A woman called authorities to her home after her half-sister arrived minutes earlier, punched her, put her in a headlock and head-butted her, deputies said. ...more

March 4, 2009

Singer-guitarist Steven Page has left the Barenaked Ladies. ...more

February 26, 2009

Pinellas sheriff's detectives identified the man who died in a mobile home fire Saturday despite a neighbor's attempt at rescue as Byron Companion, 44. ...more

February 17, 2009

One person has died in a Lealman fire this morning, according to Traffic.com ...more

February 14, 2009

It's not because I'm single and unattached that Valentine's Day fills me with a kind of internal cringing normally reserved for the sound of nails dragging down a chalkboard. It's not sour grapes or cynicism gone amuck. It's simply that Valentine's Day is, and nearly always has been, a crass, "What the heck am I going to get him or her" competition, that devalues spontaneity, simplicity, romance and - I'm pulling out the big guns here - most of all, love. ...more

February 14, 2009

A man in his mid-20s pretended to be a police officer and robbed a Bradenton man Friday, Bradenton police say. ...more

February 10, 2009

Jeffrey Porter chased his roommate with a pair of scissors and stabbed him twice in the back Sunday, Tampa police say. ...more

February 9, 2009

Lisa Ann Houghtalin pulled her mother's hair, kicked her in the stomach, choked her and threw a coffee cup into a 52-inch television, causing $1,200 damage Wednesday afternoon, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 5, 2009

During the eight year span I've been safekeeping my father while he fights his way through Alzheimer's, we experienced what could be the worst excursion of our campaign. ...more

January 29, 2009

An argument over butter and pancake syrup led a woman to throw a wooden vase at her roommate, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 26, 2009