A guitar-swinging melee sent three people to the hospital and one of them to jail, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. ...more

March 14, 2009

On Wednesday the First-Quarter Moon phase occurs at 7:46 a.m. which means that anglers can expect an excellent later-afternoon bite rating an 8 or 9 on the 1-10 scale and a fair to good early-morning bite rating a 4 or 5. ...more

March 2, 2009

Investors in a Sarasota-based hedge fund could be out $350 million, and the man behind it has vanished. Managers of the fund are telling clients that their money is gone, and they do not know if any will be recovered. ...more

January 16, 2009

When Bill Jones got the call about the bull, he had no idea what he was in for."I thought maybe it was something that got hit in the road," Jones says. "All they told me was that it was 500 pounds." For the past three years, Jones has been driving a tow truck for Stepps Towing. Yesterday afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says it needed Jones' tow truck to cart off a bull it found off 59th Street in Tampa. ...more

July 31, 2008

Three rooms converted to a marijuana grow operation, harvested plants, and duffle bags full of weed – well over 25 pounds' worth. There was a hole in the floor with wires coming out, used to steal electricity to make the operation run. That's what Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies say they found yesterday afternoon when they entered the home at 4426 Mohican Trail in Valrico, according to a criminal report affidavit, which gives the deputies' description of what happened. ...more

July 11, 2008

Joel "Joker" Childers may think twice about borrowing a car with tinted windows. ...more

June 28, 2008

SIG: DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE AA ROOKIES ...more

June 8, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE AA ROOKIES Wesley Chapel National benefits from 12 walks, six errors to send Hernando into the loser's bracket, 15-7. ...more

June 8, 2008

LAKE BUENA VISTA - A ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom has closed after a small fire broke out Sunday, sending one woman to the hospital with minor injuries. ...more

February 11, 2008