Frustrated by two deadly house fires in East Tampa since Thanksgiving, emergency workers fanned out today, handing out dozens of free smoke detectors and batteries to scores of College Hill residents. ...more

December 15, 2008

University of South Florida students celebrate their graduations on USF's four campuses, in Tampa, Lakeland, Sarasota and St. Petersburg, today, Sunday and Monday. Though the fall commencement exercises are typically smaller than the spring's, this year brings several firsts: ...more

December 13, 2008

William Carro and Willie Hall were wearing matching buttons while sitting in a Highlands County courtroom Wednesday afternoon. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA - A second victim in a house fire Monday has died, according to Tampa Fire Rescue officials. Willie Bynes, 68, died this morning at Tampa General Hospital. His granddaughter Latoya Williams-Jones died Tuesday. ...more

December 10, 2008

I am writing this letter in hopes that it will remind people of what Christmas really is about and make them realize how much we as people have commercialized Christmas. ...more

December 10, 2008

When Margaret Callija was a child in rural Connecticut, she often heard tales about the man on the moon. ...more

December 6, 2008

A 54-year-old man and his 38-year-old girlfriend were arrested today in Hillsborough County on charges they killed his 4-year-old granddaughter, according to Largo police. ...more

November 25, 2008

Three weeks later I have to ask myself why I still remember. It was so ordinary, so mundane, so easily overlooked. ...more

November 24, 2008

The father of a central Florida woman charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter told investigators she forged her parents' checks, stole from her mother's purse and even took the change from her child's piggy bank. ...more

November 21, 2008

The name Strawberry Crest will be displayed at the soon-to-be-completed high school under construction near Interstate 4 and McIntosh Road. ...more

November 19, 2008