Considering the care she has taken to control her career, it is perhaps ironic that author Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc's own life story could be titled "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover." ...more

February 25, 2009

Bobby Lee Black III opted to gamble on a jury to resolve one of two rape cases against him. ...more

February 18, 2009

Bobby Lee Black III opted to gamble on a jury to resolve one of two rape cases against him. ...more

February 17, 2009

Pinellas sheriff's detectives identified the man who died in a mobile home fire Saturday despite a neighbor's attempt at rescue as Byron Companion, 44. ...more

February 17, 2009

St. Petersburg fire officials say a candle that had been used in a prayer ritual is to blame for a fire this morning at 3947 38th Ave. N. ...more

February 16, 2009

Janet Nelson has dropped more than 100 pounds in 14 months. ...more

February 4, 2009

A faulty electrical outlet caused a fire that heavily damaged a St. Petersburg home early this morning, investigators say. ...more

January 23, 2009

TAMPA – A woman in her mobile home got a huge surprise this morning when she heard a crash, looked out her window and saw a Ford Expedition headed straight at her. Two sport utility vehicles collided at the intersection of Waters Avenue and Ashley Street at 11:45 a.m., Tampa Fire Rescue workers said. ...more

January 16, 2009

Ellen Oris called to her husband, Anais, when she saw the fire at Anthony Stephens's tiny white house, across Strong Avenue from her own. ...more

January 10, 2009

Ella Faye Meadows was sitting in the living room of her Manatee County home, watching television, when a fire started Sunday. One or more people had poured accelerant along the outside of Meadows' lanai and lit it, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office news release. ...more

January 5, 2009