With horses, grey hounds, police dogs, a semi-truck, police car, two fire trucks and plenty of guests talking about their careers, Park Elementary School's students were wide-eyed with plenty of questions for Friday's Great American Teach-In. ...more

November 14, 2009

Three men dumped a large pile of old automobile tires onto a St. Petersburg street Sunday night, police say. Officers arrested the driver, Fernada Lynn Hurst, on a felony littering charge. ...more

December 23, 2008

TAMPA Police arrested 34-year-old Andres Trujillo on Thursday night, accusing him of breaking into the home of a man who owed the defendant money and choking him. Then, police said, they found three stolen items at Trujillo's home. Trujillo, of 7316 N. Dartmouth St., was initially charged shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday. Police say Trujillo forced his way into the home of a man who owed him money. He choked the unidentified victim and shoved him against a counter, leaving a red welt across his lower back, they say. ...more

December 5, 2008

Police, in a traffic stop, recovered thousands of dollars in merchandise and items of mail reportedly stolen Sunday from several locations in Sebring and possibly within the county. ...more

September 30, 2008

A person was killed when a city sanitation truck collided with a bicycle this afternoon, police said. ...more

August 29, 2008

Police arrested two men Sunday they say crashed a pickup truck through a security fence and then stole 50 pallets from a business. ...more

August 11, 2008

Six blocks after a St. Petersburg police officer tried to pull it over for a traffic violation early Friday, a Jeep Cherokee ran a red light and crashed into a pickup, critically injuring the passenger in the truck, police said. ...more

July 26, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG – An early morning wreck left one person in the hospital, led to the arrest of two others, and closed a busy intersection. ...more

July 25, 2008

The man wanted in connection with Tuesday's slaying of Iris Hernandez-Morales was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder, police said. ...more

June 20, 2008

BRANDON It was a high-school football jamboree, but it was more than that. You knew it as players from Brandon, Bloomingdale, Riverview and East Bay lined up until they made a square on Brandon's football field. You knew it by the silence. It was for a kid who never gave up, a kid who will never grow up. ...more

May 23, 2008