People who live near the former Moonlight Bay Mobile Home Park say they put up with a lot of unpleasantness for a long time. So when they woke Thursday to loud clanging and shattering glass, the reaction was "What now?" When they came out to see what was happening, their fear turned to joy. They saw workmen removing hazardous building materials from the homes. ...more

October 11, 2008

NEW YORK - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been linked to two murder plots in an obscure racketeering case involving a drug gang in his old neighborhood. ...more

June 30, 2008

Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile Americans who are four wheels away from homelessness. ...more

June 24, 2008

Some neighbors complain that people are loitering outside Lee's Grocery, giving the impression that drug dealing is taking place. ...more

May 21, 2008

Police were constantly called out to deal with drunks and other incidents at a troublesome East Tampa bar. No matter how many arrests were made, the problems persisted. ...more

May 19, 2008

To folks around here, it's known as the Spider's Web. The Port Richey Mobile Home Park, which straddles the corner of Grand Boulevard and River Gulf Drive, has over the years earned a dubious reputation as the epicenter of drug-dealing and prostitution in the city's crime-ridden east end neighborhood. ...more

November 20, 2007

One of the first cases the Supreme Court heard when it began its current term involves the sentencing disparity between offenders caught trafficking in crack cocaine versus the powdered form. ...more

October 14, 2007