A Pinellas County deputy answering a complaint about puppies digging under a neighbor's fence was bitten by the dog's mother Wednesday evening. ...more

March 26, 2009

Residents of one Pinellas neighborhood say coyotes are getting so numerous they're becoming a nuisance. ...more

March 18, 2009

A Tampa man faces felony armed burglary charges after a home invasion in Lake Wales this morning. ...more

March 18, 2009

I do not understand why we have to resort to calling 911 when our neighbors are disturbing others in the building. I understand it when the disturbance occurs during the night; I had to call the police at 1 a.m. on a few occasions. ...more

March 15, 2009

I'm considering trying to make some strawberry jam. I read the directions in the package of pectin and I'm curious; it says to crush the berries before measuring. Wouldn't it be quicker to just chop them in a food processor? Wouldn't doing it quickly keep them brighter red? ...more

March 15, 2009

Valerie Laken was taking graduate courses in Slavic literature in Ann Arbor, Mich., when she persuaded her husband to buy a fixer-upper in a neighborhood just beginning to gentrify. They were working on the house soon after they moved in when an old man across the street came by. So, he said, you know the history of this place, right? When Laken said no, the man proceeded to tell them. ...more

March 15, 2009

Andrew "Test" Martin, a former world champion wrestler, was found dead in his Harbour Place apartment last night, according to Tampa Police. ...more

March 14, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - A North Carolina man accused of killing an 82-year-old Bronze Star recipient during a home invasion last year was extradited to Florida on Thursday. ...more

March 14, 2009

A North Carolina man accused of killing an 82-year-old Bronze Star recipient during a home invasion last year was extradited to the Land O' Lakes Jail on Thursday. ...more

March 13, 2009

A state panel has commuted the sentence of an 88-year-old retiree to time served for a series of drive-by shootings into the home of a neighbor who owed him money. ...more

March 12, 2009