The air conditioner wasn't working, Hugo Santillan Esquitia told deputies. He was angry at his wife. And the baby was crying. ...more

June 22, 2008

The air conditioner wasn't working Hugo Santillan Esquitia told deputies. He was angry at his wife. And the baby was crying. ...more

June 21, 2008

Bishop Bruce Wright is a source of hope and comfort to patients at University Community Hospital. ...more

June 18, 2008

Bishop Bruce Wright is a source of hope and comfort to patients at University Community Hospital. ...more

June 18, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA Bishop Bruce Wright is a source of hope and comfort to patients at University Community Hospital. As the hospital's chaplain, he shares in the celebration of births and grieves with families when a patient is lost. He counsels the terminally ill and consoles the injured. Wright, 56, spends countless hours attending to the spiritual needs of men, women and children at UCH, UCH-Carrollwood, Pepin Heart Hospital and Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital. ...more

June 17, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A 15-month-old boy drowned this afternoon in the pool of a home where his parents were painting the house and pressure-washing the pool's screen enclosure, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 11, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - A 1-year-old boy was rescued Tuesday afternoon from a swimming pool at a home in the Willow Bend subdivision. Pasco County sheriff's deputies were investigating the incident. ...more

June 11, 2008

TAMPA - A 35-year-old man is accused of striking a friend in the face with a shovel during a robbery. Eric Ernsberger, of 10706 N. Central Ave., was held at Orient Road Jail this morning, charged with felony robbery and felony aggravated battery. His bail was set at $23,513, jail records show. ...more

May 29, 2008

LUTZ - Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee has confirmed that Lisa Freiberg, 26, was killed with her children, Zachary, 7, and Heather Savannah, 2, at her mobile home. ...more

May 13, 2008

Regarding "Teacher Thanks Little Lifesavers" (Metro, April 16): Our daughter, Shelly Copeland, a third-grade teacher at Folsom Elementary School, was able to celebrate her 33rd birthday April 17 thanks to the quick emergency responses from several groups of people in Hillsborough County. She suffered a sudden cardiac arrest March 4 in her classroom. ...more

May 10, 2008