With security fences removed, mounds of trash collected and the stench of urine largely dissipated, South Tampa residents still are talking about the annual assault they face when the Gasparilla parade rolls into town. ...more

March 6, 2009

Residents surrounding Bayshore Boulevard talked Wednesday night of a war they annually face when Gasparilla rolls into town. ...more

March 5, 2009

The fury of Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs and other nativists in response to the news that the prime suspect wanted for the murder of Chandra Levy is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador could easily be dismissed as racism. But complicating matters is that most Americans probably agree with them. ...more

March 1, 2009

A nonprofit county organization is offering up to $5,000 to anyone with information that may help locate a missing Holmes Beach woman. ...more

December 31, 2008

Investigators have broken up a Tampa-based drug trafficking organization responsible for the sale of up to 17.5 ounces of heroin a week, Tampa police say. ...more

December 2, 2008

Ron Grimming, 63, has three things in common with his opponent: he was a state trooper, he taught at Miami-Dade College, and he's spent 33 years as a career law enforcement officer. Grimming moved to Lake Placid three years ago. ...more

October 12, 2008

Though she bungled the delivery, U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite was right Monday to call for a federal investigation of how two illegal immigrants with arrest records were free to allegedly carry out a string of violent robberies and rapes. ...more

August 26, 2008

The revelation that more than 10,000 convicted criminals have been welcomed with open arms into Florida's mortgage industry is shocking, even in light of the state's sleazy, anything-goes history. ...more

July 31, 2008

"The Cleaner," not to be confused with one of those HGTV home declutter shows, is about a reformed addict who leads a ragtag team of intervention heroes. ...more

July 15, 2008

Cruise ships would be required to install peep holes in cabin doors, increase guard-rail heights and maintain crime report logbooks under legislation introduced Thursday by Sen. John Kerry. ...more

June 28, 2008