The Von Maur department store in December is so full of holiday spirit that one real estate agent took a job wrapping gifts: not for the money but just to be part of the cheery bustle. ...more

December 7, 2007

A white wreath with jingle bells hung on the door of 204 W. Flora St. on Wednesday. Deflated Christmas figurines clumped on the lawn. ...more

December 6, 2007

TAMPA - A man estranged from his wife fatally shot her when she visited him Tuesday night, then later killed himself, Tampa police said. ...more

December 5, 2007

TAMPA - Police are investigating an apparent suicide that occurred about 6 p.m. today inside an Ybor City record store. ...more

November 16, 2007

A bullied teenage outcast with radical views scribbled a suicide note bidding farewell to his family before unleashing an indiscriminate killing campaign at his high school, police said Thursday. ...more

November 9, 2007

When Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies entered a missing couple's Tampa condominium, they found blood on a wall, a bullet on the floor, a live shotgun shell on a counter and animal feces throughout. ...more

November 7, 2007

TAMPA - When Hillsborough County deputies entered a missing couple's Tampa condominium, they found blood on a wall, a bullet on the floor, a live shotgun shell on a counter and animal feces throughout. ...more

November 6, 2007

Standing at the check-in line of the Atlanta airport last summer, a teenage girl - the adopted daughter of John Bryan - shared a terrible secret with a woman who also had been adopted by the second-term St. Petersburg council member. ...more

September 28, 2007

TAMPA - The adopted daughter of St. Petersburg City Council Chairman John Bryan, who committed suicide Friday, denies that sex was consensual with Bryan, according to her attorney. ...more

September 10, 2007

Twenty years ago, John Bryan and his wife hired a teenage babysitter to watch their two young boys. ...more

September 10, 2007