ST. PETERSBURG - A man already suspected in two bank robberies was arrested after a third Wednesday, and he was tracked down after he used $50 of the loot to buy cigarettes immediately after the crime, police say. ...more

February 7, 2008

BRANDON - Hillsborough County deputies are searching for two robbers who took an undisclosed amount of cash from a Quick Pick Food Mart in Brandon on Thursday night. One of the men fired twice at a shelf of cigarettes, but no one was hurt. ...more

January 25, 2008

Hypnotherapist Marion Gwizdala of Tampa helped smokers snuff their unhealthy habit for more than 15 years. He had plenty of practice, too, having smoked his last cigarette several times over the decades. ...more

December 27, 2007

A bank teller in Clearwater, S.C., had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank. ...more

November 28, 2007

As the search for a missing young mother continues, divers are expected this week to explore the lake in her Colony Lakes Estates subdivision. ...more

November 19, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Volunteers searching for a missing young mother Saturday found items they hope will yield clues to her disappearance. ...more

November 18, 2007

Most smoking-cessation methods - gum, lozenges, patches and nasal sprays - act as replacements for nicotine. A new approach - attacking dependency in the brain - aims to rob smokers of the nicotine buzz from cigarettes, and an injectable drug designed to do that shows promise in a new study. ...more

November 8, 2007

SEFFNER - Hillsborough County deputies say a Seffner woman left her 2-year-old boy home alone, strapped to a highchair, about 3 a.m. today while she went to buy cigarettes. Stephanie Paige Thigpen, 22, was arrested this morning and charged with felony child neglect. She also faces a misdemeanor count of obstructing or resisting arrest without violence. ...more

October 9, 2007

AVON PARK — An Avon Park man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $32,600 bail after an Avon Park police officer investigating the burglary of Al Joe Hinson's Bar found the suspect passed out drunk on a sidewalk about two blocks away. ...more

October 5, 2007

SEBRING — Over the past week and a half, the city of Sebring Police Department has investigated more than a dozen burglary and theft complaints. ...more

September 26, 2007