Adel Wilson wrote a letter expressing dismay that a liquor store was opening next to Lake Placid Middle School in "the Bible Belt town of Lake Placid." ...more

September 22, 2009

Am I the only one who feels that opening a liquor store next to the Lake Placid Middle School is incorrect? How could the Bible belt town of Lake Placid allow this? ...more

September 20, 2009

Expanded Prep Results ...more

December 23, 2008

As illuminating juxtapositions go, this one was hard to miss. Inside the Alice Hall Community Center, nerve center for the city of pure water's election day activities, the action was as cool as the refrigerated air. Fewer than 100 yards away, lifelong friends lounged in the steamy shade cast by a blue awning while tots splashed in water park spray, both generations utterly indifferent to the day's electoral possibilities or implications. ...more

August 27, 2008

A Brandon man rapidly accelerated his motorcycle toward a concrete wall and was unable to stop, driving through it but dying from his injuries, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

August 18, 2008

Iraq's presidential council on Wednesday rejected a draft provincial-elections law and sent it back to parliament for reworking - a major blow to U.S. hopes that the vote can be held this year. ...more

July 24, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly car crash in Plant City. A van traveling north on Forbes Road had stopped at Downing Street at 7:47 a.m. Thursday when a Ford 350 pickup rear-ended it, spokeswoman Vida Morgan said. ...more

January 17, 2008