With the writing of this letter, it is a couple of days until Christmas and while this is suppose to be a season of joy, ...more

December 25, 2009

The priest was lost in the Channel District and needed directions to Interstate 275, so he tapped a U.S. Marine Reservist on the arm and, in a thick Greek accent, asked for help. ...more

November 11, 2009

The priest was lost in the Channel District and needed directions to Interstate 275, so he tapped a U.S. Marines reservist on the arm and, in a thick Greek accent, asked for help. ...more

November 10, 2009

A Polk County man has been convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the death of a 25-year-old gay man. ...more

February 27, 2009

Tampa led the state in hate crimes in 2007, according to reports made by 74 law enforcement agencies to the FBI. ...more

October 27, 2008

Frank Armstrong was preparing to go for a jog this morning when he noticed his Lexus – with a McCain-Palin sticker on its bumper – had been vandalized with obscenities and a burned American flag. ...more

October 18, 2008

Police have accused a black man of committing a hate crime against a white Hispanic man by yelling racial slurs and throwing a bottle at him. ...more

October 17, 2008

Mulberry police charged a man with felony arson and felony aggravated assault, saying he used an aerosol can as a makeshift flamethrower. ...more

June 10, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - More than a year after an arsonist severely damaged their mosque, members of the Islamic Education Center of Tampa celebrated its reopening to worshippers Saturday. ...more

June 1, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - More than a year after an arsonist severely damaged their mosque, members of the Islamic Education Center of Tampa celebrated its reopening to worshippers Saturday. ...more

May 31, 2008