The city of Clearwater might have backed itself into a legal corner in its efforts to regulate a painting of fish. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man nicknamed "Bear" pulled a semi-automatic handgun from the waistband of his pants Monday afternoon, pointed it at someone's head and fired a shot, barely missing, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

March 4, 2009

Bond was denied on Thursday for a woman accused of hiring hit-men to kill her husband. ...more

February 27, 2009

In a week shot through with oddities, peculiarities and assorted other "how 'bout that" moments - and that's not even bringing up the mummified pygmy mud-man exhibit at the county fair - these several emerged as worth something more than a passing noggin-scratch. ...more

February 22, 2009

Firefighters responding to a call of two buildings ablaze on North Dixon Avenue Monday night had to regroup when a power line fell over a truck and on the front yard of a home, authorities say. ...more

February 16, 2009

Police Briefs ...more

February 9, 2009

Two months after he punched out the teeth of his child's mother, the long arm of the law caught up with Gregory Booker in New York, a report shows. ...more

February 7, 2009

Five-year-old Jude Stephen is a honey of a hero. ...more

January 31, 2009

Nicole Luker awoke Thursday morning to a house full of smoke. She hastily grabbed her 8-year-old daughter and two dogs, then did a quick room search to make sure her 12-year-old son had left for school. With the smoke growing thicker by the minute, Luker stepped outside into the frigid morning. ...more

January 16, 2009

Another suspect was linked Monday to the case of a wife accused of hiring a band of hit-men to kill her husband. ...more

January 1, 2009