The principal of Sikes Elementary School in Lakeland has been accused of raping and molesting an 11-year-old girl. The charges against Corey Lynn Swindler, 38, do not involve a student at the school. Swindler is not related to the girl but has had access to her for about 10 years through a domestic relationship, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 17, 2009

A 25-year-old Zephyrhills man has been accused of having two 16-year-old girls perform a sex act on him in a Wesley Chapel motel room. ...more

December 16, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Evangelist Oral Roberts, who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name, has died. He was 91. ...more

December 15, 2009

Guests at a downtown Miami luxury hotel have been relocated after health officials determined three visitors have contracted Legionnaires' disease there since October. One died. ...more

December 12, 2009

A standoff between an armed man and Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies has prompted authorities to cordon off streets near Boyette and Bell Shoals roads between Fish Hawk and Riverview. ...more

December 11, 2009

Tampa General Hospital today released its first patient to undergo a triple organ transplant. ...more

December 11, 2009

Alabama's anti-gambling governor isn't going to collect those oranges he won from Florida's governor in their wager on the Southeastern Conference football championship. ...more

December 10, 2009

Employees at the Bank of America on Gandy Boulevard are returning to work after a threatening letter and white powder mailed to the branch today led to a brief evacuation. ...more

December 10, 2009

Tampa Bay continued its trend of declining foreclosure activity in November, despite rising foreclosures in the rest of the state. ...more

December 10, 2009

Shoppers noticed the man might be intoxicated when he was inside Target, and when he slipped behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle, they called authorities. ...more

December 10, 2009