The Pasco County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday released a drawing of a suspect in a June 9 stabbing and armed robbery that left a 41-year-old man hospitalized for four days. ...more

June 18, 2008

The opening of the new Gator Falls water flume ride at Lowry Park Zoo was delayed Saturday for the second time. ...more

June 15, 2008

TAMPA - The much-ballyhooed opening of the new Gator Falls ride at the Lowry Park Zoo – scheduled for today - is being delayed. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA -- A log flume/gator exhibit was supposed to open for hundreds of VIP guests Friday night at Lowry Park Zoo, but with rain in the forecast, the zoo has decided to cancel the event. "We are canceling because of the small hurricane that is forming above the zoo right now," joked Trisha Rothman, director of marketing for the zoo. ...more

June 13, 2008

Six-year-old Amaya Crabtree walked past the nearly nude woman and asked, "Who are you?" ...more

June 11, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Six-year-old Amanda Crabtree walked past the near-nude woman covered in body paint and asked, "Who are you?" ...more

June 10, 2008

Gator hunters who were denied a permit by a computer glitch will have a second chance when the state opens another round of applications June 17. ...more

June 6, 2008

Polk County deputies are asking for the public's help in identifying the remains of a man found floating in a canal off Saddle Creek on May 17. Volunteer sketch artist and former Polk County sheriff's crime scene technician Laura Sheffield drew a composite from the man's face. ...more

June 5, 2008

Disappointed gator hunters prevented from getting a permit this week by a balky computer will have a second chance when the state opens another round of applications on June 17. ...more

June 5, 2008

TAMPA - Hunters have snapped up nearly all the available permits for this year's alligator hunting season, leaving only about 100 this morning of the roughly 4,800 permits that were to be issued. ...more

June 4, 2008