The Florida Supreme Court has stayed next week's execution of David Eugene Johnston pending DNA testing of key evidence. ...more

May 21, 2009

A 1946 Burgert Brothers' photograph was among key evidence persuading city officials that beer, wine and liquor can flow freely at The Retreat, an upscale bar catering to young professionals. A particular memory of property owner Nicholas Massari goes back even further to a famous day in history: the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. ...more

January 28, 2009

Two men charged with beating a homeless man to death and viciously attacking two others intended to kill because they repeatedly hit the victims in the head with baseball bats, a prosecutor said Thursday. ...more

September 5, 2008

A Hillsborough Circuit Court judge on Monday dismissed armed kidnapping, aggravated battery and aggravated assault charges against two suspected Latin Kings gang members. ...more

July 29, 2008

A Hillsborough Circuit Judge today dismissed armed kidnapping, aggravated battery and aggravated assault charges against two suspected Latin King gang members. Judge Daniel H. Sleet cited the refusal of the FBI to turn over information to a defense attorney for Michael Lugo and Omari Elijah Tolbert, who were scheduled to go on trial this morning. ...more

July 28, 2008

Regarding 'Change Florida's Draconian Drug Trafficking Statute' (Other Views, Sept 26): ...more

October 1, 2007