A jury has convicted a Florida man of first degree murder and armed burglary in the death of a man on Valentine's Day 2007. ...more

December 20, 2008

For the second time in less than a week, a suspect charged in the November 2007 shooting of Samuel Tiller entered into a plea agreement. ...more

December 19, 2008

The show must go on. Or in this case, the Jim Taveniere Holiday Tournament, which has become a cottage industry in Highlands County longer than most can remember, but economic hard times nearly put the annual event in jeopardy. ...more

December 19, 2008

TAMPA Across the bridge of Marty St. Louis' nose and up his forehead, inches above his eyebrows, rest a pair of cuts that have been closed with a handful of stitches and medical glue. ...more

December 15, 2008

Spring Hill residents went to the polls in November and voted overwhelmingly to make their fire district independent. ...more

December 13, 2008

Bank of America Cutting 35,000 Bank of America said it will eliminate 35,000 jobs over the next three years because of the poor economy and duplications created through its merger with financial services company Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. ...more

December 12, 2008

A man arrested Tuesday morning on petty theft and drug possession charges kicked out the rear window of a deputy's patrol car on the way to Orient Road Jail and escaped for a brief time, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit. ...more

December 9, 2008

Seconds after Samuel McGinnis asked a clown-masked robber not to hurt anyone in a CVS drugstore, the gunman shot him a second time - point blank in the chest. ...more

December 8, 2008

For the second time in three seasons, the University of South Florida likely will play in an inaugural bowl game, as the Bulls appear headed to the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl. ...more

December 6, 2008

In the 10 years he has owned a St. Petersburg deli, Narendra Patel has been shot twice in separate robberies. ...more

December 3, 2008