The Polk County Sheriff's Office says its SWAT team is responding tonight to a domestic violence situation in Dundee where one man was shot. ...more

December 20, 2008

Three small mixed-breed dogs instead of a smoke alarm awoke a Tampa man during a house fire today, fire officials said. ...more

December 20, 2008

TAMPA - A second victim in a house fire Monday has died, according to Tampa Fire Rescue officials. Willie Bynes, 68, died this morning at Tampa General Hospital. His granddaughter Latoya Williams-Jones died Tuesday. ...more

December 10, 2008

TAMPA -- One of three people trapped by burglar bars in a house fire Monday has died, Tampa Fire Rescue officials say. Latoya Williams-Jones, 26, died late Monday at Tampa General Hospital, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

December 9, 2008

You overate. You sneaked some skin off the turkey, piled the whipped cream on your pumpkin pie, headed back for seconds. ...more

November 28, 2008

Digital video recording company TiVo said Monday it is teaming up with Domino's Pizza to allow subscribers to order pizza for delivery or pick-up from their TV sets. ...more

November 18, 2008

When I saw the photos of John and Deana Buckley's kitchen renovation (the subject of today's cover story, which starts on Page 12), I oohed and ahhed and lusted with the rest of the Baylife staff. ...more

November 2, 2008

The roommate of Thomas Andrew Grieco, charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old Brooke McDonald, said he believes Grieco meant no harm and thought the .44-caliber Magnum revolver was unloaded. ...more

October 15, 2008

Florida and Alabama have long contended that Lake Lanier was part of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint rivers system from the get-go, a critical part and as such should be treated as if jointly owned by the stakeholders in the system, in the case at the extreme southern end of the system, the seafood industry. ...more

October 5, 2008

I am writing to you today to express my opinion on an important subject. Music Programs across the country are having their budgets cut by lack of funding. ...more

September 30, 2008