"Bong Bill" Clears House Panel
The push to outlaw popular marijuana pipes known as "bongs" has cleared another House panel.
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The push to outlaw popular marijuana pipes known as "bongs" has cleared another House panel.
A St. Petersburg woman is behind bars after she allegedly hopped in a police car and tried to get away.
It's been 40 years since a political party has held a convention in South Florida, but Tampa is learning first-hand that holding a modern convention is anything but cheap.
On Florida's death row for more than three decades, a twice-convicted murderer was executed Wednesday night for the rape and murder of a St. Petersburg woman.
Buoyed by rising poll numbers and his impressive South Carolina showing, Newt Gingrich continued his push towards winning the Sunshine State during several Tuesday events.
Members of the St. Petersburg Police Department's marine units are keeping a sharp eye out after a severed human leg washed ashore on a yard from nearby Tampa Bay.
The U.S. Coast Guard off-loaded seven tons of cocaine, worth nearly $180 million, seized from a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Funeral service for IZOD IndyCar Series driver Dan Wheldon was held Saturday at a church in St. Petersburg.
A St. Petersburg man was killed when a scuba tank he was carrying exploded.
If you think drivers are dangerous in South Florida, you're right, especially in Fort Lauderdale which has topped a new list of the 15 most dangerous U.S. cities for driving.
A St. Petersburg woman told police she filed a false report after she went missing for three days in May.
The Tampa-St. Petersburg area has been hammered with severe weather throughout Wednesday. A storm system has spawned severe thunderstorms and small tornadoes through much of the area and across Central Florida.
A St. Petersburg police officer was gunned down Monday night as he and another officer were called to check on reports of a prowler.
Thousands attended the memorial service for the two slain officers in St. Petersburg Friday, including members of South Florida's police who headed west early Friday morning for the ceremony.
One week to the day after their daughter and a fellow Miami-Dade Police officer were gunned down by a career criminal, the family of fallen officer Amanda Haworth has delivered a heart-felt message of support to two other families in St. Petersburg who suffered a similar fate.
As South Florida mourned the loss of two Miami-Dade police officers who were killed last week while trying to serve a warrant on a man in Liberty City, two St. Petersburg officers were killed and a U.S. Marshal was injured under eerily similar circumstances.
A police involved shooting in St. Petersburg has left two police officers dead and a U.S. Marshal seriously wounded.
