Although regional water supply levels are low, city residents continue to violate outdoor water use restrictions, Tampa Water Department officials say. Water enforcement officers have written an average of six water-use violation citations a day since the beginning of January. Violating Tampa's water-use restrictions could result in fines ranging from $100 to $450 and a mandatory court appearance. ...more

January 21, 2009

Fathers who fail to pay child support would do a weeklong work detail wearing a shirt, overalls or vest that reads "Deadbeat Dad" if state lawmakers pass a bill being introduced by Sen. Mike Fasano. ...more

January 17, 2009

Fathers who fail to pay child support would do a week-long work detail wearing a shirt, overalls or vest that reads "Deadbeat Dad" in bold letters under a bill being introduced by state Sen. Mike Fasano. ...more

January 16, 2009

The attorney for Washington Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes said the ex-Tampa Bay Rays player expects to meet next week's deadline to pay more than $40,000 in court-ordered child support and alimony to his estranged wife. ...more

January 16, 2009

Mob scion John A. "Junior" Gotti should stay behind bars while awaiting trial on charges he was involved in three gangland murders and cocaine trafficking, a judge ruled Thursday. ...more

January 15, 2009

As expected, Nature Coast High School Technical High School band director Timothy Brightbill resigned Friday. ...more

January 10, 2009

As expected, Nature Coast High School Technical High School band director Timothy Brightbill resigned Friday. ...more

January 9, 2009

As expected, Nature Coast High School Technical High School band director Timothy Brightbill resigned today. Brightbill, 42, faces charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. The mother of a 17-year-old female student came home on Dec. 31 to find Brightbill and the girl together in her bedroom clad only in their underwear, police said. Brightbill admitted to engaging in sex acts with the girl that day and at his home one day last November, according to police. ...more

January 9, 2009

The Nature Coast band director charged with having sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student will resign. ...more

January 8, 2009

Gail Manner doesn't understand why the driver who struck her son last summer with a car, killing him, only got a traffic ticket. Alan D. Danks Jr., 25, was cited for careless driving after his into Matthew Manner on June 20 in St. Petersburg. ...more

January 8, 2009