Apparently, life between the Lightning pipes isn't all that bad after all. ...more

February 27, 2009

Two men found out this morning that a beer causes legal headaches after police said they used an unmarked patrol vehicle as a chaser. ...more

February 26, 2009

So where's everybody going? Why are schools losing kids and people abandoning Florida neighborhoods? ...more

February 8, 2009

Mark and Connie Thomas went to their first gun show Dec. 6 at the Florida State Fairgrounds, where throngs of people packed the parking lot and swamped the Charles M. Davis Special Events Center. ...more

December 17, 2008

TAMPA – A day after Gerald Scott found his family dog shot, he still can't believe it. He said today he heard a gunshot Tuesday and came out of the house on 39th Street in Tampa to find the dog, Lady, with a gunshot wound. The bullet traveled through Lady's chest and into her right front leg, Scott said. ...more

December 10, 2008

A new commander is overseeing several changes at the Avon Park Air Force Range. ...more

September 19, 2008

For people who can't remember what it was like when the U.S. truly dominated Olympic basketball, this is it. ...more

August 23, 2008

U.S. commanders moved swiftly to avert a crisis after a soldier deployed in Baghdad was found to have used a copy of the Quran for target practice. ...more

May 19, 2008

Even when everything goes right on Karlo Felix's job, the day is still hairy. If the GPS coordinates are correct, and his 200-mph flight to the scene is safe, and he finds the right spot to land his Black Hawk, and he touches down evenly and without stirring a brownout of dust, and the medics find the wounded soldiers and carry them back, and he lifts off in time to save the fighters' lives - it has gone as well as it can go. ...more

February 22, 2008

A shooting accident involving a 5-year-old boy at the Venice Police Department's gun range could have been avoided if safety standards commonly used by other law enforcement agencies had been in place. ...more

December 16, 2007