It took Wayne Tompkins about five minutes to fatally strangle his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter. ...more

February 12, 2009

It took Wayne Tompkins about five minutes to fatally strangle his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter. ...more

February 12, 2009

The "people's governor" and his fiancee are keeping the details of their wedding tonight pretty private. Still, intrepid reporters across the state have managed to squeeze out a few nuptialicious nuggets. Here's what we know: ...more

December 11, 2008

Florida's social event of the year hits the Tampa Bay area the evening of Dec. 12, when Gov. Charlie Crist ties the knot with fiancée Carole Rome in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 12, 2008

Charles Smith says that as soon as he saw the news of the stabbing on his computer Wednesday afternoon, he knew his "creepy" former co-worker would show up at his door. ...more

July 25, 2008

Melissa McElroy, 18, woke up shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday and heard her mother screaming, deputies say. She stepped outside her bedroom and saw her twin sister, Michelle, bleeding from the arms and chest, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office report, which describes what happened next. Charles Smith says that as soon as he saw the news on his computer screen Wednesday afternoon, he knew his "creepy" former co-worker would show up at his door. Later that night, Smith says, his premonition came true. ...more

July 24, 2008

TAMPA – A man with a gun who barricaded himself in a car outside a 24-hour Laundromat has been taken into custody, Tampa police said. ...more

July 1, 2008