Gunshots erupted outside a barroom early this morning and two men were hospitalized with wounds that were not considered life threatening. ...more

October 24, 2008

A Lakeland man was shot dead outside a bar during fights that broke out after last call this morning. ...more

October 20, 2008

The slaying of prominent Odessa horseman Lawrence P. Higgins doesn't appear to have come as the result of a robbery, deputies said today. ...more

October 13, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 12-year-old girl from Fort Meade. Family friends dropped off Tamara Thomas at her godmother's home, 2985 Morris Drive, Bartow, about 3 p.m. Monday, sheriff's office spokeswoman Donna Wood said. Thomas has not been seen since. ...more

October 7, 2008

Roommates -- a teenager and a woman -- both lose in a battle for TV remote control, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

September 29, 2008

In April, a 4-year-old girl told her parents she was sexually assaulted by Thomas Cochran, 43, a man who was babysitting her, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 26, 2008

The Bucs ended practice in prayer Wednesday, with 60 players and more than two dozen coaches and staff members kneeling, heads bowed, for a family member who never got the chance to kick a football. ...more

September 25, 2008

A Tampa man shook 9-month-old boy on Sept. 13, resulting in symptoms consistent with shaken baby syndrome, said Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter. ...more

September 24, 2008

A construction worker was struck and killed while setting up signs on a remote stretch of U.S. 98 in northwest Polk County on Monday night, investigators said. ...more

September 23, 2008

Sheriff's detectives hope somebody can help them find a hit-and-run driver who struck a woman as she walked along a road Saturday morning. ...more

September 22, 2008