The new year began in Hernando County with a street fight that resulted in a broken nose for the suspect and the victim's mother nursing a bump to the head. ...more

January 3, 2009

Two men were arrested after a fight at a Tarpon Springs nightclub Friday night where two men were stabbed, one of them after being struck with a beer bottle, police said. ...more

December 27, 2008

The City Council unanimously voted to temporarily suspend all Community Redevelopment Agency activity until state redevelopment agency officials answer questions about some legal issues. ...more

December 24, 2008

A man with a gun fought his stepfather, who wielded a machete, Sunday afternoon in Tampa following an argument about a child's car seat, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 22, 2008

Reginene Hall Legette pleaded not guilty today to scuffling with deputies and a parent at Westchase Elementary School in September. ...more

December 18, 2008

David Brooks stabbed a person several times in the upper left arm with a screwdriver Tuesday, Temple Terrace police say. Officers arrested the 23-year-old Maryland man at 7:22 p.m. at 9202 N. 56th St. ...more

December 17, 2008

Hillsborough County high schools start the day far too early, in my opinion. Studies have shown that teenagers are on a different sleep cycle from the rest of us. If left to their own devices, they'll be ready for sleep much later, and wake up later, too. (Like that's news to anybody with a teenager in the house.) ...more

December 14, 2008

Teresa Batts, who describes New Orleans as her home away from home, in Tampa, saw snow for the first time Wednesday morning in the Crescent City. ...more

December 12, 2008

Parenting column about the dangers of "drowsy driving." ...more

December 11, 2008

It's not clear why the 36-year-old man jumped out of his car and went after the 71-year-old driver on Little Road but the elder man was sent to a hospital and the younger man was sent to jail Sunday morning. ...more

December 10, 2008