The last time Buju Banton was in town to perform, he ignited a controversy at the Cuban Club over his perceived anti-gay lyrics. ...more

December 18, 2009

Grammy-nominated Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton will fight a drug charge against him in Tampa instead of Miami. Banton waived his bail hearing Wednesday in Miami federal court. His case is being prosecuted in Tampa, where he will be transferred. ...more

December 16, 2009

On Dec. 8, a silver Land Rover with the tag "Jah One" pulled up to La Tropicana de Havana restaurant in Sarasota, according to federal and local law enforcement agents. ...more

December 15, 2009

Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing charges that he attempted along with others to buy a large quantity of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer. ...more

December 14, 2009

One death row inmate convicted of killing and robbing an elderly man will be retried. Another, who raped a pregnant woman and killed her husband, will get a new sentencing hearing. ...more

December 11, 2008

Carolyn Collins sat on her couch the night Barack Obama was elected president and thought about her late parents, who had drilled into her that she had the right to vote. ...more

November 24, 2008

A Lutz man who robbed a Land O' Lakes bank Friday has been arrested, Pasco County deputies say. Deputies arrested Mark Anthony Thomson, 35, of 18830 Carr Drive. ...more

November 14, 2008

TAMPA - A Palm Harbor man died Sunday in a traffic crash near Raymond James Stadium after being thrown off his motorcycle, police said. ...more

December 17, 2007