TAMPA A 3-year-old girl died Wednesday afternoon after wandering away from her family and falling into a hotel swimming pool, Tampa police said. ...more

August 27, 2008

For Saturday's and Sunday's triathletes, training is over and it's time to cope with pre-race jitters, tune up the bike and gorge on carbs at Saturday's pasta bash. ...more

July 11, 2008

Behind the bold yellow tie and beneath the graying, slicked-back hair, which lately only vaguely resembles his trademark mullet, Barry Melrose has the heart and mind of a hockey coach. ...more

June 25, 2008

If you have a sudden heart attack, it's not very likely a bystander will attempt CPR or use an automated external defibrillator to save your life. ...more

June 6, 2008

As University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer has learned, late-night telephone calls usually bring bad news. This one was a stunner. On May 9, he learned that lineman Matt Patchan, the former Armwood High All-American and a cornerstone of UF's recruiting class, had been shot in the left shoulder. ...more

May 23, 2008

NORTH PORT — On Monday, Detective Lenny Hills received a call from a woman he had not seen in weeks. She said, "I died the other day at the school, and you brought be back." ...more

May 7, 2008

Tyrone Lamont Grimes says he spent the past three months hiding in Miami, trying to avoid an arrest on first-degree murder charges after the shooting of Karen Williams inside a Brandon nightclub. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA - Tyrone Lamont Grimes says he spent the past three months hiding in Miami, trying to avoid an arrest for first-degree murder after a shooting inside a Brandon nightclub. ...more

January 28, 2008

As soon as they found gasoline on the bodies and a melted cigarette lighter nearby, investigators said they suspected that Priyakumari Master set herself and her two young children on fire last week in a storage room at the motel her family owns. ...more

January 22, 2008

A frantic woman cradled a crying child in her arms Saturday and ran from a serious accident she caused on U.S. 19 that later led to a person's death, witnesses and troopers say. ...more

January 6, 2008