Almost a month after a Tampa teen's near-fatal shock atop a power pole, 17-year-old Avi Davidson is showing signs of improvement. ...more

October 26, 2009

Surgeons have removed two blood clots from a teen who received a massive shock when he climbed a power pole while trying to photograph a sunset, a family spokesman said. ...more

October 6, 2009

LAKELAND (AP) — A Tampa couple and an Irish tourist were shot at a Lakeland gun range after a handgun accidentally fired. ...more

October 4, 2009

A family spokesman reported Saturday that Alexander "Avi" Davidson, the Tampa teenager electrified Thursday when he climbed a power pole to photograph the sunset, remains unconscious and is undergoing tests at Tampa General Hospital. ...more

October 4, 2009

A man in Palmetto accidently shot himself in the hand Saturday night while investigating noises outside his home, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 6, 2009

One fatality was reported Monday when a pygmy rattlesnake bit an 87-year-old woman on the hand. The final score: Cane-wielding octogenarian, 1: venomous snake, 0. ...more

August 10, 2009

Officers shot and killed a pit bull this morning after it charged them and bit one, St. Pete police said. ...more

July 15, 2009

A gunman who tried to rob a couple outside a restaurant fled when one of the victims fought back, karate chopping the would-be robber's arm, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. The gunman remains at large, despite deputies' efforts to track him with a dog, the report said. The attempted robbery happened about 9 p.m. Monday as a husband and wife, ages 59 and 58, left the Sioux City Steakhouse at 8515 Little Road, where they had just eaten dinner, the report said. As they approached their car, a man came up, holding a handgun in his left hand, and told them he was sick and wanted their wallets, the report said. ...more

April 7, 2009

Starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, personnel from the Hillsborough County Public Works Department will close the inside eastbound and westbound lanes of Bearss Avenue at Livingston Avenue and the southbound left-hand turn lane of Livingston Avenue. The closure is scheduled to continue until 5 p.m. Monday. The closures are necessary to complete repairs to a sinkhole that formed in the median of the road. The county has completed preliminary efforts to stabilize the sinkhole with sand, but needs to complete the repairs by grouting the hole. ...more

April 6, 2009

Blake Griffin saw 6-foot Jonny Flynn plant his feet near the basket, trying to draw a charge near the end of the first half. So Oklahoma's bullish power forward changed his plans. ...more

March 28, 2009