Mr. Blackwell, 86, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from an intestinal infection. ...more

October 21, 2008

A man wanted by police in a Haines City rape case turned himself in Tuesday and was released today on bail. Hazell Stoudemire Jr., a registered sex offender, turned himself in at the Polk County Jail, Capt. Mervin Stewart said. He was charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and aggravated assault, all felonies, and battery, a misdemeanor. ...more

October 9, 2008

The combination of high gas prices and teens with empty pockets and wanderlust proved to be dangerous. ...more

October 9, 2008

Bail was again denied for Cheryl Riemann, facing vehicular homicide and other charges in the Sept. 10 head-on crash on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway that killed a mother and left her daughter in serious condition. Riemann pleaded not guilty to all charges in an arraignment Tuesday before Hillsborough Circuit Judge Daniel H. Sleet. Sleet denied bond, duplicating a decision made last month by Judge Walter Heinrich. ...more

October 7, 2008

When Alice Bouchard became a widow in 1998, she also became a target. ...more

October 5, 2008

A baseball bat took center stage in a violent family feud Thursday, used once to beat a brother and an hour later to smash out the windows of a pickup, deputies say. ...more

September 29, 2008

A St. Petersburg man with a history of traffic violations plunged 35 feet into a ravine while trying to elude authorities early this morning, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 26, 2008

Two Tampa men and a teen tried to break in to a vehicle Sunday night to steal electronics they could sell at Plant High School, Tampa police said. ...more

September 23, 2008

Three Tampa residents tried breaking into vehicles Sunday night so they could steal electronics to sell at Plant High School, Tampa police say. ...more

September 22, 2008

TAMPA - A man shot and killed this morning by a plain-clothes officer was a bouncer at an Ybor City nightclub, police said. ...more

September 6, 2008