Hillsborough County deputies say heroin sales have picked up near 15th Street, south of 131st Avenue. ...more

January 22, 2009

Hotel rooms remain available in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties for the Feb. 1 Super Bowl weekend, but visitors can expect to pay the rack rate, the highest price a hotel lists for each room, or close to it, and book for at least three or four nights. ...more

January 21, 2009

Fire crews were called out to a fire early today at J.L. Young Apartments, 8220 N Florida Ave., Tampa Fire Rescue said. ...more

December 25, 2008

About a dozen residents of an apartment complex watched as St. Petersburg firefighters battled a small blaze at the Brandywine Apartment complex near the Tyrone Square Mall just before 1 a.m. today. The fire started in a laundry room on the first floor at 6367 16th Terrace N. ...more

December 17, 2008

TAMPA A man accused today of strangling his roommate during an argument over cigarettes was arrested last month after another argument between them turned violent, police said. Tampa police charged Billy Locke Jr., 30, with felony second-degree murder in the death of Rick Lamar Ming, 43, earlier today. Locke was held without bail at the Orient Road Jail. ...more

December 9, 2008

An electrical short sparked a fire this afternoon at a North Rome Avenue apartment complex, Tampa Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

November 11, 2008

About 65 people were displaced from a three-story apartment building in St. Petersburg this morning after a fire erupted in a nearby vacant building, fire officials said. ...more

November 9, 2008

I am writing this letter to you in response to a letter printed in your paper Wednesday, Oct. 14. The letter in question was from Raymond Hughes, who made some remarks I do not agree with. I will put his remarks in a question format. I will attempt to answer to the best of my ability as a retired firefighter/paramedic. ...more

October 23, 2008

BRADENTON – Three men who sold $1,100 worth of what was believed to be heroin to an undercover detective led authorities on a 45-minute pursuit Thursday night. ...more

October 18, 2008

The veterans hospital in Tampa is getting a new building for its unit that treats the nation's most seriously wounded warriors. ...more

October 17, 2008