The music that normally streams from one small home on West Bates Street is silent. The Garnelo brothers, all musicians who performed together, say it doesn't seem real that the youngest, Shamir, an aspiring disc jockey and rapper, was killed early Saturday morning. "The music was his dream, and now I can't believe he's not here," said Denny Garnelo. Shamir, 21, was killed at a teenage girl's birthday party in Holiday. ...more

November 2, 2009

Criminal background checks on many caregivers for children, the elderly and disabled are being delayed because Florida isn't taking full advantage of electronic fingerprinting, state officials said Thursday. ...more

October 24, 2009

A 19-year-old man was arrested by Pasco County deputies Wednesday, accused of breaking into a home and stealing items valued at more than $22,000. ...more

August 28, 2009

A 19-year-old Tarpon Springs man was arrested by Pasco deputies Wednesday, accused of breaking into a home in Holiday and stealing more than $22,000 worth of valuables. ...more

August 27, 2009

Officials say a St. Petersburg police major has been reprimanded for letting his teenage grandson steal his gun. ...more

August 16, 2009

Sarasota police have arrested a suspect in the 30-year-old murder case of community leader John Allaman. ...more

March 30, 2009

A mute elderly woman known only as "Jane Doe" since she was found wandering in a New Jersey mall 15 years ago has finally been identified. ...more

March 23, 2009

Pennsylvania authorities say a former NFL quarterback who failed to show for sentencing on drunken driving charges nearly four years ago has been killed in a car crash in Greece. A Chester County detective says authorities had initially been skeptical about the fatal crash reports of William "Jeff" Komlo, who played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1983. ...more

March 20, 2009

Investigators said today they are expanding their search and re-interviewing family members as they continue to look for a 5-year-old girl who vanished from her home. ...more

February 13, 2009

Mark Dominik came to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 years ago for what was basically a tryout. At least that's how Rich McKay, the general manager at the time, remembers things. ...more

January 18, 2009