A 53-year-old Land O' Lakes man was killed Thursday morning when his vehicle struck a wooden utility pool and barbed-wire fence on County Line Road east of Alexson Street, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 28, 2009

A 2,000 pound crocodile thought to be among the largest of his kind has died at a popular Miami tourist attraction. ...more

August 11, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist announced today that he has chosen Earl Lennard to be Hillsborough County's supervisor of elections. Lennard replaces Phyllis Busansky, a Democrat, who was elected in November 2008 and died last month. Lennard, a Republican, will fill the position until 2010, at which point he may run for election. ...more

July 14, 2009

A suburban Philadelphia swim club's board should resign to settle claims that the club canceled the pool memberships of dozens of minority children because of their race, a lawyer for most of the children's families said Monday. ...more

July 13, 2009

An 11-year-old girl drowned Wednesday at a city pool watched over by three lifeguards. ...more

July 8, 2009

I have a great solution for a new stadium for the Rays that is the best place for all the counties. How about the Tampa Greyhound Track? ...more

July 7, 2009

Dollean Mercer and her friend Dedre Leobold were sitting by their apartment complex pool June 20 when they saw a girl being pulled out of the shallow end. ...more

July 1, 2009

Dollean Mercer and her friend Dedre Leobold were sitting by their apartment complex pool June 20 when they saw a girl being pulled out of the shallow end. ...more

July 1, 2009

A 2-year-old boy remains hospitalized in serious condition after being found at the bottom of a pool during a party. ...more

June 13, 2009

Jury selection has begun in the in the kidnapping trial of Vicente Beltran-Moreno, who is accused of tying a 13-year-old boy to a tree and attempting to hold him for ransom. ...more

June 1, 2009