A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial street in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 51 people and wounding scores more in the deadliest blast in the capital in more than three months. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - One person died late Saturday night in a shooting at an apartment complex, and Hillsborough County deputies are investigating. ...more

June 8, 2008

BRANDON -- A developer is asking Hillsborough County to approve plans for intense retail and residential uses on 26 acres near Falkenberg Road and Interstate 75. I-75/Palm River Road LLC, which lists Lawrence Bailin of Tampa as the registered agent in state filings, is requesting a modification to a planned development that would allow 200,000 square feet of retail and 400 multifamily residential units in an area the county has designated for up to 35 units per acre. ...more

May 29, 2008

At least 15 people were evacuated from an apartment complex tonight when heavy smoke was seen billowing from a vacant unit, fire officials said. ...more

May 18, 2008

SULPHUR SPRINGS - At 2 p.m. Tuesday, Metropolitan Ministries will hold the groundbreaking for 12 apartments that will be homes for the formerly homeless. The Sanctuary, 750 E. Waters Ave., will be built on the former site of the Calvary United Methodist Church's sanctuary and fellowship hall. The facility was torn down within the past week. ...more

May 12, 2008

TAMPA - Police say that as they approached a man who appeared to be passed out in his car this morning, he tried to speed off and slammed into a cruiser and concrete pole. ...more

May 12, 2008

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says an 8-year-old runaway showed up at school this morning. ...more

May 8, 2008

PALM HARBOR - Peter Caruana was sleeping early today when his girlfriend woke him up. She had heard a screech, looked out their second-story window and saw a pickup truck strike their apartment building down below, he said. ...more

May 6, 2008

Brooksville police have arrested a 23-year-old woman in the slaying of a 69-year-old man Wednesday. ...more

February 15, 2008

TAMPA - The body discovered Friday afternoon in the pond at Country Wood Apartments has been positively identified as that of the missing adult Timothy Robert Chipley, 34, of Tampa, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 2, 2008