LAND O' LAKES - Robert Smith, 43, whose son attends Land O' Lakes High School, was arrested Tuesday on a disorderly conduct charge after trying to fight with the school's principal, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 22, 2009

Authorities are investigating the cause of a Pinellas Park house fire that sent heavy black smoke and flames into the air early this morning. The fire started about 3 a.m. at 6698 69th Ave. N. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to get the fire under control, district Fire Chief Guy Keirn said. ...more

October 16, 2009

A fight over free speech turned into fisticuffs at a city council meeting that left the brother of one of the council members arrested. ...more

October 16, 2009

Drug suspect held on $4.2 million bond ...more

October 13, 2009

Two men are hospitalized after a small plane crashed in a lake in Winter Haven this morning, Winter Haven police said. The plane, a 2005 SeaRey, crashed into Lake Otis at 10:31 a.m. after it suffered what the pilot told police was a catastrophic engine failure. The pilot, John Sugar, 43, of Winter Haven, was taken by ambulance to Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Police did not know the extent of his injuries. The plane's owner, John Curtis, 64, also of Winter Haven, was flown to the same hospital with injuries that police described as serious. ...more

September 17, 2009

PENSACOLA (AP) — Perdido Key firefighters say two Louisiana tourists drowned at a Pensacola beach and 11 swimmers were rescued. ...more

September 16, 2009

Two men were in critical condition Monday night after a shooting in north Tampa. ...more

August 31, 2009

Manatee County sheriff's deputies continue to look for two men they say attacked a pizza delivery man late Sunday night by spraying him in the face with a can of aerosol disinfectant and robbing him of sodas and chicken wings. ...more

August 17, 2009

Pasco County sheriff's detectives were searching for two men Friday involved in the early morning shooting of a man outside a bar. ...more

August 15, 2009

A fight over a place in line to get food from a portable canteen trailer on W. Hillsborough Avenue left two men shot – one of whom drove off after being hit only to crash a short while later. ...more

August 8, 2009