The state Department of Children & Families will no longer document whether prospective foster parents own a gun. ...more

December 22, 2009

The three men accused of terrifying employees in a botched robbery of T.J. Maxx last week may have had more criminal schemes in the works. ...more

November 24, 2009

Irv Friedman of Bayonet Point disagrees with op-ed page columnist Rich Lowry regarding U.S. restrictions on border crossings by Mexican long-haul trucks. ...more

March 28, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies say they found more than 60 grams of cocaine next to about $10,000 during a search of a Tampa home Wednesday. ...more

February 5, 2009

Gerard Abbett of Brandon remembers well the weapons and gear stocked at a Vietnam-era command post set up in Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday. ...more

February 1, 2009

For the second year in a row, a group of military aficionados – many veterans of the service, if not combat – set up a special display at the park at 3602 N. U.S. Highway 301 to commemorate the 1968 Tet Offensive, a military victory turned public-relations debacle. ...more

January 31, 2009

A 37-year-old St. Petersburg man who pleaded guilty to drug charges was sentenced today to 24 1/2 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...more

October 16, 2008

Authorities are involved in a lengthy standoff with a man who has fired several shots from his home in the 18400 block of Wintergarden Avenue into the neighborhood today. ...more

September 21, 2008

Today, police agencies across Florida recognized the work the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office did during the tense hours Jeffrey Lane Dudney held five people hostage. ...more

July 14, 2008

Deputies say a Brooksville man beat his wife and held a loaded gun to her head after she dumped his drugs down the sink. ...more

July 12, 2008