A U.S. Army flag that was flying in Afghanistan at the hour of Tampa police Cpl. Mike Roberts' death will be presented to his widow, Cindy, this afternoon. ...more

October 6, 2009

Riding a bicycle without a bell in this city no longer is a crime. The city council on Thursday voted unanimously to repeal a two-decade-old law that made riding a bicycle without an audible bell a second-degree misdemeanor. ...more

October 2, 2009

A 74-year-old man was stuck by a car and killed about 8:30 p.m. Thursday when he and his wife were crossing the road at North 56th Street and Temple Heights Road in Temple Terrace, the Temple Terrace Police Department reported. ...more

October 1, 2009

AA 52-year-old female pedestrian was struck and killed by a Nissan Altima about 6:30 a.m. today in the 1200 block of West Waters Avenue, Tampa police said. The vehicle's driver, 69-year-old Carlos Alquizar of Lutz, will not be cited, police said. Debbie Gower, 52, of Tampa, was struck while walking northbound across Waters Avenue. She was not at a crosswalk, police say. ...more

September 29, 2009

Shortly after 9 pm., the Tampa Police Bomb Squad robot, guided by an officer observing via video, detonated a package that was left at the customer service counter of the Sweetbay Supermarket in New Port Richey. ...more

September 27, 2009

A man who entered two pharmacies and demanded oxycodone Saturday morning has been arrested, police say. ...more

September 27, 2009

A suspect is dead after firing shots at Tampa police officers during a standoff this afternoon. ...more

September 24, 2009

Investigators identified the victim of a home invasion this morning as 55-year-old Paul William Proto. Police responded to a report of a home invasion at 9405 N. 10th St. shortly after midnight today. After the shooting, a suspect took off in the victim's car, a 1996 white Cadillac Seville, police said. ...more

September 23, 2009

Lola Thompson's husband, Dennis, has no words to describe his feelings now that his wife of 46 years has been found alive and well. ...more

September 23, 2009

Police are continuing to search today for an 80-year-old woman who suffers from Alzheimer's. Lola Thompson was last seen at 4 p.m. Monday near North 30th Street and 113th Avenue. She was heading north, Tampa police said. ...more

September 22, 2009