Woman arrested at Sweetbay ...more

October 7, 2009

A Hillsborough County courthouse security officer has received a written reprimand for allowing a woman to pass through courthouse security this month with what appeared to be a gun. ...more

August 28, 2009

A shootout at a mosque in the southern Gaza city of Rafah between Hamas security men and a more extreme Islamist group called the Warriors of God ended early Saturday with 22 dead, including the group's leader and a senior Hamas security officer. ...more

August 16, 2009

The woman who took a gun-shaped cigarette lighter into the Hillsborough County Courthouse last week, unintentionally causing an evacuation, will not be charged, Hillsborough County deputies said. ...more

August 13, 2009

A technical school student battered several school employees this morning, including an assistant principal, Tampa police say. ...more

April 24, 2009

Police have arrested a 42-year-old man who said the marijuana they found was for medicinal use. ...more

April 16, 2009

Naples police say an William Colburn, 18, swallowed a pair of earrings after stealing them from a store at a Naples mall. Naples Police said Monday that an X-ray showed the stolen earrings inside William Colburn. Authorities say he faces charges of retail theft, tampering with evidence and possession of marijuana. ...more

December 1, 2008

7:25 a.m.: The polls at the New Mount Zion Baptist Church on Columbus Drive have been open for about a half-hour and about 50 people are patiently waiting in a line that stretches across the front of the church. Vilma Bell, 49, strides out and crosses the street to her car. ...more

November 4, 2008

BRADENTON - A 28-year-old Bradenton woman was stabbed early today during a fight with a man who claimed she stole $100 from him, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 1, 2008

Travelers at Tampa International Airport this morning will be the first to experience the new full-body imaging scanners that detect weapons, explosives or other dangerous items. ...more

October 24, 2008