Some pawnshops around town are noticing a different clientele. They still are desperate, but they come in wearing designer clothes or toting Rolexes or multicarat diamond cufflinks, or even, at one North Tampa pawn shop, a Tiffany ring signifying that the wearer won a recent Super Bowl. Secrets between a guy and his pawnbroker sometimes stay secret, and Capital Pawn owner Joe Cacciatore won't say which player pawned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl ring from 2002-03, but he did say the eventual buyer traded it for a "suitcase full of money." ...more

February 6, 2009

Firefighters have brought a house fire under control this morning. They have reported no injuries. The alarm came in early today at 215 W. Seneca Ave, according to Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade. Units responded to the single-story house fire and have brought it under control, he said. ...more

February 6, 2009

Pen pal Sarah Sagrati and Alissia Casher found out about their similarities. ...more

February 4, 2009

NORTH TAMPA - Two Tampa men are accused of pistol-whipping a person and stealing his car this morning. Hillsborough County deputies have arrested 27-year-old Antonio Davis and 35-year-old Robert Forte Jr. Each was charged with carjacking, armed robbery and resisting arrest without violence. ...more

February 2, 2009

The city plans to pump an additional $1.5 million in federal and state grants into a program to buy foreclosed and abandoned homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the mortgage crisis. ...more

January 30, 2009

Authorities today said that counterfeit Super Bowl merchandise with a retail value of $500,000 was being sold from a city flea market. ...more

January 28, 2009

Color, texture and spirituality describe the art of North Tampa Art League's February Artist of the Month at New Tampa Regional Library, Carol Northington. ...more

January 28, 2009

It seemed silly for longtime rivals Durant and Plant City to not be able to play in the same football district. ...more

January 28, 2009

Tampa Fire Rescue responded to a house fire today at 2910 Okara Road in North Tampa. Crews arrived at 4:02 p.m., and had the fire under control in 20 minutes, a Tampa Fire Rescue news release states. ...more

January 23, 2009

Herbert Washington thinks he will like his pen pal when he meets him next week. ...more

January 21, 2009