Just days after Col. David Parrish passed one of the biggest tests of his career, he announced his retirement. ...more

September 16, 2008

Col. David Parrish, who oversees Hillsborough County's jails, has stepped down, sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway has confirmed. ...more

September 15, 2008

Police were looking Monday for help from the public to identify a man who they say is a suspect in the theft of a 42-inch TV set from the lobby of the Residence Inn hotel on Little Lake Jackson, in Sebring. ...more

September 15, 2008

It seems like now would be a very good time to eliminate the federal Department of Energy and Department of Education. ...more

September 1, 2008

It seems like now would be a very good time to eliminate the federal Department of Energy and Department of Education. ...more

August 30, 2008

His studio isn't spacious, but his imagination has no bounds. When Hernie Vann gazes at a felled tree in the woods, a bird perched on a car or sunlight filtering through the trees, he sees elements of a painting. ...more

August 20, 2008

No. 2 daughter is basking in the glow of a New England maternity leave – for now. ...more

August 13, 2008

Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants. New regulations, which don't require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have been performing for 35 years, according to a draft first obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

August 12, 2008

At 8:05 this morning, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office received a report of a body found in an orange grove in rural Manatee County. ...more

August 11, 2008

HUDSON - The Pasco Police Athletic League youth football and cheerleading program will kick off its 35th season with its annual jamboree next Saturday at Arthur F. Engle Memorial Park. The 10-team PPAL jamboree is set to be an all day affair that begins at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 9, the PPAL president, Mark Gardiner, said. ...more

August 2, 2008