PINELLAS PARK Police officers responded to a call of gunfire early this morning, but witnesses said it was just teens setting off fireworks. An hour later a man showed up at an area hospital with gunshot wound he said he got at the initial location. ...more

June 29, 2008

Regarding "Mohamed To Admit Terrorism Support" (front page, June 14): But Ahmed Mohamed said he wasn't guilty. He said he wasn't a terrorist. He said the things in the trunk of his car were just fireworks. He said the police officer who stopped him in South Carolina was racial profiling. His lawyer adamantly insisted the same. We were assured by his lawyer and his family he was a poor innocent, wrongly charged. ...more

June 19, 2008

Tarpon Springs officials moved with blinding speed to thank the local couple who on Tuesday morning who rescued the city's 2008 municipal fireworks display with an $18,000 donation. We, however, would certainly like to offer a few words of praise for Dave and Lisa Ulgenalp. ...more

June 7, 2008

City officials say they had no choice but to cancel the annual Independence Day celebration - including fireworks - at Plant City Stadium. ...more

June 4, 2008

A lawyer who represented Sami al-Arian and Wesley Snipes notified the court Thursday that she will defend a former University of South Florida student accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

February 8, 2008

Linda Moreno, half of the team that defended Sami Al-Arian on terrorism-related charges, will team up with defense lawyer Lyann Goudie to represent Ahmed Mohamed, a 26-year-old Egyptian national who was arrested in South Carolina along with Youssef Megahed in August. Deputies said they found pipe bombs in the trunk of their car. ...more

February 7, 2008

CLEARWATER - A woman found her husband fatally shot inside their Clearwater home Sunday afternoon, police said. ...more

February 4, 2008

There were a lot of sad little faces at Saturday's Children's Gasparilla Parade when fierce storms forced officials to halt the event a half-hour after it started. It was the right call to make. ...more

January 22, 2008

The chilly conditions, Saturday's Children's Gasparilla Parade washout and NFL playoff games caused a sparse turnout for Sunday's "Piratechnic" Extravaganza on Bayshore Boulevard. ...more

January 21, 2008

TAMPA - The chilly conditions, Saturday's washout, and playoff football caused a sparse turnout for Sunday's fireworks at the Children's Gasparilla parade on Bayshore Boulevard. ...more

January 20, 2008