Some downtown merchants have petitioned for an increased police presence downtown, but Police Chief Bill McDaniel said a plan is already in the works. ...more

August 27, 2008

About 25 protesters traveled from St. Petersburg this morning to rally in front of the Capitol and demand a new investigation into the shooting death of teenager Javon Dawson. ...more

August 13, 2008

Who knows if Tampa lawyer Mary Ann Stiles is a drinking woman, but if not, she certainly could be forgiven if she's devoted herself since Friday mostly to some serious quality time with a fifth of Boodles gin. ...more

August 7, 2008

A medical center that allowed a patient to escape twice before he killed a sheriff's deputy has been ordered to stop admitting the mentally ill who have been involuntarily committed. ...more

August 5, 2008

Citing personal reasons, Harlan Derek Saltsman on Wednesday withdrew from the race for Hernando County Circuit Court Clerk. ...more

June 20, 2008

Citing personal reasons, Harlan Derek Saltsman on Wednesday withdrew from the race for Hernando County Circuit Court Clerk. ...more

June 18, 2008

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether top government officials can be sued for damages by Muslim men who were rounded up and imprisoned under harsh conditions in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. ...more

June 17, 2008

Hillsborough County's traffic division and Lake Forest residents are working together to reduce speeding in the neighborhood. ...more

June 14, 2008

LAKE FOREST - Hillsborough County's traffic division and Lake Forest residents are working together to reduce speeding in the neighborhood. County staffers met last week with neighborhood residents to discuss solutions to the speeding problem on Lake Forest Drive. Traffic division director Mike McCarthy said people at the meeting voted to install a series of speed tables on Lake Forest Drive just north of Tall Tree Drive. ...more

June 9, 2008

After 18 months of community meetings and petitions, the county has approved the construction of a 155-foot T-Mobile cell tower in the Countryway neighborhood. ...more

May 28, 2008