TAMPA – Two University of South Florida students were pulled over on a South Carolina highway in August because of the color of their skin, their attorneys argued today. ...more

February 20, 2008

The South Carolina sheriff's deputy who stopped a car with two University of South Florida students inside in August says he initially suspected the silver Toyota with a Florida tag was involved in drug trafficking. ...more

February 20, 2008

The South Carolina sheriff's deputy who stopped a car with two University of South Florida students in August says he initially suspected the silver Toyota with a Florida tag was involved in drug trafficking. But under questioning by defense attorneys for the two men, Deputy James Lamar Blakely said that when he was told by another deputy that the pair had copies of the Quran, that raised suspicions in his mind of terrorism. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA - Robert Sinclaire Lee is noticeably absent from the attempted murder trial against him today. He didn't want to be in court and was excused this morning after he refused to change out of his orange jumpsuit, repeatedly kicked a door in his holding cell and began to disrobe, Assistant State Attorney Dereck Capaz said. ...more

February 13, 2008

The single-member district proposal which is being circulated would greatly diminish the power of every voter in our county. I urge all county residents to vigorously oppose the petition drive by not signing it and if it makes it to the ballot, vote "no"! ...more

January 27, 2008

TAMPA - On a July afternoon 26 1/2 years ago, two undercover narcotics investigators walked into a house on 29th Street and, almost immediately, gunfire erupted. The shooter now is being considered for release. ...more

January 14, 2008

Local lawyer John Fitzgibbons on Monday asked a judge to be removed from the case of Ahmed Mohamed, one of two University of South Florida students accused of transporting explosives. ...more

January 8, 2008

TAMPA - Local lawyer John Fitzgibbons today asked a judge to be removed from the case of Ahmed Mohamed, one of two University of South Florida students accused of transporting explosives. ...more

January 7, 2008

A woman and her boyfriend acknowledged they methodically gunned down her parents and four other family members in rural Washington on Christmas Eve, according to authorities' affidavits filed in court Thursday. ...more

December 28, 2007

COURTNEY CLARK, one of Candice's daughters, turns 3 this month. Courtney and her two younger half sisters remain in Wisconsin's foster care system while relatives fight for custody. ...more

December 2, 2007