NEWS Sunday, February 5, 2012

Organizing for America Florida field director John Gilbert, left, smiles as Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota regional field director Victoria Kirby introduces herself to the room before volunteer training Thursday at University of Tampa.

Before customers at Club Manilla can get close enough to feel mist from a smoke machine, or see a disco ball, or dance on a stage, they have to pass a few signs.

TAMPA, Fla. -- In November, 10 News showed you how, with a lot of sweat and hard work, a formerly vacant 1924 firehouse in the V.M. Ybor area was turned into a bomb operations center for the Tampa Police Department.

A poll in the Las Vegas Review-Journal has Mitt Romney on 45% in Nevada, with his main rival, Newt Gingrich, on 25%. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Voters in Nevada have began caucusing in the Republican nomination race that polls suggest Mitt Romney will win by a large margin, leaving him with a total of three out of five victories in ... (more)

A Tampa man traveling at about 100 mph on Interstate 75 in Collier County was arrested on drug charges after he was pulled over by troopers Friday evening.

A flier at South Lois Avenue and West Santiago Street in Tampa gives the lowdown on a missing squirrel that answers to "Peanut." A flier at South Lois Avenue and West Santiago Street in Tampa gives the lowdown on a missing squirrel that answers to "Peanut." If you have been trying to find Cracker the squirrel, who also responds to the name Peanut, ... (more)

Police are searching for a man caught on video during two robberies, including one in which a store clerk was shot.

And the message of how wonderful the Tampa area is could be reinforced with banners, fliers and other materials if the Hillsborough County Commission agrees to spend $1 million in tourist-bed tax money.

Tampa, Florida - On Friday, key White House officials held a summit with Tampa Bay Hispanic leaders at the University of Tampa to discuss issues impacting the Latino community.

The Obama Administration made a stop in South Tampa to meet with the Latino community on Friday, Feb.

The death of an 8-month-old disabled child last month is being treated as a homicide and a state investigation reveals a glaring failure by caseworkers to monitor the baby and his twin brother while under the care of their unstable mother.

Tampa police are investigating the death of an 8-month-old disabled child as a homicide a month after the boy died.

Officials said they were investigating a fire that destroyed a hookah lounge early Friday.Tampa Fire Rescue responded to the fire at the Petra Restaurant, in a strip mall at 4812 E. Busch Blvd., shortly after midnight.

TAMPA, Fla. -- U.S. prosecutors say a grand jury has indicted a Kosovo-born American citizen on charges of attempting to use weapons of mass destruction in connection with an alleged militant Islamic plot.

Police arrested the 39-year-old daughter of Labor MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on Wednesday on outstanding drug charges when she tried to fly back to Israel through a New York City airport, the reported on Thursday.

The university broke ground on an 11-story residence hall that will be able to house 523 students in suites of 4 bedrooms, two baths and a common living room.

Tampa, Florida -- Tampa city leaders want to impress politicians and others who visit the Bay area in August for the Republican National Convention.

TAMPA, Florida -- Republicans will return to Tampa Bay in August for the 2012 Republican National Convention .

TAMPA, Florida -- Republicans will return to Tampa Bay in August for the 2012 Republican National Convention .

As the controversy continues over the decision by the Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation to cut its support for Planned Parenthood, the Tampa Bay area's leading Planned Parenthood chapter held its annual fundraising luncheon in Tampa on Thursday and raised over $10,000 as a direct rebuke to Komen's decision.