TAMPA -- At its annual statewide conference this week, the Florida Association of Hostage Negotiators named the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Crisis Negotiations Team the 2008 Team of the Year. The crisis negotiations team responds to incidents involving hostage situations, high-risk or armed suicide attempts and armed and barricaded suspects, a sheriff's office news release states. ...more

June 13, 2008

Authorities are analyzing a number of small, explosive-making materials found inside a Clearwater home this morning. ...more

June 7, 2008

The New Moon arrives today at 7:23 p.m. which means the angler is in for the best fishing conditions of the month. This New Moon is closer to the earth than previous New Moons and this only enhances the usual affects of this phase of the moon cycles. The main daytime feeding migration occurs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and rates as a 10 on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the best rating. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the feeding migration is literally off the ratings chart. ...more

June 1, 2008

A man accused of killing his 10-month-old son told a jury Wednesday that he referred to the boy using a curse word, pretended to hit him with a belt and said that he never liked the baby, just to get a rise out of his sister and friends. ...more

May 8, 2008

TAMPA - A man accused of killing his 10-month-old son told a jury today that he referred to the boy by a curse word, pretended to hit him with a belt and said that he never liked the baby just to get a rise out of his sister and friends. ...more

May 7, 2008

This municipal election season, incumbents Deborah Kynes and Julie Ward Bujalski and political newcomer Tony Scruton are vying for two open seats on the Dunedin City Commission. At 11:30 a.m. this Monday, Feb. 25, the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce members will meet the candidates at the group's quarterly luncheon, at the Dunedin Country Club. ...more

February 23, 2008

A man approached a tattooed undercover Tampa police officer straddling a bicycle inside North Boulevard Homes on Tuesday, offering $8 for one rock of crack cocaine. ...more

February 6, 2008

Tuesday marked the 20th year of operation for the Tampa Police Department's Quick Uniformed Attack on Drugs squad. The street-level initiative celebrated like any other workday: targeting drug users and dealers. ...more

February 5, 2008

There were a lot of sad little faces at Saturday's Children's Gasparilla Parade when fierce storms forced officials to halt the event a half-hour after it started. It was the right call to make. ...more

January 22, 2008

A woman who injured 49 people when she plowed her car through a street festival while high on crack cocaine was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday. ...more

January 9, 2008