When Karen Ramsey started peeing blood while incarcerated in the Hillsborough County Jail, she thought she would be given immediate medical attention. ...more

December 9, 2009

Hundreds of gifts will be picked up Tuesday from Tampa General Hospital for the annual Hillsborough County Foster Angel program, benefiting most of the county's 1,500-plus foster children. The hospital has been the largest donor of gifts to the program each year since 1989. This is the hospital's 20th year of involvement with the program. ...more

December 9, 2009

A Tenoroc High School student died Tuesday evening after being struck by a car as he walked home from school Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 8, 2009

A shoplifting suspect intentionally drove a pickup over a Walmart loss prevention officer, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 7, 2009

I wish to offer my sincerest and warmest thanks to everyone at Tampa General Hospital who worked in a concerted effort to save my life on Nov. 24 while I was visiting my wife, who was there for surgery. ...more

December 7, 2009

When the deaths of two students shocked the University of Tampa this semester, Connie McCullough was on the front line treating emotional wounds and shaken psyches. ...more

December 6, 2009

A 20-year-old man is accused of punching his neighbor, causing a brain injury that required surgery. ...more

December 3, 2009

A 46-year-old man tried to kill his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend by setting fire to her Lutz home, according to the state fire marshal's office. William P. Harris poured accelerant on the home's doorway and set fire to it Wednesday, an arrest report states. The door is the home's only exit. ...more

December 3, 2009

Tampa General Hospital employees' generosity was on display recently as hundreds of boxes and cans of food filled a room on the hospital's first floor. ...more

December 2, 2009

Her stethoscope already dangling from her neck in preparation for her shift, respiratory therapist Patricia Syraski was driving on busy Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard on Monday when a man walked in front of her in the predawn darkness. ...more

December 1, 2009