A local law to prevent sexual predators and offenders from clustering in Hillsborough County neighborhoods will be ready for the county commission in about two months. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - A local law that will prevent sexual predators and offenders from clustering in specific Hillsborough County neighborhoods will be ready for the county commission in about two months. ...more

May 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A group of children headed to school from the Chelsea Woods Apartments shared their bus shelter with a dead man Friday morning. ...more

May 10, 2008

LAND O' LAKES -- A group of children headed to school from the Chelsea Woods Apartments shared their bus shelter with a dead man this morning. Deputies responding to an 8:27 a.m. call from a distressed mother found a 19-year-old white male sitting on a bench in a bus shelter at 4453 Alpine Road. Investigators believe he died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head; a neighbor reported hearing a gunshot at about 3:50 a.m. today, Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokesman Doug Tobin said. ...more

May 9, 2008

Michael Cavoto had just stepped off the county bus when cars started crashing around him Wednesday. ...more

May 8, 2008

SEMINOLE -- A 15-year-old student at Osceola Middle School was arrested today, accused by deputies of bringing a handgun to school. Alexander B. Glass, of 1625 Whitewood Drive, Clearwater, was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm on school grounds, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 7, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY Michael Cavoto had just stepped off the county bus when cars started crashing around him Wednesday He didn't see them coming. "All I felt was a little bit of a jerk and this car rolled up and hit that pole," Cavoto said, directing his gaze toward a telephone pole behind a bus stop on U.S. 19 near Limit Drive. "And this lady was just sitting there and I ran up to see if the lady was OK." ...more

May 7, 2008

Heavy traffic won't be the only difficulty confronting this weekend's AirFest. A hospital construction project at MacDill Air Force Base will make parking more challenging than in the past. ...more

May 2, 2008

More than a week after he was shot saving a man from an assault, a bullet remains lodged above David Thomas' ankle, and he wonders whether anyone cares. ...more

May 2, 2008

Deputies have arrested an 18-year-old man in the stabbing of a 16-year-old at a Bradenton school bus stop Monday. ...more

February 25, 2008