ST. PETERSBURG -- St. Petersburg, where New Year's Eve revelers have been known to fire guns into the air, is putting out a public service announcement this morning advising them not to do the same Wednesday night. Last New Year's Eve, there were 16 incidents of stray bullets falling from the sky, and in two cases people were struck and wounded. ...more

December 30, 2008

A year after being indicted in the rape and murder of a 71-year-old, Michael Lord Owens finally appeared in a Hillsborough County courtroom today. Owens, 45, made an initial appearance before Circuit Judge Walter Heinrich. The judge set Owens's arraignment for Jan. 6. ...more

December 22, 2008

In a single half-hour during New Year's Eve festivities, bullets presumably fired into the air in celebration returned to earth, hitting two people and narrowly missing two others, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

January 3, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – En sólo media hora, durante las festividades de Año Nuevo, la balas perdidas se hicieron sentir, hiriendo a dos personas y casi hiriendo a otras dos, según la policía ...more

January 2, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - In a single half hour during New Year's Eve festivities, bullets presumably fired into the air in celebration returned to earth, hitting two people and narrowly missing two others, police say. ...more

January 2, 2008

When Penny Hammock discovered her 71-year-old mother's body four years ago, she said, the murder scene in the South Tampa apartment was like a horror film. The image doesn't go away, and Hammock's life will never be the same. ...more

December 14, 2007