WTVT morning anchor Russell Rhodes had a blood alcohol content more than twice the level at which the state presumes intoxication when he was arrested on Jan. 16, according to new court documents. ...more

February 23, 2009

A former Blake High School custodian faces up to life imprisonment after a jury convicted him today of murdering his ex-girlfriend in October 2007. ...more

February 19, 2009

It seems only fitting in The Shops at Wiregrass, which transformed a few acres in Wesley Chapel into an idyllic village of shops and attractive "spaces," that the resident Mexican restaurant provides something superior to the usual south-of-the-border fare. ...more

February 19, 2009

Will Russell Rhodes' brief on-air apology Wednesday be enough? Will the 49-year-old TV anchor keep his job at WTVT, Channel 13? ...more

February 19, 2009

Russell Rhodes, a morning anchor for WTVT, Channel 13, issued an apology today during his return to the airwaves. Rhodes was arrested in January and charged with obstructing or opposing an officer without violence after trying to run from an off-duty deputy in the Channelside Parking Garage, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 18, 2009

Elalia Walker faced a horrible decision, prosecutors told jurors this morning: stay in a speeding van with the man who abducted and beat her or jump. ...more

February 17, 2009

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's bomb squad was called to the Seminole Hard Rock Casino this afternoon after the casino received a bomb threat and security found a suspicious package in the parking garage. ...more

February 14, 2009

The Clearwater company that designed and built a concrete and steel ceiling that collapsed inside a Tampa International Airport parking garage has agreed to pay for restoring the canopy, officials said Thursday. ...more

February 13, 2009

Russell Rhodes, the WTVT, Channel 13, morning news anchor arrested last month in a Channelside parking garage, now faces charges of driving under the influence and resisting arrest without violence. ...more

February 6, 2009

Building a courthouse means big dollars. And there are 11 companies that want the job of constructing the new judicial center, from mega-corporations with international ties to local outfits with familiar names. ...more

February 6, 2009