Please tell me this was a typo: Judge Michael Andrews approved paying $125 a day to a make-up artist so that an accused criminal's tattoos can be covered up. ...more

December 10, 2009

Sometimes in an attempt to guarantee a fair trial, extraordinary measures are put in place. We disagree with some, but holding a fair trial for someone accused of a crime is the cornerstone of our justice system. OK, we support that. What's troubling, though, is when taxpayer money is spent to hire a makeup artist to cover the tattoos of an accused murderer on trial in Tampa. ...more

December 9, 2009

Friends of Connie Bartels, who lost her dog in a fire that temporarily displaced her family, will rally around her Sunday. ...more

December 5, 2009

Kristel Oreto is receiving national acclaim from the experts in the world of customized body art. ...more

November 7, 2009

Summer in the Bay area means thunderstorms and the Warped Tour, the punk and underground music festival that made a stop at Vinoy Park on Sunday. ...more

July 27, 2009

A man who had pulled a black T-shirt over his face and head, covering everything except for his eyes, robbed a St. Petersburg convenience store at gunpoint this evening, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

July 19, 2009

Tampa police are searching for a suspect who shot two women as they sat in their car Saturday night. According to police, the victims were returning to their home in the Courtney Cove Apartments at 5510 N. Himes Ave. at about 7:30 p.m. when the shooting occurred. ...more

May 31, 2009

Polk County investigators are trying to identify a body found today near Davenport in Polk County. ...more

May 4, 2009

Tattoo artists who ink up minors without first checking if Mom or Dad said OK could spend up to five years in prison. ...more

April 1, 2009

Clearwater police are looking for a tattooed gunman they say robbed a Michael's arts and crafts store on Saturday ...more

March 17, 2009