The Senate has sent Gov. Charlie Crist's office a long list of questions about his latest gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe. ...more

September 15, 2009

Now that the county has received the go-ahead from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, it can proceed with a remedial plan to clean up the contaminated former department of public works compound at 201 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. ...more

June 26, 2009

Set a golf ball on top of a fence 50 yards away and Travis Rubio can blast a bullet through the center of it with a muzzleloader-style rifle. ...more

June 15, 2009

Police Chief Chuck Harmon today released the sequence of escalating events that led to Sunday's drive-by shooting that claimed the life of an 8-year-old girl, while the girl's family urged the members of the two warring groups involved to stop their cycle of revenge. ...more

April 7, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy shot a man Thursday evening after the man pointed a gun at him, sheriff's officials said. ...more

March 27, 2009

A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy shot a man this evening after the man pointed a gun at him, sheriff's officials said. ...more

March 26, 2009

Lighthouse hopes to open some eyes. ...more

March 26, 2009

Lake County it is. A brief hearing Thursday morning confirmed the trials of two men accused of beating a man known as "The Walker" will be moved to the courthouse in Tavares. ...more

February 13, 2009

Back in May, Scott Szala could hardly get contractors to return his calls. Those who did didn't seem too interested in taking on the extensive remodel Szala planned for his 1926 Tampa bungalow. That has changed a lot in recent months as work has tapered off for many area contractors. ...more

February 6, 2009

We all know Bay area home prices have tumbled, but this hurts: The Tampa-St. Petersburg metro area lost $35.6 billion in home value in 2008, according to a report released Tuesday morning by Seattle-based Zillow.com. ...more

February 5, 2009