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A 75-year-old Englishwoman who wandered away from a relative's home in Ruskin might have walked about three miles into a shopping area, the Hillsborough sheriff's office said this morning. ...more
March 12, 2009
A food cart and tent on the West Plaza at the St. Pete Times Forum caught fire Thursday about 9:30 a.m. when a propane tank exploded. No one was hurt, and Tampa Fire Rescue had the fire extinguished within 10 minutes. ...more
March 12, 2009
LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is realizing savings through a sewing program. ...more
March 12, 2009
A Tampa man has been charged with defrauding a 71-year-old widow out of $19,000, Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said today. Moctor "Justin" Ndiaye, 35, of 10307 Riverburn Drive, was arrested Monday night as he left the home of the victim, according to a news release from Sink's office. ...more
March 10, 2009
A man that investigators say used fake Tampa Electric Co. identification to get Hillsborough County residents to pay him their bills has been sentenced to five years in prison, according to Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay. ...more
March 10, 2009
Four men armed with what appeared to be rifles entered a Bradenton bank and demanded money this morning, deputies say. ...more
March 9, 2009
Crash throws two riders from motorcycle ...more
March 8, 2009
An electrical fire destroyed a home at 1205 E. 15th Avenue in Tampa early Sunday morning. Shortly before 1:20 a.m., firefighters arrived at the house and reported smoke and flames coming from the one-story home, according to a news release from Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more
March 8, 2009
Entrants in the second annual Canstruction Design/Build Competition will create figures made entirely from cans of food. ...more
March 7, 2009
Maybe it's curiosity. Or worry. Or both. A Web site launched by the White House last month to allow citizens to keep track of where stimulus dollars are going is getting 3,000 hits per second and already has registered more than 150 million hits altogether. ...more
March 7, 2009
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