Three faculty members at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, were shot to death, and three other people were seriously wounded, at a biology faculty meeting Friday afternoon, university officials said. ...more

February 13, 2010

The city just had its lowest number of homicides in 30 years, but there are so many teenagers running around stealing cars that overall crime has gone up nearly 10 percent, according to statistics and police officials. ...more

February 10, 2010

On Friday a group of men showed up at The Palms apartment complex going door to door claiming to work for Verizon. But police officials said today that the men, who were wearing red jackets emblemized with the word "Verizon," may have been at the 51st Street West complex trying to scam homeowners. Detectives said that since the first of the year several people have filed reports describing young men claiming they worked for Brighthouse were going door to door to perform "quality service" or a "service check." ...more

February 8, 2010

Michael Jackson's doctor wanted to seek his day in court Friday by surrendering before being charged in the singer's death, but prosecutors upstaged the plan by announcing that no case would be filed until next week. ...more

February 5, 2010

Mayor Joe Affronti called last week's council decision another major step forward in the city's redevelopment effort. ...more

January 13, 2010

Twenty-eight city police officials, including captains, majors, undercover officers and the department spokesman, helped guard the home and businesses of attorney Scott Rothstein while he ran a $1 billion Ponzi scheme, federal agents say. ...more

November 15, 2009

The license plate wasn't clearly visible when the silver Mercedes passed a Tarpon Springs police officer just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, so on went the flashing lights and siren. ...more

October 28, 2009

Photos don't lie. Police officials are convinced they have created a sure system to help improve public safety at the intersections of 56th Avenue and Busch Boulevard/Bullard Parkway and 56th Street and Fowler Avenue. ...more

April 1, 2009

A police officer was placed on administrative leave Thursday over a traffic stop involving an NFL player whom he kept in a hospital parking lot and threatened to arrest while his mother-in-law died inside the building. ...more

March 26, 2009

A man in his 40s and a 15-year-old boy were injured this afternoon when the personal watercraft they were trying to get on, off the shore of Sand Key, exploded, according to fire and police officials. ...more

March 24, 2009