- Moffitt Among Quarterfinalists For Lott Award
- Two Women Thrown From Boat When It Hits I-75 Bridge
- Judge Imposes Stay On Lethal Injections
- Poll: More Coastal Residents Would Not Evacuate For Hurricane
- Robbers In Ninja Garb Strike Hampton Inn
- Deputy Is Accused Of Domestic Battery
- 2 Men Burst Into Home, Steal More Than $7,000
- Temple Terrace Man Wounded In Shooting
- Polk Deputies Charge 17 Men After Weekend Cockfight
- Baby Dropped Off At Fire Station
- Jury Awards $21.1 Million In Wrongful Birth Case
- Deputies Investigate Bank Robbery
- Grandpa Robbed; Grandson Charged
- Composite Sketch Of Armed Carjacker Released
- Progress Village Homicide Victim ID’d
TAMPA - A three-year investigation into a multimillion-dollar racketeering mortgage fraud case has netted five arrests so far, including two Hillsborough County residents, local and state law enforcement officials announced Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (AP)—“The Sopranos,” the mob series that went to its grave with a shockingly inconclusive finale, found a happy ending Thursday with 15 Emmy nominations including best drama. The made-for-TV movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” led all nominees with 17 bids.
People are being told to turn in their Easy-Bake Ovens.
RUSKIN - Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has now issued a warrant for the arrest of Jarvis Tabron, 35, for first degree murder in connection with the homicide of Luis A. Escobar, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
TAMPA – A Tampa woman was named the first runner-up in an international swimsuit competition last night in Las Vegas.
ST. CLOUD - Thanks to a surveillance video, St. Cloud police say they were able to arrest a mother for allegedly using her children to steal a puppy.
ST. PETERSBURG A 36-year-old man was found fatally wounded outside a house early this morning, and investigators have identified the man they say shot him.
TAMPA - Authorities say a Patriot missile has been found in a Ybor City metal yard.
Explosives experts at MacDill Air Force Base were called to the scrap yard on July 11 to identify an odd-looking object in a heap of junk.
CLEARWATER – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two fishermen and a dog from a sinking boat early this morning.
BRADENTON—Pressure is mounting for Bradenton police officials to seek an outside agency to investigate the depth of a scandal in which on-duty officers reportedly had sex with a prostitute.
Critics of the department’s handling of the situation, including two Bradenton City Council members, want an independent agency such as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to thoroughly vet the situation.
PLANT CITY - For local victims of domestic violence, help has been a phone call away since May 2002 at The Spring of Tampa Bay’s Plant City outreach facility. But that lifeline is impaired by an outdated and unreliable phone system.
POMPANO BEACH - A band instructor at Pompano Beach High School may lose his job over the content on his personal page on MySpace.com.
According to a complaint to the Broward School Board, Scott Davis allegedly allowed students to access postings with profanity, inappropriate photographs and references to drug and alcohol use.
School district officials say teachers are allowed to create personal pages on the popular networking Web site—but they also say Davis crossed the line.
The unions representing Hillsborough teachers and blue collar workers agreed to raises Wednesday averaging 8 percent for most teachers and 6 percent for most blue collar workers, including bus drivers.
Stream, a Dallas-based company that handles the tech support phone calls for hardware and software companies around the globe, is laying off 230 workers in Tampa, but will retain 400 other employees here and will consider hiring more people if it can secure more clients.
TAMPA - Explosives experts from MacDill Air Force Base picked up a new training device from a scrap yard last week – an old shell casing from a Patriot missile.
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