TAMPA Investigators here are searching for a Virginia couple they say murdered a man earlier this week and may be hiding here. Deputies say Jason Betts and Mithrellas "Relli" Curtis fled from Smyth County, Va., after Betts broke into the man's house on Monday, stabbed him to death and seriously injured three others – two women and a man. ...more

December 12, 2008

SEMINOLE Three people were taken to the hospital this morning after a minivan collided with a school bus that was not carrying students, officials said. The minivan's driver was taken to Bayfront Medical Center, and one of the children in the vehicle was taken to All Children's Hospital, said Alison Shanabrook, spokeswoman for Seminole Fire Rescue. Two other children in the minivan were examined but not transported to the hospital. ...more

December 9, 2008

When a Pasco Sheriff's Office deputy found Kristin Marie Smith shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, she appeared to be dozing behind the wheel of her minivan while her 6-year-old daughter jumped up and down on the vehicle's front passenger seat. ...more

December 6, 2008

A man remained in jail Tuesday in lieu of a $105,000 bond after his weekend arrest on burglary charges. ...more

December 3, 2008

When a Hillsborough County sheriff's sergeant tried to pull over a 1994 Isuzu driven by Duane Linscott in east Tampa Sunday night, mayhem ensued. ...more

November 10, 2008

A minivan rolls through the streets of St. Petersburg. In it, your scribe and Violet, his 3-year-old daughter, listen to the "Madagascar 2" soundtrack without incident until Track 11, "More Than a Feeling," by Boston. ...more

November 6, 2008

My inbox is filled with e-mails from supporters of the "eating local" movement, urging people to consume food that is grown and produced in their local area. The movement is nothing new; for the past few years I've been reading about it in national newspapers, popular food magazines and on countless Web sites. ...more

October 19, 2008

A tractor-trailer driver was on his cell phone when he slammed into a school bus in north Florida, police said Wednesday. A 13-year-old girl died, but officials are crediting heroic passers-by who pulled students off the burning bus with preventing an even bigger tragedy. ...more

September 25, 2008

A tractor-trailer driver was on his cell phone when he slammed into a school bus in north Florida, police said Wednesday. A 13-year-old girl died, but officials are crediting heroic passers-by who pulled students off the burning bus with preventing an even bigger tragedy. ...more

September 24, 2008

At least one student died and eight people were injured Tuesday after a tractor-trailer rear-ended a school bus in an accident in West Central Florida, authorities said. ...more

September 24, 2008