During my youth, I developed a taste for fresh mangoes picked from my grandmother's tree in Miami. Once a year or so, a box of those tropical fruits would land on our doorstep in the Midwest. ...more

August 6, 2008

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who exposed himself to children at their lemonade stand in Brandon about 4 p.m. June 13. ...more

June 27, 2008

A teen attacked by an 11 1/2 -foot alligator managed to get away with his life but lost his arm. ...more

June 25, 2008

If Tampa Bay's sweep of the Cubs last week proved the Rays belonged in the conversation about the game's elite teams, an ensuing weekend series loss to the Astros proved that even the game's elite teams don't have it their way all the time. ...more

June 23, 2008

Adrian Jay Apgar, who deputies say twice in little more than a year had naked encounters with alligators, pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Polk County Circuit Court to exposing himself, trespassing, breach of peace and failure to appear in court. ...more

June 21, 2008

Authorities are searching for a sex offender who cut off his GPS monitor and left his home on Painters Street in the beginning of June. ...more

June 20, 2008

ARVADA, Colo. - Police are looking for two men they say covered their faces with women's thongs to rob a convenience store. Police released a surveillance video of the two men this week as they roamed inside a gas station during the robbery. ...more

June 1, 2008

With a brace around her right leg and a cast on her left arm, Tampa police Officer Tara Edwards hoisted herself out of a wheelchair Thursday to hug two men she called "gentleman angels." ...more

May 23, 2008

The seven runs (six earned) allowed by Matt Garza on Saturday were the most surrendered by a Rays starter in two weeks, and Garza's 41/3 innings represented the shortest outing among the rotation since Scott Kazmir went four in his debut two weeks ago today. ...more

May 18, 2008

The Tallahassee Leon Lions could see Plant City quarterback Techonqueyha Shaw coming from a couple hours away as they watched the Raiders on Saturday afternoon in the flag football state championship semifinals. ...more

May 4, 2008