A former NFL quarterback who failed to show for sentencing on drunken driving charges nearly four years ago was killed in a car crash in Greece, authorities said, leaving behind an unsolved mystery involving two suspicious fires and years spent on the lam. ...more

March 20, 2009

The United Auto Workers' deal with Detroit's three automakers limits overtime, changes work rules, cuts lump-sum cash bonuses and gets rid of cost-of-living pay raises to help reduce the companies' labor costs, people briefed on the agreement said Wednesday. ...more

February 18, 2009

A 31-year-old former Port Richey lawyer, who's already spent time in jail on contempt of court charges, has been arrested on four felony counts of grand theft following a Florida Bar investigation that led to a criminal probe. ...more

February 6, 2009

Firefighters have been called to 5735 Gunn Highway due to a water-flow alarm. "Crews arrived to find water from the sprinkler system coming from under a rear door," a Hillsborough County Fire Rescue news release states. ...more

February 5, 2009

A 22-year-old senior airman assigned to MacDill Air Force Base has died in what the defense department says was a "non-hostile" incident in Iraq. Omar J. McKnight of Marrero, La., died Saturday, the Department of Defense said in a news release. ...more

January 19, 2009

Hillsborough County detectives are investigating the slaying of a man in a storage-facility parking lot in Brandon. Sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said the victim hasn't been identified. ...more

December 30, 2008

Two people died following a traffic crash Saturday night in Largo, police say. ...more

November 11, 2007