A woman hot dog vendor was killed and a man injured when they were struck by a runaway trailer on Hillsborough and Taliaferro avenues on Monday afternoon, Tampa police said. ...more

August 24, 2009

An arrest has been made in late Wednesday's shooting death of Tampa police Cpl. Mike Roberts. Humberto Delgado, 34, who gave his address as 324 Country Club Drive in Oldsmar, was arrested and charged shortly before 5 a.m. today with first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and carrying a concealed firearm. ...more

August 20, 2009

Two people riding on a motorcycle were injured Friday following an accident involving a 2006 Nissan four-door at U.S. 98 and Lakeview Boulevard. ...more

August 18, 2009

Kia T. Shaw, a 12-year-old from Land O' Lakes, is the newly crowned Miss Pre-Teen National Teenager 2010. Today, she'll visit pediatric patients at Tampa General Hospital's Children's Medical Center. ...more

August 13, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol troopers charged the driver of an SUV with driving under the influence-manslaughter after he registered more than three times the legal blood-alcohol limit following a fatal wreck this morning. Xavier Ramirez, 22, was the driver of the Kia sports utility vehicle that lost control on the Interstate 275 exit ramp to Ashley Drive early this morning. The vehicle flipped and ejected the passenger, Gerald Hodge, 22, of Tampa, who died at the scene, troopers said. ...more

August 7, 2009

Polk County deputies are investigating a shooting Sunday on the beach area of Trout Lake in Avon Park that sent one man to Tampa General Hospital. ...more

August 2, 2009

Deputies arrested a 27-year-old man Saturday night on a charge of beating another man with an 8-foot-long metal flagpole. ...more

August 2, 2009

One lane of northbound Interstate 275 is closed just north of Busch Boulevard because of a car crash, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

July 31, 2009

A Brandon man has been taken to a hospital this morning after he poured gasoline on his body and lit himself on fire, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 29, 2009

A Tampa man was arrested Saturday in connection with a beating in June in which he allegedly used a brick to beat someone he knew unconscious, police records show. ...more

July 25, 2009