The idea of crashing and burning when giving a speech in front of a packed room may be the most frightening experience some people can imagine. ...more

March 18, 2009

An 83-year-old Winter Haven man thought to be missing and endangered has been found safe, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said today. ...more

February 20, 2009

What's going on with South Florida football? "Jungle" Jim Leavitt's program can't hold on to its coaches these days. And that's not good news. ...more

February 19, 2009

James Patterson has created some surreal characters and made them seem real in "The Final Warning." Maximum Ride seems like a normal teenager - until she opens her wings to fly. She and five other kids were born mutants from a genetic experiment and have spent most of their lives escaping from those who want to destroy them. They have recently been asked to help a group of scientists studying global warming in Antarctica. At first Max is not convinced that global warming is all that important or that they could help enough in its prevention. But as they grow more familiar with the wildlife in the Antarctic and see the actual effects of even minor climate changes they become very enthusiastic about being a part of the team. But their enemies have tracked them and manage to capture them. Maximum is afraid that this time their wings won't be able to save them. ...more

February 4, 2009

FBI scientists early on had - but destroyed - the unique strain of anthrax used in the deadly 2001 attacks that years later would lead them to Bruce Ivins, the government's top suspect in the nation's biggest bioterror case. ...more

August 19, 2008

DNA taken from the bodies of people killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks helped lead investigators to Bruce Ivins, who oversaw the highly specific type of toxin in an Army lab, a government scientist said Sunday. ...more

August 4, 2008

The developer of a massive town home project could be exempted from the new municipal sprinkler law, under a tentative agreement reached with city officials. ...more

June 23, 2008

The city's controversial sprinkler law is facing its first major challenge. ...more

May 12, 2008

A pilot was slightly injured in a helicopter crash Dec. 12 near Plant City Stadium. ...more

December 19, 2007

PLANT CITY - Authorities are continuing to investigate a helicopter crash near Plant City Stadium that slightly injured a pilot. ...more

December 13, 2007