A woman employed by a Washington lobbying firm with a Tampa connection has filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for an article about her and Sen. John McCain. ...more

December 31, 2008

Two roommates' friendship apparently turned sour Tuesday morning, when Rick Lamar Ming was found dead inside the unit he shared at Eden Apartments with Billy Locke Jr., the Tampa Police Department said. ...more

December 9, 2008

Police charged a Tampa man with driving under the influence Tuesday night after he drove on Dale Mabry Highway with a large section of chain-link fence attached to his truck. ...more

November 12, 2008

WASHINGTON - A telecommunications lobbyist who became part of an explosive story early this year about John McCain has broken months of silence to deny the main subtext of the account - that she was suspected of being romantically involved with the Republican presidential candidate. "I did not have a sexual relationship with Senator McCain," Vicky Iseman told the National Journal magazine. ...more

October 16, 2008

A former track coach at St. Petersburg High School was arrested Monday, accused of having a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student, St. Petersburg police said. Lee Edward Fictum, 32, of Pinellas Park, was charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor, jail records say. He was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on $250,000 bail. Fictum developed a personal relationship with the girl that turned sexual in the summer of 2007, St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt said. The girl's father became aware of the relationship and then made a report to St. Petersburg police, Proffitt said. ...more

October 7, 2008

A Boston Globe reporter who reportedly sent racy e-mail to a married school official whom she covered while working as a reporter in Miami has resigned, the newspaper said Friday. ...more

September 27, 2008

Hernando County has fired its emergency management director for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with his secretary. ...more

May 11, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man was free Wednesday on $5,000 bail after sheriff's investigators charged him with stalking his ex-girlfriend and threatening her. ...more

April 9, 2008

Many hear the call, but few sitting senators actually make the move to the White House. Last week, we saw why. ...more

February 26, 2008

Joyce Bartholomew found a new love when her daughter ended a romantic relationship. ...more

February 24, 2008