TAMPA To squash a traditional surge in property crimes during the holidays, Tampa police and Hillsborough County deputies are rounding up more than 100 people wanted on warrants. ...more

December 4, 2008

When Florida sheriff's offices began investigating child abuse cases for the state in 1999, some sheriffs warned the switch would work only if the Legislature gave departments enough money to do the job right. ...more

June 15, 2008

The police department has been using the same radio system since before Chief Stephen Hogue joined the force in 1973. ...more

May 12, 2008

The man accused of taking hostages at a campaign office of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton watched impassively during his video arraignment Monday as he was portrayed alternately as a sick man desperately seeking psychiatric help and a manipulative longtime criminal. ...more

December 4, 2007

A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate during a hostage drama that dragged on for nearly six hours before he peacefully surrendered. ...more

December 1, 2007

This year's ornament, which costs $18, and is sold as a fundraiser for New Horizons Group Homes can be purchased at the organization's annual barbecue from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 10 behind the group homes at 109 and 115 E. Clay Ave. ...more

November 6, 2007

There were no stately columns, gingerbread trim or Southern charm to attract the eye to the subject of this year's New Horizons Group Homes' commemorative holiday ornament. ...more

October 31, 2007