Hundreds of people waited in line for hours Saturday for the chance to apply to become jailers with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 25, 2009

A volunteer treasurer at the Port Tampa United Methodist Church is accused of stealing $216,000 in church funds to support drug and gambling habits, police said. ...more

April 8, 2009

When people do something stupid, they are often said to have shot themselves in the foot. ...more

January 31, 2009

A team of volunteer therapists is taking over the care of an 18-year-old woman who survived being raped and beaten nearly to death at the Bloomingdale Regional Library last April. ...more

January 10, 2009

TAMPA A woman spent her 43rd birthday in jail, accused of striking her husband in the head with a bottle and trying to throw her grandmother to the ground, police said. Lilwanda Miller Thompson was held without bail today at the Falkenburg Road Jail, records show. She is charged with felony battery on a person over 65 and two misdemeanors, battery and resisting an officer without violence. ...more

December 4, 2008

Students at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School began and closed their school day Tuesday the same way: with a prayer vigil for fellow student Alessandra Augello, one of two teenagers who died Monday night after a collision less than a mile from the school. ...more

November 12, 2008

Lt. Michael Farrier, who was suspended following the escape of a Falkenburg Road Jail inmate last month, has been reinstated to administrative duties, Col. Jim Previtera said today. ...more

November 11, 2008

Events HOLIDAY MARKET: Find custom wreaths, yard art, lawn furniture, plants, holiday decorations and gifts at the Tampa Garden Club's annual Open House and Holiday Market from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the club headquarters, 2629 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa. Admission is free. ...more

November 9, 2008

Deputies continued the search Monday night for an inmate who escaped from Falkenburg Road Jail as he was escorted to a medical clinic. ...more

October 27, 2008

A Brandon woman was charged with felony child neglect after deputies said they found her driving drunk with her children in the car. Jennifer Ruth Carter, 27, was held at the Falkenburg Road Jail today on $2,750 bail, records show. Carter also is charged with two misdemeanors: driving under the influence with property damage and driving with a suspended license. ...more

September 23, 2008