SOUTH VENICE - A North Port man has been awarded $100,000 for pain and suffering after he was falsely arrested and charged with molesting a 5-year-old neighbor. ...more

November 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG A St. Petersburg police officer was fired today amid allegations he kept in contact with a married woman he was told to stay away from, according to internal affairs documents. ...more

August 7, 2008

CLEARWATER - Technically speaking, the Clearwater Police Department violated evidentiary procedure by not preserving surveillance video taken at a McDonald's restaurant the day a grandmother was arrested outside, a judge said today. ...more

July 10, 2008

ON IRAQ Then /From Obama's campaign Web site: "Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months." ...more

July 8, 2008

Heather Rouse treated her classroom to Hawaiian night. The children listened intently as reading coach Debbie Rosete recited the Hawaiian version of The Three Little Pigs. ...more

February 4, 2008

U.S. Troops Still Needed Regarding "Down-Sizing U.S. Bases Abroad Essential As Allies Grow Strong" (Our Opinion, Jan. 21): ...more

January 31, 2008

TAMPA - Dean Tong, an expert on family rights and domestic violence, was arrested Monday night, accused of abusing his wife during an argument a week ago. ...more

January 29, 2008

Law and Order crime news briefs. ...more

January 22, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE – Starting Monday, the Temple Terrace Public Library will offer early voting for the two weeks leading up to the Jan. 29 Florida presidential preference primaries, city officials said. Registered voters may cast ballots at the library from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Jan. 19 and Jan. 21 through 26. ...more

January 8, 2008

The winners of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" are coming to Tampa on tour. Race car driver Helio Castroneves and his partner Julianne Hough will be appearing with the "Dancing With the Stars" tour when it plays Tampa in January, according to officials at the St. Pete Times Forum. ...more

December 11, 2007