As the man they call "King Richard" prepares to leave his kingdom, his subjects sent him off with praise and prose befitting royalty. ...more

May 28, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - As the man they call King Richard prepares to leave his kingdom, his subjects sent him off with praise and prose befitting royalty. Friends, co-workers and students gathered at a retirement reception Thursday, May 22, for Richard Bartels, principal of Freedom High. Bartels will retire from the school district in June after 35 years. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - An 83-year-old woman with Alzheimer's used spoons to jimmy the lock of the house she was in while her caretaker was at church today, police say. ...more

May 18, 2008

TAMPA - Four units and 20 firefighters responded to an Auburndale home today when its residents reported heavy smoke and flames engulfing the second floor, Polk County Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

May 6, 2008

TAMPA For about 30 seconds, a Tampa police pilot and an observer watched as an officer clung to a Corvette speeding west on Beach Street, radioing the car's every move. ...more

February 25, 2008

Two people forcibly entered a Haines City home today Friday, and one sexually battered a girl inside while the other forced the girl's siblings into another room, Haines City police say. ...more

February 22, 2008

PALM HARBOR - Pinellas Sheriff's narcotics detectives swooped down on a Palm Harbor house Tuesday morning that they said was being used to grow hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA - With sirens wailing and a tornado approaching, 19-year-old Claire Elmblad of Wesley Chapel began praying out loud. Her fellow Union University dormitory roommates, all hunkered down in the cramped bathtub and surrounded by blackness, did the same. ...more

February 7, 2008

TAMPA - An 87-year-old Town 'N Country man who had been reported missing is fine and will be returning home today, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 6, 2008

WAUCHULA — Vandals spray painted the outside of the Hardee Junior High School and broke in through windows and doors to spray paint and create a mess inside the school, Superintendent Dennis Jones told News Channel 8. ...more

January 23, 2008