At 2:26 p.m. Tuesday, Laura April got a disturbing text message from Christopher Hanney. ...more

November 19, 2009

Tampa quickly is extending its reign as king of the global text message business. ...more

August 26, 2009

The University of South Florida was under lockdown for more than an hour today after a man called a crisis line saying he had a gun on campus and was willing to use it, USF police said. Area law enforcement is now searching for the suspect who caused the incident. ...more

July 24, 2009

The new law concerning buckling up is long overdue. A seat belt probably kept me from being seriously hurt in a wreck once. But requiring us to buckle up while permitting us to text message does not make much sense. ...more

July 2, 2009

University of South Florida police detectives have interviewed someone they think might have been mistaken for a gunman on campus Thursday. ...more

June 13, 2009

A search for a gunman on the University of South Florida campus has yielded no suspect after more than an hour of searching. ...more

June 11, 2009

A spokeswoman for Hampton University in Virginia says three people have been taken to a hospital after a shooting in a dorm. ...more

April 26, 2009

Mike Hampton pitched five scoreless innings but the Houston Astros, still struggling at the plate, lost to the New York Yankees 4-1 on Wednesday. ...more

March 18, 2009

Back when the world was less urgent, about all you had to do to know if you could sleep easily at night was to turn on Walter Cronkite. ...more

March 15, 2009

A fiery explosion leveled a house Wednesday morning, sending one man to a hospital and causing minor damage to a neighboring home. Residents up to a mile away said they heard the explosion. ...more

February 12, 2009