As a breast cancer survivor, I feel particularly qualified to assert my opinion on the latest U. S. Preventive Services Task Force's guidelines regarding mammograms. I'm uncertain at this point exactly whose best interests are served by this organization, but as one whose "starting annual mammograms at age 40" prevented "one additional death," I hope my story merits publication in your newspaper. ...more

November 20, 2009

A ballistics test couldn't officially determine which gun fired a bullet that struck a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy in the neck last month. The bullet is from the same type of gun the deputy used. ...more

November 17, 2009

A 23-year-old man performed a sexual act on a friend against her will Sunday morning, Tampa police say. The woman gave Ronald Terrance a ride to his apartment about 3 a.m. Sunday, and they went inside. Terrance told her he wanted to have sex with her, and she said no but he touched her inappropriately anyway, an arrest report states. During the struggle, Terrance threatened the woman with a knife. ...more

November 2, 2009

A second suspect has been arrested in a home invasion-robbery in which a sheriff's deputy was shot in the neck. ...more

October 28, 2009

A U.S. Army flag that was flying in Afghanistan at the hour of Tampa police Cpl. Mike Roberts' death will be presented to his widow, Cindy, this afternoon. ...more

October 6, 2009

A suspect was charged with petit theft after he snatched away the phony prescription he was trying to pass. ...more

September 2, 2009

A taser probe struck a 35-year-old woman this afternoon while officers were trying to subdue her son during a domestic dispute. ...more

August 1, 2009

A troubled Tampa charter school that serves homeless and at-risk children has asked the Hillsborough County School District to take over its operations. ...more

June 9, 2009

Two people were forcibly arrested during a fight outside a bar on Saturday. ...more

May 26, 2009

A suburban Broward County resident reported a third bear sighting, prompting state wildlife officials to prepare traps for the animal. ...more

April 22, 2009