Stephen Grant Wood has always been around music. Even as a child growing up in Michigan, he wrote lyrics and taught himself to play music on an old acoustic guitar he found under his mom's bed. But it wasn't until Wood and his partner Rachel Lynn moved to Ypsilanti that Wood found his true musical voice. In the city in southeastern Michigan he hung out with factory workers whose families had come to the Wolverine State from the South. The transplanted Southerners started Wood and Lynn down the road of the country music on which they will focus during their performance next Saturday, Feb. 28, at The Witch's Brew, in Palm Harbor. ...more

February 21, 2009

Authorities from two agencies Thursday night charged an unemployed man with burglarizing and robbing three banks over the past two months, including one Tuesday morning in Temple Terrace. ...more

February 20, 2009

This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported Feb. 12-18 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the sheriff's office at (813) 247-8200. 33548 Clear Lake Dr, Block 18200, stolen vehicle, Feb. 14, 2:34 p.m. Helena St, Block 1000, disturbance, Feb. 15, 2:41 p.m. Lorena Rd, Block 900, accidental injury, Feb. 15, 1:54 p.m. ...more

February 20, 2009

A man wanted in connection with a Jan. 5 attempted robbery at American Momentum Bank was arrested Thursday night by Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives. ...more

February 19, 2009

A 38-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were arrested today in connection with a home invasion Monday afternoon in Tampa, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

February 17, 2009

A Tampa man's new book shows how his family's business defined the city's look in the '50s and '60s. ...more

February 13, 2009

This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported Jan. 22-28 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the sheriff's office at (813) 247-8200. 33548 Dale Mabry Hwy N, Block 18300, noise complaint, Jan. 23, 10:40 p.m. Dale Mabry Hwy N, Block 19500, vehicle burglary, Jan. 27, 5:21 p.m. Geraci Rd, Block 18000, noise complaint, Jan. 23, 11:05 p.m. ...more

January 30, 2009

SEMINOLE HEIGHTS - Owners of a proposed German-style deli and tavern won initial approval from the city council Thursday to sell beer and wine. A final vote is scheduled Feb. 5. ...more

January 28, 2009

Two Tampa police officers were treated at a local hospital Thursday after they rescued two people from a burning apartment, police said. ...more

January 23, 2009

This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported Jan. 8-13 to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the sheriff's office at (813) 247-8200. 33548 Comunidad De Avila, Block 17000, noise complaint, Jan. 8, 10:17 p.m. Crooked Ln, Block 18500, dead person, Jan. 9, 10:15 a.m. ...more

January 16, 2009