutbacks. ...more

September 6, 2007