Donning green shirts and signs to save Bellamy Road, about 50 residents recently attended a zoning hearing to protest a new gas station proposed near their neighborhoods. ...more

February 25, 2009

A man who killed a 72-year-old sex offender in August 2006 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday in Pasco County Circuit Court. ...more

February 20, 2009

A man who killed a 72-year-old sex offender in August 2006 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today in Pasco Circuit Court. ...more

February 19, 2009

A Bartow man accused of breaking into a convenience store early Wednesday morning and taking more than $3,000 in cigarettes is connected to at least four other similar robberies that occurred in Hillsborough County since June, according to criminal arrest affidavits. ...more

February 11, 2009

James Seay's family vigorously defended the 18-year-old last week after his arrest in the shooting of a St. Petersburg undercover officer, but now one of his uncles is in trouble with the law, Gulfport police said. ...more

February 2, 2009

The police union in Pinellas County has responded to the Monday night shooting of a St. Petersburg police officer by asking the mayor to step up the war on crime – specifically, by loosening the policy dictating when officers can chase criminals in their squad cars. ...more

January 29, 2009

The attorney for the 18-year-old Gulfport man accused of trying to kill a St. Petersburg police officer Monday night will hold a news conference this afternoon outside the police station. ...more

January 28, 2009

A 24-year-old gang member was sentenced today to more than 21 years in federal prison for his role in the June 16 armed robbery of a Seffner gas station. ...more

January 22, 2009

Hillsborough Avenue has reopened in both directions, hours after a fuel tanker and a small sport utility vehicle crashed this morning at the intersection with Town 'N Country Boulevard. ...more

January 19, 2009

A Frostproof convenience store was robbed early this morning by a man who used a paper towel to cover his face, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Detectives say the man entered the bathroom of a Kangaroo gas station store, 14581 U.S. 27, came out with a paper towel covering his face and demanded money from the clerk. ...more

January 18, 2009