A 23-year-old woman, with a 2-year-old in the back seat, was killed early Sunday morning on Placid Lakes Boulevard after she went off the road and hit a parked car head on, according to a press release from the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

March 29, 2009

The bug spray bandits are back. ...more

March 28, 2009

A 26-year-old woman accidentally drove into a Riverview apartment building this morning, striking a natural gas line, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 25, 2009

After going out for drinks, a 26-year-old woman came home, went to sleep and woke up to find a man she knew having sex with her, Hillsborough County deputies say. Deputies arrested Russell Baines Johnson, 22, of Plant City on Friday afternoon following the attack that day. ...more

March 23, 2009

A special bank account has been opened for contributions to help a 94-year-old woman travel to San Francisco in August to participate in her eighth National Senior Games. ...more

March 21, 2009

One person has been airlifted to Tampa General Hospital following a three-car crash in Winter Haven. ...more

March 20, 2009

Sheriff's deputies arrested a 50-year-old man, accusing him of using a 17-year-old girl to commit prostitution. ...more

March 19, 2009

If you've ever spent a frustrated afternoon assembling a bed or desk from Ikea, have sympathy for Monica Varela. ...more

March 18, 2009

A reported abduction in North Port on Monday night touched off a multi-agency search that briefly shut down Interstate 75 as authorities scrambled to find a 44-year-old woman, who was eventually located in a local restaurant with her alleged abductor, a 17-year-old boy. ...more

March 17, 2009

A 20-year-old woman is in jail facing charges that she punched a pregnant woman and used a box cutter to slash the victim's face and arms late Saturday night, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 15, 2009