Micah Israel Rodriguez now knows what not to do when being arrested on a warrant for violating probation. ...more

November 28, 2008

It took nearly a decade, but a memorial bearing the image of slain Tampa police Detective Ricky Childers has been dedicated at a site his family members say is appropriate: the place he received law enforcement training. ...more

November 19, 2008

A memorial to a Tampa police detective shot in the line of duty a decade ago was dedicated Friday, ending years of wrangling to find a home for the black obelisk. ...more

November 8, 2008

TAMPA After nine years of wrangling, a monument to a slain Tampa police detective finally has a home. At 1 p.m. today, a black obelisk featuring the image of Detective Ricky Childers will be dedicated outside the public service building of Hillsborough Community College's Ybor City campus, officials said. ...more

November 7, 2008

TAMPA - A public memorial service for longtime radio newsman Don Richards will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Good Samaritan Lutheran Church at 6085 Park Blvd. in Pinellas Park. ...more

June 27, 2008

Don Richards spent more than 40 years in radio, but became best known for his controversial on-air interview with police killer Hank Earl Carr, who was holding a hostage at gunpoint. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA -- Don Richards spent more than 40 years in radio but became best known for his controversial on-air interview with police killer Hank Earl Carr, who was holding a hostage at gunpoint. News critics lambasted Richards, saying he had crossed the line of journalistic ethics. But his supervisor said Richards simply got caught in a situation he couldn't get out of when he unknowingly dialed the very business where Carr was holed up almost exactly 10 years ago. ...more

June 6, 2008

10 Years Later It has been 10 years since Hank Earl Carr killed three police officers and a 4-year-old boy with an SKS assault rifle acquired at a gun show. ...more

May 26, 2008

Police are searching for a felon who with another man beat a Tampa police officer early Monday during an undercover prostitution sting. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - Police are searching for a convicted felon who with another man beat a Tampa police officer early this morning during an undercover prostitution sting. ...more

May 19, 2008