A transient turned himself in today, saying he had strangled another man after the pair had spent the day drinking on New Year's Eve, the Pinellas Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 8, 2009

It appears college football fans are feeling the effects of the bad economy, but don't count on getting cheap tickets for tonight's national championship game between the Florida Gators and Oklahoma Sooners. ...more

January 8, 2009

A videotape released today shows Robert Farley dancing and singing hours after he killed his 93-year-old father, authorities say. ...more

January 7, 2009

Tampa Bay Tech junior guard Leria Jenrette could miss the rest of the girls basketball season after being stabbed on New Year's Eve. ...more

January 7, 2009

Bankruptcies Soar U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings jumped nearly 33 percent in 2008 amid a recession that's expected to keep filings rising into the new year. Overall, consumer filings reached 1,064,927 last year, up from 801,840 in 2007, according to data collected by the National Bankruptcy Research Center and published by the American Bankruptcy Institute, an Alexandria, Va.-based research group. ...more

January 6, 2009

The last of the holiday travelers packed Tampa International Airport on Sunday, sending roughly 18,000 more people through the terminal than on a typical day last month. ...more

January 5, 2009

The second half of back-to-back games are generally reserved for the other guy. But Mike Smith wants to be the guy. ...more

January 5, 2009

The last weekend day of this year's holiday season has packed Tampa International Airport, sending roughly 18,000 more people through the terminal than on a typical day last month. ...more

January 4, 2009

When 93-year-old Walter Farley was found shot dead in his home, his son's wife, Mary, asked Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, "Are you going to do everything you can to find who killed my father-in-law?" ...more

January 4, 2009

Like most folks, I made up a short list of New Year's resolutions last week. When I read it over later, it struck me as funny that I started with "abs, abs, abs" and ended with "be nicer to everyone." ...more

January 4, 2009