PALM HARBOR - A man robbed a pharmacy this morning, ordering staff and customers to the floor before firing a single shot into the ceiling and demanding painkillers, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA -- Police are searching for two men who held up a Hillsborough Avenue Shell station on Sunday. Tampa police say the two men came into the gas station at 2356 W. Hillsborough Ave. about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. One pulled a gun and ordered the clerk to open the cash register while the other robber emptied the register. ...more

June 17, 2008

It appears unlikely that criminal charges will be filed against the owner of a drive-through beverage and snacks store who fatally shot a man he said was trying to rob him Monday night, a Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman said Tuesday. ...more

May 28, 2008

Sarasota police are looking for suspects in a home invasion robbery early Monday on East Cornelius Circle. ...more

May 19, 2008

Cynthia Woods lost her son to gunfire three years ago. On Friday, her life was touched by violence again when an unknown gunman shot and killed her daughter-in-law as she slept in a car near the shore of Lake Maggiore. ...more

May 10, 2008

Cynthia Woods lost her son to gunfire three years ago. Today, her life was touched by violence again when an unknown gunman shot and killed her daughter-in-law as she slept in a car along the shores of Lake Maggiore. Police identified the victim as Angela Burgess, 32, of St. Petersburg. The mother of four died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds, the 13th homicide in the city this year. ...more

May 9, 2008

The Turkish gunman who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II is applying for Polish citizenship because he wants to live in the country of the late pontiff, whom he called his "spiritual brother." ...more

May 3, 2008

Ray Davies has pined for the good old days since he was in his 20s. Now in his 60s, his age has finally caught up with his mindset, and "Working Man's Cafe" finds Davies fully settled into his role as grumpy old man. ...more

February 21, 2008

Steve Kazmierczak, the man who walked silently into a classroom here Thursday and opened fire, was not seen as struggling in college. He was not an outcast. And until recently, at least, he was not brooding. ...more

February 16, 2008

A driver fired shots in the direction of a car carrying a mother and her two children in Bradenton, then drove away when his passenger yelled, "That's not him, dawg, that's a girl." ...more

February 15, 2008