President-elect Barack Obama may be making the rounds in Washington, but his face lined the route of Tampa's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Monday in College Hill. Standing along the street in a new Obama T-shirt, Arthur Chester was in a good place in more ways than one. He had a good view of the festivities and of the future. "I never thought I'd ever see it," he said. "This is a dream. This is a dream that is happening for all the right reasons." All along the route, thousands stood, in some places seven or eight deep, cheering every float, every marching band and every elected official. "Everyone's excited. Everyone has come together," Anita Sturks said. ...more

January 20, 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

LAND O' LAKES - Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man who robbed a Bank of America on Thursday morning. ...more

January 10, 2009

A detention deputy found a 5-inch shank in the jail cell today of Kendrick Morris, who was charged in April with the beating and rape of a high school student at the Bloomingdale library. "We believe the weapon came from plastic broken off a food tray," Col. Jim Previtera said. ...more

December 30, 2008

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a 300-plus-pound woman in Spandex pants they say fraudulently used a credit card in Tampa. ...more

December 7, 2008

Tampa Bay receiver Michael Clayton will wear his road uniform against Carolina on "Monday Night Football," but what he sports en route to each opposing stadium is more important to him than deciding which color football gloves to wear. ...more

December 7, 2008

Police are searching for a man they say tried to abduct a 15-year-old girl walking home from St. Pete High School this afternoon. ...more

December 5, 2008

Andrea Munro knew Tamara Geltmaker was taken from this world too soon. Although she never smoked, Geltmaker died from lung cancer in August at age 54. ...more

December 4, 2008

Authorities are searching tonight for a missing 12-year-old girl who has tried to harm herself in the past, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. ...more

December 2, 2008

Tampa police are looking for a man who robbed a branch of Synovus Bank at gunpoint today. ...more

November 28, 2008