Four Tampa police officers consistently left work early without the knowledge of the department this year, according to an internal affairs investigation. Three veteran officers retired while under investigation for violation of agency policy. The fourth has been fired. ...more

December 18, 2008

Tampa police say that three times in the past month, a man threatened to shoot employees at area businesses if they did not give him money from their cash registers, police say. ...more

December 15, 2008

He didn't arrive in the world heralded by angels and a blazing star. Nor was his first bed a manger surrounded by beasts of burden. ...more

December 10, 2008

A man who police say robbed a Subway restaurant Sunday night was polite and apologetic, even when he demanded money and threatened to shoot an employee. ...more

December 8, 2008

Forty-six out of 52 employees with Elberta Crate and Box Company are looking for jobs after the company discontinued manufacturing operations at its Avon Park subsidiary, according to Operations Manager Tim Dean, Monday. Elberta Crate is a family-owned and managed manufacturer of wooden wire-bound crates used primarily for vegetable packing, according to its Web site. ...more

December 1, 2008

Peter Streit says his pottery creations are functional art. "It's something to take mud and turn it into something someone can eat their ice cream out of, or their cereal, or drink their tea from it," said Streit, 45, one of 40 exhibitors in this weekend's third annual New Tampa Art Festival. ...more

November 15, 2008

Peter Streit says his pottery creations are functional art. "It's something to take mud and turn it into something someone can eat their ice cream out of, or their cereal, or drink their tea from it," said Streit, 45, one of 40 exhibitors in this weekend's third annual New Tampa Art Festival. ...more

November 12, 2008

On a recent Monday morning, Henri Matisse was under scrutiny at Christ the King Catholic School. ...more

November 12, 2008

Authorities are investigating a double fatal car accident in Pensacola. ...more

October 26, 2008

Forty-seven-year veteran Boy Scout leader John F. Miller smiled broadly when he talked about cooking peach cobbler in a cast iron skillet. ...more

October 20, 2008