Southwest Bartow residents have been in a buzz ever since hundreds of vultures took up roost in their neighborhood. ...more

February 25, 2008

GULFPORT -- A man and a woman were found shooting up heroin Thursday morning in a parking lot next to Gulfport Elementary School, police said. ...more

February 22, 2008

The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office is pursuing a charge against Jean Merola, the 75-year-old woman who was arrested after not moving her car out of a drive-through lane at a McDonald's. ...more

February 21, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A year ago, Jeri McDonald said she saw her granddaughter skydive, and thought she wanted to try it as well. ...more

February 20, 2008

CLEARWATER -- The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office is pursuing a charge against Jean Merola, the 75-year-old woman who was arrested after failing to move her car out of a drive-through lane at a McDonald's. ...more

February 20, 2008

Tampa police are looking for a man who abandoned five stolen plasma televisions and a stolen Dodge Durango shortly after 6 a.m. at North Howard Avenue and West La Salle Street. ...more

February 7, 2008

A Clearwater police officer accused of wrongly arresting a 75-year-old woman at a McDonald's drive-through last month has been cleared of wrongdoing by his supervisors, according to an internal affairs file released Monday. ...more

February 5, 2008

About the only person who believes a Clearwater police officer wrongly arrested 75-year-old Jean Merola at a McDonald's drive-through last month is Jean Merola. ...more

February 4, 2008

Burger King Holdings said Thursday that its second-quarter profit jumped 29 percent as the stalwart Whopper, the new Homestyle Melt and promotions with TV tie-ins fired up worldwide sales. ...more

February 1, 2008

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who play the Super Bowl XLII halftime show on Fox this Sunday, will play The Forum in downtown Tampa on July 16. ...more

January 29, 2008