Nicotine called. In 2005, while at the hospital where her husband, Bill, lay in a coma in the intensive care unit from a ruptured brain aneurysm, Valerie Anne Faulkner finally found a place in the hospital where smoking was allowed. ...more

December 27, 2008

An early morning fire caused heavy damage to a St. Petersburg home today. ...more

December 26, 2008

A giant snowman named Snowzilla has mysteriously appeared again this year — despite the city's cease-and-desist order. ...more

December 24, 2008

Bill Craven has lost 40 pounds, mainly through a program that stresses changing your lifestyle over dieting. ...more

December 22, 2008

Just after 8:30 this morning, Temple Terrace police say they received a call that the resident of a home on 5400 E. Busch Blvd. was injured and that a man was in the yard firing a revolver. ...more

December 20, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating the possible slaying of a man found dead in a front yard in Valrico. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- An argument among neighbors turned violent Tuesday when several people attacked a man with a brick and bottles, Tampa police said. Police arrested four people accused of being involved in the fight, which began about 7:20 p.m. in the 4800 block of East 10th Avenue. ...more

December 17, 2008

When Hal Turner put his 1100-square-foot Sun City Center duplex on the market one year ago, he anticipated reeling in $129,000 like his neighbors who had recently sold. ...more

December 17, 2008