TAMPA -- Don Richards spent more than 40 years in radio but became best known for his controversial on-air interview with police killer Hank Earl Carr, who was holding a hostage at gunpoint. News critics lambasted Richards, saying he had crossed the line of journalistic ethics. But his supervisor said Richards simply got caught in a situation he couldn't get out of when he unknowingly dialed the very business where Carr was holed up almost exactly 10 years ago. ...more

June 6, 2008

TBO.com, the online partner of The Tampa Tribune and News Channel 8, rolled out a new home page and several new features Tuesday afternoon. ...more

May 8, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY The Children's Home is now $107,000 richer, thanks to the success of two recent events. The 26th Annual Heroes' Golf Tournament held April 28 at the Avila Golf and Country Club raised $66,000; while the 22nd Annual Star Power Fashion show at The Renaissance Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg, raised $41,000 on April 24. ...more

May 6, 2008

Gayle Guyardo, who for 14 years has co-anchored WFLA's television coverage of the Gasparilla parade, went on with the show Saturday even though she said she had the flu and a fever. ...more

January 27, 2008

TAMPA - Gayle Guyardo, who for 14 years has co-anchored WFLA's television coverage of the Gasparilla parade, went on with the show Saturday even though she said she had the flu and a fever. ...more

January 26, 2008

When he talks about the death that had such a profound effect on him, Malcolm Teasdale usually uses the phrase "local personality." ...more

December 15, 2007

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH - Fire destroyed a three-story town house this morning. ...more

December 6, 2007

WASHINGTON - Florida's largest National Guard unit, which includes several companies and batteries from the Tampa Bay area, has been alerted that it can expect to be deployed again to Afghanistan in 2009. ...more

December 3, 2007

SPRING HILL - Hernando County deputies fatally shot a man this afternoon, according to witnesses at the scene. A man's body is in the driveway of a Spring Hill home at 13411 Banyan Road near Ralph Lane, said Hernando sheriff's spokeswoman Donna Black. ...more

November 20, 2007

TAMPA – Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Cato June was arrested early this morning and charged with driving under the influence. ...more

November 19, 2007