When the deaths of two students shocked the University of Tampa this semester, Connie McCullough was on the front line treating emotional wounds and shaken psyches. ...more

December 6, 2009

A 20-year-old man is accused of punching his neighbor, causing a brain injury that required surgery. ...more

December 3, 2009

A 46-year-old man tried to kill his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend by setting fire to her Lutz home, according to the state fire marshal's office. William P. Harris poured accelerant on the home's doorway and set fire to it Wednesday, an arrest report states. The door is the home's only exit. ...more

December 3, 2009

Tampa General Hospital employees' generosity was on display recently as hundreds of boxes and cans of food filled a room on the hospital's first floor. ...more

December 2, 2009

Her stethoscope already dangling from her neck in preparation for her shift, respiratory therapist Patricia Syraski was driving on busy Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard on Monday when a man walked in front of her in the predawn darkness. ...more

December 1, 2009

Her stethoscope already dangling from her neck in preparation for her shift, respiratory therapist Patricia Syraski was driving on busy Gulf to Bay Boulevard on Monday when a man walked in front of her in the pre-dawn darkness. Her Chevrolet Avalanche struck him. Syraski, 50, said she immediately maneuvered into the left turn lane, moving the truck gingerly to ensure she didn't roll over the man's body. When she pulled over, she looked behind her, and saw him 15 feet away on the ground. ...more

November 30, 2009

Hours after a candlelight vigil for a University of Tampa student killed by a hit-and-run driver, another UT student was critically injured in a car crash on Davis Islands. Michelle Sams is in critical condition this morning at Tampa General Hospital after the car she was in crashed into a concrete garden wall at 523 Erie Ave., police said. ...more

November 24, 2009

Traffic is moving slowly on Interstate 4 westbound in Tampa after a pickup plunged off the highway after a collision late this morning. ...more

November 24, 2009

Fellow students started taking donations Monday for an Apollo Beach woman who was badly burned during what investigators say was an argument with her husband. ...more

November 24, 2009

Fellow students started taking donations today for an Apollo Beach woman who was badly burned during what investigators say was an argument with her husband. ...more

November 23, 2009