LAND O' LAKES - Originally planted to please the eye, the roadside trees in part of The Groves community on U.S. 41 have become a problem for some residents. ...more

January 9, 2009

Three former cleaners at Tampa Bay Downs sued the track and three officers today, claiming they were harassed and eventually fired because one would not have sex with a janitorial supervisor. ...more

January 5, 2009

A Florida couple who says they wound up in a Cuban jail after their boat was badly damaged in a storm is back home. ...more

January 2, 2009

Graffiti was spray-painted on 15 vehicles on Portside Street in the city's New Tampa area early Monday, authorities said. Cars parked in unlit areas along the street in the Heritage Isles community appeared to have been targeted, Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. ...more

December 31, 2008

The person who jumped off a second-story balcony to escape a fire Tuesday night has been identified as Gerald Parks, 60, Clearwater public safety officials said this morning. Parks had already leapt off the balcony when firefighters arrived at the two-alarm blaze at a condominium building at 171 Marina Del Ray Court at about 11:30 p.m. ...more

December 31, 2008

A celebrity disc jockey who survived a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina has sued several companies and the estates of the plane's pilots. ...more

December 24, 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

An Ohio man died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday night at State Road 17 and Lake Letta Drive. ...more

December 18, 2008

Documents show Dennis Quaid and his wife have agreed to a a $750,000 settlement with a hospital that gave his newborn twins an overdose of blood thinner. ...more

December 15, 2008

The Tampa Fire Marshal has identified the woman injured in a house fire earlier today at 1915 E. 18th Ave. She is Francis Baker, 85, and she is still being treated at Tampa General Hospital for severe smoke inhalation. ...more

November 27, 2008