Two undercover sheriff's detectives fatally shot a 19-year-old man Saturday, hours after the teen shot and killed two men at a party and critically wounded a third in a dispute over a woman, authorities say. ...more

March 21, 2010

Two undercover sheriff's detectives fatally shot a 19-year-old man Saturday, hours after the teen shot and killed two men at a party and critically wounded a third in a dispute over a girl, authorities say. ...more

March 20, 2010

A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman says two pilots died when their small planes collided over central Florida. ...more

March 20, 2010

A Lakeland man escaped serious injury – but not traffic citations – when he drove past stopped cars to go around a railroad crossing arm and was hit by a passenger train, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 20, 2010

Lowry Park Zoo has one year to bring an aging veterinary clinic, manatee hospital and boardwalk up to current industry standards, according to an evaluation by an agency that oversees the nation's zoos and aquariums. ...more

March 20, 2010

A SWAT team was called into action Wednesday after Pasco County Sheriff's Office detectives tried to arrest a man on felony warrants and no one in his house would come to the door. ...more

March 18, 2010

A Good Samaritan rescued a man from a burning boat this afternoon about a mile off of St. Pete Beach, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. The Coast Guard received a call just before 4 p.m. of a man in a burning 31-foot sailboat, said Petty Officer Sondra Kneen, a Coast Guard spokeswoman. ...more

March 17, 2010

A SWAT team was called into action today after Pasco County Sheriff's Office detectives tried to arrest a man on felony warrants, but no one inside his house would come to the door. ...more

March 17, 2010

TAMPA -- A tiny beetle carrying a fungus deadly to avocado trees turned up in a trap only about 10 miles from Florida's commercial avocado groves in Miami-Dade County, which generate $13 million a year. It is the first time the redbay ambrosia beetle has been found south of Martin County. ...more

March 17, 2010

The Walden Lake Swim Team is registering swimmers for the spring season through April 2. ...more

March 17, 2010