BARTOW - A Lakeland man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl is competent enough to choose to refuse jailhouse medical treatment, a Polk County circuit judge ruled Wednesday afternoon. ...more

December 6, 2007

Thomas L. Brackett was furious when he found out his 70-year-old mother decided his brother's ventilator should be unplugged. He snapped, shoving her to the ground and punching his other brother, who is physically disabled, Tampa police say. ...more

December 6, 2007

BARTOW - A Lakeland man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl is competent enough to choose to refuse jailhouse medical treatment, a Polk County circuit judge ruled this afternoon. ...more

December 5, 2007

TAMPA - Upset because his 70-year-old mother decided his brother's ventilator should be unplugged, a Tampa man shoved the woman to the ground and punched his other brother, who is physically disabled, Tampa police say. ...more

December 5, 2007

TAMPA - A Tampa man hit his 10-year-old son several times with a lawn chair and several times with a belt, then used the chair and belt to hit a neighbor who tried to intervene, Tampa police say. ...more

December 2, 2007

Vacations are meant for relaxing, sightseeing, perhaps enjoying recreation in the woodlands, near the mountains or by the water. The last thing you want is for your trip to be ruined by an allergy or asthma attack. By planning ahead, you can help minimize the effects that changes in climate, foliage and accommodations may have on your allergies. ...more

November 30, 2007

The timing and holiday spirit couldn't have been better for Herbin Guion Sr. ...more

November 21, 2007

LARGO - A two-year old child fell from a moving car last week at the intersection of 66th Street and Ulmerton Road and the mother has been charged with child neglect, police said. ...more

November 20, 2007

PALM HARBOR - A fire of undetermined origin caused about $20,000 damage to a home early Sunday morning. The house's occupants, a woman and her teenage sons, along with a dog and a cat, escaped unharmed, although the animals were brought out of the house after the fire was brought under control. ...more

October 21, 2007

AMPA Three Tampa women took part in a paintball spree Wednesday night, riding through Ybor City while two fired a gas-powered paintball gun at people, police say. A man nearly was struck on the head by one shot, and a woman was hit and permanently disfigured, an arrest affidavit states. Jackie Yvonne Jones, Nekoma Keona Holmes and Rita Monique Girven were arrested this morning and charged with felony aggravated assault and felony aggravated battery. ...more

October 18, 2007