"POLICE CHIEF BEHIND BARS; NEEDS HELP MAKING BAIL." Now that's the kind of banner headline reporters dream of. Now that's the kind of banner headline reporters dream of. While tempting, and even technically accurate, the real story isn't quite that sensational, though it is something that warrants public attention. Port Richey Police Chief David Brown and dozens of other local residents will be doing time - from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Wednesday, March 11. ...more

March 7, 2009

local, regional, national and a smattering of international - gathered for the initial press conference of Super Bowl week. It was convened by the Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee, the liaison between the NFL and local efforts. It included Executive Director Reid Sigmon and Chairman Dick Beard, plus Tampa Bay Bucs co-chairman Bryan Glazer, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Ken Hagan and Pinellas County Commission Chairman Calvin Harris. ...more

February 4, 2009

One of the biggest manhunts in Hillsborough County's history ended shortly before 3:45 p.m. Friday when deputies arrested the man they say killed a bystander during a morning shootout with police. ...more

December 6, 2008

An effort by more than 400 law enforcement officers from local, county and state agencies paid off late this afternoon. The search for the slaying suspect, which paralyzed Plant City for most of the day, ended shortly before 3:45 p.m. with the capture of 25-year-old Francisco Rangel. ...more

December 5, 2008

President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the United States spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases. ...more

July 11, 2008

A two-minute warning was all Darrell Charles had before three men kicked in his front door and beat him with a pistol Thursday morning. ...more

January 17, 2008

Florida's wild hog population is here to stay. The hogs are incessantly hungry, plowing the forest floor with their tusks for any and all things remotely edible. More swift and stealthy than their domestic cousins, they are masters of evasion, exacting great effort from those who would hunt or trap them. ...more

December 15, 2007

Even with a helicopter searching from the sky and a K-9 unit tracking on the ground, deputies were unable to find a man who robbed a woman in her home Monday morning. ...more

December 6, 2007