Testimony began today in the trial of a former youth baseball volunteer accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in May. ...more

March 25, 2009

Accused in the execution-style slaying of a Bartow drug dealer, Jermaine Michael Julian told investigators someone else was the gunman, according to evidence presented at his murder trial today. ...more

February 27, 2009

Singer-guitarist Steven Page has left the Barenaked Ladies. ...more

February 26, 2009

For the life of me I cannot figure out the way people think. Here we have a man who himself admitted to having used cocaine, our President Barack Obama. Then we have a swimmer, Michael Phelps, who has won more gold medals than would fit on my mantle, smoking pot and we all but crucify him. Where is the logic in this? ...more

February 12, 2009

A 48-year-old St. Petersburg man was sentenced to life in prison today for drug and firearms charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. ...more

February 6, 2009

Hillsborough County deputies say they found more than 60 grams of cocaine next to about $10,000 during a search of a Tampa home Wednesday. ...more

February 5, 2009

The owner of three fishing boats that were seized after authorities found them smuggling cocaine from Colombia pleaded guilty this morning to a federal drug offense. ...more

February 2, 2009

Santonio Holmes' revelation this week that he briefly sold drugs as a youth in Belle Glade has created a stir in the national media, which is exactly what he wanted. ...more

January 30, 2009

Officers serving a search warrant Friday arrested three men after finding cocaine, marijuana, a firearm and four apparent pipe bombs. ...more

January 17, 2009

Almost two years after the massive publicity surrounding the 40-year sentence of Cali Cartel leader Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo for smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States, one of his longtime lieutenants was quietly sent away for life on Monday. ...more

January 17, 2009