A 71-year-old man died tonight after he was stabbed several times at a Palmetto boarding house, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 5, 2009

A 19-year-old Plant City man was killed Sunday afternoon when he was ejected from his car during a crash, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Brett Russell Fuller, 19, of 5012 Mud Lake Road, was driving his 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer northbound on Mud Lake Road about 2:45 p.m. when he lost control, deputies said. ...more

January 5, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office today charged someone in the New Year's Eve shooting death of a 93-year-old Lakeland man: his son. ...more

January 3, 2009

The new year began in Hernando County with a street fight that resulted in a broken nose for the suspect and the victim's mother nursing a bump to the head. ...more

January 3, 2009

Two men were arrested after a fight at a Tarpon Springs nightclub Friday night where two men were stabbed, one of them after being struck with a beer bottle, police said. ...more

December 27, 2008

The City Council unanimously voted to temporarily suspend all Community Redevelopment Agency activity until state redevelopment agency officials answer questions about some legal issues. ...more

December 24, 2008

A man with a gun fought his stepfather, who wielded a machete, Sunday afternoon in Tampa following an argument about a child's car seat, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 22, 2008

Reginene Hall Legette pleaded not guilty today to scuffling with deputies and a parent at Westchase Elementary School in September. ...more

December 18, 2008

David Brooks stabbed a person several times in the upper left arm with a screwdriver Tuesday, Temple Terrace police say. Officers arrested the 23-year-old Maryland man at 7:22 p.m. at 9202 N. 56th St. ...more

December 17, 2008

Hillsborough County high schools start the day far too early, in my opinion. Studies have shown that teenagers are on a different sleep cycle from the rest of us. If left to their own devices, they'll be ready for sleep much later, and wake up later, too. (Like that's news to anybody with a teenager in the house.) ...more

December 14, 2008