ST. PETERSBURG -- Authorities say they have charged a man now being held in Georgia in the 1987 slaying of a woman who was found partially nude. Tony Fantauzzi, 48, is incarcerated in Newton County, Ga., said St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa. ...more

December 18, 2008

Five of the six winning tickets for Saturday's Fantasy 5 drawing were sold at the same store in St. Petersburg: M&S Mart, 6401 Central Ave. The five tickets were sold to the same man, store owner Jason Kuriakose said. ...more

December 16, 2008

Deputies say they discovered about 100 marijuana plants growing in the backyard of a Seminole home. ...more

December 9, 2008

Pinellas County detectives arrested a 31-year-old man they say robbed a convenience store at gunpoint Saturday night, getting away with cash and a customer's cell phone. ...more

December 7, 2008

Highlands County commissioners voted Tuesday to award a total of $236,300 to help fund recreation improvements in Avon Park, and rejected a proposed lease for a private marina and convenience store on Lake June in Winter in Lake Placid. ...more

December 3, 2008

The owner of a convenience store was shot and wounded even though he gave two armed robbers everything in the store's cash register, St. Petersburg police said. ...more

December 2, 2008

Jim Higgins wants to offer Love Bugg's Car Wash customers more than just a clean car looking spiffy both inside and out. ...more

November 30, 2008

PORT RICHEY A 19-year-old Port Richey man faces charges of selling marijuana near a church or school, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

November 22, 2008

A second-grade teacher at Summerfield Crossings Elementary School has been charged with possession and delivery of heroin and crack cocaine, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 15, 2008

A Summerfield Crossings Elementary School teacher has been charged with possession and delivery of heroin and crack cocaine, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 14, 2008