If you plan to rent an apartment in Tampa Bay area, you soon may have more options, but you'll have to fork over more money in rent, two area apartment builders said Wednesday at the International Builders' Show in Orlando. ...more

February 14, 2008

TAMPA - A three-alarm fire today at a two-story apartment building in Tampa is now under control, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

February 11, 2008

The inspiration for CrimeReports.com came a decade ago when Greg Whisenant made the mistake of letting a stranger, who turned out to be a burglar, into his apartment building in Arlington, Va. ...more

February 5, 2008

Only slightly amusing and cute but lacking real funny moments, "Welcome to the Captain" debuts on CBS at 8:30 tonight. ...more

February 4, 2008

TAMPA – The Red Cross is helping seven renters whose apartments are uninhabitable after a fire this morning. ...more

January 28, 2008

A recent article in The Hunstville Times told of the death of two women who lived together. They were mother and daughter. One was age 63. She was the caregiver for her 89-year-old mother who had Alzheimer's disease. The daughter apparently died from a heart attack in their home - unbeknown to neighbors or friends. Subsequently, her mother starved to death. Like us, you're probably asking, " How could that have happened? Didn't anyone ever check on them?" But think about it. How easily could that happen in your neighborhood? Might we sometimes be confused between what is interfering and what is caring? Either way, interfering or caring could have saved one or perhaps two lives. If the caregiver had had a buddy who called every morning and evening, things may have ended differently. Our mom and a friend had a daily phone system worked out between them. Their agreement and friendship greatly eased our concerns – especially when we were traveling and couldn't always check on her ourselves. ...more

January 25, 2008

A mental competency hearing has been set for Carl Roland, a murder suspect who held authorities at bay for 56 hours two years ago from a perch on a construction crane in Atlanta. ...more

January 19, 2008

CLEARWATER - A mental competency hearing has been set for Carl Roland, a murder suspect who held authorities at bay for 56 hours two years ago from a perch on a construction crane in Atlanta. ...more

January 18, 2008

A window washer who has made a surprising recovery from a 47-story fall underwent another operation Friday, and the surgeon said "everything went smoothly." ...more

January 6, 2008

Shoddy materials, illegal construction and a culture of corruption were blamed Saturday for the deaths of more than three dozen people buried when a 12-story apartment building crumbled to the ground. ...more

December 30, 2007