The Senate Special Committee on Aging estimates that as many as five million Americans may be victims of elder abuse every year. ...more

December 17, 2009

As police officers canvassed downtown streets Tuesday morning to remind pedestrians to stay safe, they almost found themselves with another accident to investigate. ...more

December 16, 2009

From Dave Foreman ...more

December 8, 2009

A Tampa Tribune photojournalist's cell phone was confiscated and he was detained for 15 minutes after he took photographs of a crash involving a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer on a public street. ...more

December 7, 2009

Friday morning as a Rotary volunteer I worked the Salvation Army Circle for Cash and Cans. Giving is definitely down with our economy. However, nickels and dimes do count and they add up so next time you see a bell ringer and don't have any folding money just give your change. It all adds up. ...more

November 28, 2009

Wait a minute, Mr. Postman. That's all Philip Fortuna could think as he opened his mail Wednesday morning and saw the contents of a package sent to his Pinellas Park home from the U.S. Postal Service. ...more

October 30, 2009

A Pasco County jury deliberated two hours Tuesday before finding Larkin Derks III guilty of robbery in the February holdup of a Bank of America branch. ...more

October 1, 2009

A Pasco County jury Tuesday deliberated two hours before finding Larkin Derks III guilty of robbery in the February holdup of a Bank of America ...more

September 30, 2009

On Tuesday, May 5, as I sat at the red light on Schumaker Road waiting to turn onto U.S. 27, an older gentleman mistook his gas pedal for the brake and slammed into the back of my Jeep Liberty. I immediately called my firefighter husband to come to my rescue. ...more

May 13, 2009

A man died Tuesday morning, trapped in a burning van outfitted as a camper and parked at a Wal-Mart Supercenter. ...more

March 31, 2009