On the night of Aug. 5, someone cut a lock, opened a gate and proceeded to steal 1,900 gallons of diesel fuel from a citrus grove in Duette. The theft cost the owner of the Venus II grove about $9,000. ...more

August 14, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - Even as he held a jail visitation phone with shackled hands, first-degree murder defendant Timothy Brooks said Thursday he still hopes he will play in the National Football League someday. ...more

August 7, 2008

RELOCATION MEANS HERNANDO COUNTY MISSES OUT ON 165 NEW JOBS ...more

July 18, 2008

Hernando County is losing one of its industries. It could cost the county up to 165 jobs. ...more

July 18, 2008

The future looked bright for Timothy L. Brooks in June when he threw the only touchdown pass for the Lakewood Ranch High School varsity football team in its spring warm-up game. ...more

July 15, 2008

Manatee sheriff's officials today arrested a quarterback of the Lakewood Ranch High School football team on a murder charge in the killing of a 19-year-old man during a drug deal and robbery Sunday night. ...more

July 14, 2008

BRADENTON - Four years ago, a 14-year-old girl who was staying at a motel here on a trip to Key West was abducted and driven off in a car, then raped while the attacker's shirt covered her face. ...more

June 20, 2008

Authorities say a 76-year-old retired nurse -- whom neighbors described as frail, petite and charitable -- was killed during a burglary or robbery. ...more

May 22, 2008

BRADENTON - Manatee County detectives are investigating an elderly woman found slain in her Bradenton home. ...more

May 21, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - A Sarasota man was shot in the thigh Tuesday after authorities say he spooked some men who were operating a marijuana grow house in south Manatee. ...more

May 6, 2008