Polk Community College shut down its two campuses today, fearing an armed gunman might be en route. Law enforcement learned there was a credible threat that someone might bring a gun onto the Winter Haven campus and harm someone, Winter Haven police spokesman Brad Coleman said. He said the threats came from a 39-year-old student who works on campus. ...more

September 22, 2008

A 46-year-old man died Thursday night after being zapped three times with a Taser and bound in handcuffs and leg irons, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 13, 2008

A 46-year-old man died Thursday night after being Tasered by a Hillsborough County deputy, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

September 12, 2008

Conditions at Tampa General Hospital's psychiatric ward are so bad they pose "an immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients," according to a federal agency's investigation into two suicides at the hospital. ...more

August 22, 2008

The race to replace outgoing Circuit Judge Marion Fleming has shaped up to be one of the more interesting local electoral contests. ...more

August 22, 2008

Sandy Hawkins says she has grit. To back up her claim, Hawkins points to the past 19 years she has spent as a single mother and the long hours working two jobs while attending college and law school full time. ...more

August 15, 2008

Officials at Tampa General Hospital are reviewing safety protocols and procedures after two psychiatric patients committed suicide in July, a hospital spokesman said. ...more

August 12, 2008

Officials at Tampa General Hospital are reviewing safety protocols and procedures after two psychiatric patients committed suicide in July, a hospital spokesman said. ...more

August 11, 2008

The developer of Seven Oaks said Wednesday that the community is not on the list of possible sites for a psychiatric hospital proposed for land near Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

August 7, 2008

A medical center that allowed a patient to escape twice before he killed a sheriff's deputy has been ordered to stop admitting the mentally ill who have been involuntarily committed. ...more

August 5, 2008