About 4.2 million Floridians have already voted in the presidential election, Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning said Monday - but Election Day voters should expect to stand in line anyway. ...more

November 4, 2008

Hillsborough County has whittled down its list of more than 800 unverified voters to about 600, elections staff said Monday, and is trying to reach everyone by Nov. 4. ...more

October 28, 2008

Bay area elections supervisors are laying plans to deal with what they fear could be hundreds of people who have problems voting Nov. 4 because of the state's "No Match, No Vote" law. ...more

October 10, 2008

Some of the Tampa area's largest hospitals are starting to modernize one of the most meaningful and important milestones in a baby's life: getting a birth certificate. ...more

October 9, 2008

Some of the Tampa area's largest hospitals are starting to modernize one of the most meaningful and important milestones in a baby's life: getting a birth certificate. St. Joseph's Women's Hospital and others are starting to use a new portable computer system to generate a birth certificate in the mother's hospital room – dramatically speeding up a vital, but sometimes cumbersome, bureaucratic process. ...more

October 8, 2008

SARASOTA — Hotel owner Czelaw "Chester" Jarosz fought back when a robber came into his North Trail motel office, police said. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA - A teenage rape victim, attacked at Bloomingdale Regional Public Library in April, suffered a fracture to her forehead, a small fracture near the tip of her nose and suffered multiple strokes because she had been strangled, according to new court documents released today. ...more

June 6, 2008

SEBRING — Someone knifed nearly every tire on nearly every vehicle on the lot Friday night at Rufus Brown Motors. And if you know who it is, it'll be worth $1,000. On Saturday morning, salesmen were walking down the rows of Jeeps, Mercurys, Hondas, Dodges and Accuras, writing down information, and preparing to order replacement tires. ...more

May 24, 2008