Since St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Kathleen Ford made headlines earlier this month with a comment about race, about the only person not talking about her comment was the candidate. ...more

October 27, 2009

It was just before 9 p.m. when the doorbell rang. ...more

February 26, 2009

The U.S. Secret Service is looking into reports that a crowd member yelled,"Kill him!" while Gov. Sarah Palin was talking about Sen. Barack Obama during her Clearwater rally Monday. ...more

October 10, 2008

A different John McCain appeared at times during the Tuesday night debate. The new version was full of big promises and slick talk. We miss the straight, old original. ...more

October 9, 2008

A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. ...more

August 8, 2008

Police on Sunday were investigating vandals' spray-painting of dozens of city vehicles in Orlando, some with disparaging messages about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. ...more

June 30, 2008

ORLANDO - Vandals have spray-painted 60 city vehicles in Orlando, some with messages against Sen. Barack Obama. ...more

June 29, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG — Though he had had no brushes with the law before a police officer fatally shot him this weekend, Javon Dawson had taken on the persona of a street thug on his MySpace page. On Saturday night, Dawson, 17, was spotted firing a gun into the air outside the Shining Light Masonic Lodge, where there was a graduation party. He got into a confrontation with St. Petersburg police officer Terrence Nemeth, with Nemeth telling him to put down the weapon, and Dawson running off, pointing his gun at Nemeth as he fled before Nemeth fired. ...more

June 10, 2008

About 50 white separatists protested the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday Monday in this tiny town, which was thrust into the spotlight months ago by 20,000 demonstrators who claimed prosecutors discriminated against blacks. ...more

January 22, 2008