Local law enforcement is still searching for a woman who was reported missing over two weeks ago. ...more

August 18, 2009

A 12-year-old girl died this morning after she was thrown from a vehicle on an Interstate 75 overpass and plummeted to the busy U.S. 301 beneath, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

August 13, 2009

The woman who took a gun-shaped cigarette lighter into the Hillsborough County Courthouse last week, unintentionally causing an evacuation, will not be charged, Hillsborough County deputies said. ...more

August 13, 2009

A 63-year-old man was taken by Aeromed to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne after being injured in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday on Arbuckle Creek Road. ...more

August 7, 2009

St. Petersburg authorities are investigating a man's fall at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night as the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox drew to a close. The man, whose name was not immediately available, tumbled over the side of the escalator. "He fell about 40 feet onto concrete," Lt. Joel Granata said. ...more

August 6, 2009

A woman and three large dogs were found dead Wednesday afternoon inside a house at 67th Avenue North. ...more

July 22, 2009

The body of a woman turned up in Lake Maggiore this morning, about five feet from shore, according to St. Petersburg fire officials. ...more

July 19, 2009

Three Jeep Wranglers were set on fire this morning, one in Largo and two not far away in the jurisdiction of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, officials say. ...more

July 16, 2009

A West Tampa couple welcomed their third daughter into the world Wednesday, but not exactly as planned. The father called 911 about 11 a.m. to say his 24-year-old wife was in labor and was pretty sure she wasn't going to make it to a hospital. Paramedics arrived at their house, turned their living room into a makeshift delivery room and delivered a healthy baby girl at 11:45 a.m., Tampa Fire Rescue said. Paramedics brought the baby and the mom to St. Joseph's Women's Hospital for examinations. The mom was tired but in good spirits. The couple were not identified. Fire rescue personnel involved were Capt. Lonnie Benniefield, Lt. Brian Smithey and firefighters Demetrius Davis, Tony Potoczny and Edwin Colon. ...more

July 16, 2009

At 8:45 a.m. Saturday, a resident of the community on U.S. 98 between Sebring and Lorida heard cries for help coming from the park beside the Spring Lake Improvement District office. ...more

July 11, 2009