Motorcycle crash seriously injures one

ST. PETERSBURG -- Police are investigating a crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist late Friday night.

Man charged with setting Clearwater condo on fire

CLEARWATER ­— A man was arrested Friday on a charge that he lit a three-story Clearwater Beach condo where he lives on fire.

Man killed crossing Gulf to Bay in Clearwater

CLEARWATER -- A pedestrian was killed tonight when he stepped into the path of a vehicle on Gulf to Bay Boulevard tonight.

Developer's dump trucks can't use Lutz-Lake Fern Road

KEYSTONE -- A Hillsborough County hearing officer today denied developer Stephen Dibbs' request to allow dump trucks on Lutz-Lake Fern Road.

Wesley Chapel ranked fourth-fastest growing area in U.S.

WESLEY CHAPEL -- A national data group has named this burb of Tampa one of eight fastest growing areas in the United States.

Smoke from controlled burn clouds northern Hillsborough

TAMPA - Smell smoke? If you're in the northern part of Hillsborough County, that's probably due to a large, controlled burn consuming more than 150 acres near U.S. 301 and Ranch Road in an area called 2 Rivers Ranch.

Given leniency, Hernando teen heads back to jail

SPRING HILL — A Hernando judge on Thursday gave 16-year-old Natasha Raiola two weeks of freedom before she started her 3-year prison sentence. But Raiola needed only 12 hours before landing behind bars.

Hernando band director resigns

BROOKSVILLE - Facing the near certainty of termination, not to mention criminal charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, Nature Coast High band director Tim Brightbill has resigned.

Tampa police: Suspect told fellow inmate he killed ex-girlfriend

TAMPA -- The ex-boyfriend of a woman who called 911 from the trunk of a car admitted to a fellow inmate that he knocked her unconscious, put her in the trunk, then killed her and left her body in Lakeland, Tampa police said today.

Body found in St. Petersburg alley identified as missing teen

ST. PETERSBURG - A body discovered in an alley this morning has been identified as Malayshia Kierra Gamble, a 15-year-old girl reported missing in early December. She had a gunshot wound to the upper body, St. Petersburg Police said.