An 18-year-old Tampa man sexually assaulted a 5-year-old boy, police say. ...more

August 22, 2008

There is a $1,000 reward being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who stabbed an officer in the neck on July 26. ...more

August 7, 2008

Now we've added "Flugtag" to the Tampa lexicon for that which is festive and funky and fun. Move over Gasparilla and Guavaween. Actually, the Red Bull Flugtag, a celebration of homemade "flying" machines that drew about 100,000 spectators and three dozen participating teams downtown recently, could carve out its own unique niche. ...more

July 30, 2008

Gerald Joseph Spelman was at home drinking Tuesday night, Tampa police say, and consumed so much alcohol that he passed out on his bed, leaving two young children unsupervised. ...more

July 30, 2008

Now we've added "Flugtag" to the Tampa lexicon for that which is festive and funky and fun. Move over Gasparilla and Guavaween. ...more

July 30, 2008

Levi Dixon Jr. wasn't perfect, but to Angela Pratt, he was the best son a mother could have. ...more

July 29, 2008

Levi Dixon Jr. wasn't perfect, but to Angela Pratt, he was the best son a mother could have. "He was a good kid," Pratt said a day after 17-year-old Levi was shot to death at a friend's house in Tampa. "He didn't get in trouble. Nothing like that. He liked to have fun." ...more

July 28, 2008

Software engineer Keith Brown was conducting a meeting by teleconference when he had to call an abrupt halt. Dido, one of the family's two dogs, had just brought in a dead opossum. ...more

July 27, 2008

Before Maria Smith of Riverview, jumped off the 30-foot platform at Red Bull Flugtag on Saturday, her mind was racing. ...more

July 24, 2008

A popular waterfront attraction, the county's Fred Howard Park Beach, will be off-limits to visitors for slightly more than a year, starting after Labor Day. ...more

July 19, 2008