A Tampa man cut the PVC pipes to a person's water softener and tried to remove the unit from the side of a home, Tampa police say. Officers arrested Robert E. Barnhart, 32, at 3:01 a.m. today at 7108 N. Rome Ave. ...more

May 7, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are investigating a structure at a Valrico church that the pastor calls a "makeshift lynching station." ...more

March 30, 2009

A federal judge this afternoon began the tedious process of winnowing the pool of potential jurors into those who will hear testimony in the case of Youssef Megahed, a former University of South Florida student charged with transporting explosives. ...more

March 16, 2009

A lawyer who represented Sami al-Arian and Wesley Snipes notified the court Thursday that she will defend a former University of South Florida student accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

February 8, 2008

Linda Moreno, half of the team that defended Sami Al-Arian on terrorism-related charges, will team up with defense lawyer Lyann Goudie to represent Ahmed Mohamed, a 26-year-old Egyptian national who was arrested in South Carolina along with Youssef Megahed in August. Deputies said they found pipe bombs in the trunk of their car. ...more

February 7, 2008

An FBI report supports claims by two Egyptian students that the devices they had in the trunk of their car in August were fireworks and not explosives, a defense attorney argues in a new court filing. ...more

January 31, 2008

TAMPA – An FBI report supports claims by two Egyptian students that the devices they had in the trunk of their car last August were fireworks and not explosives, a defense attorney argues in a new court filing. ...more

January 30, 2008

AVON PARK — Anyone needing some Christmas cheer needn't look further than their own neighbors. Two Avon Park residents have welcomed the public to their front yards to enjoy lighting displays, with show times from now until the holiday. Rob Jordan's display, at the corner of East Winthrop Street and North Lake Verona Boulevard, has shows nightly at 7, 7:30, 8 and 8:30 p.m. Richard Reinhardt's display, at the corner of North Bowden Road and Tyler Avenue, has shows nightly at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. Jordan used to help his mother put up lights every year but his year, he decided to step up the effort in her large corner lot. "I definitely took it to the extreme this year," Jordan said about his 20,000-light display. ...more

December 4, 2007

For weeks now, the delicate seedlings have been arriving from Canada. ...more

October 25, 2007

For weeks, the delicate seedlings have been arriving from Canada. They come packed in foam coolers and are quickly plugged into the plastic-covered beds that blanket thousands of acres in eastern Hillsborough County. ...more

October 25, 2007