Only one of the three top-seeded teams came away with championships in the Plant City Recreation and Parks Department/Optimist Youth Flag Football Program. That was the Jets, who finished off as winners of the Elite League, and were joined by the Chargers and Panthers as tournament champions Nov. 7. ...more

December 9, 2009

A small plane that left Wauchula crashed just before noon Sunday in eastern Hillsborough County, killing two men. ...more

November 29, 2009

An estranged husband shot and killed his wife Sunday, then drove around the corner to a department store parking lot, where he killed himself, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

June 1, 2009

Sheriff's detectives are investigating whether a 19-year-old woman did anything illegal when she posted a fake ad on Craigslist.com offering her baby for sale. ...more

May 31, 2009

Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in connection with a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg. ...more

January 4, 2009

An investigation into the shooting of a 12-year-old Winter Haven boy has yielded four arrests. The boy was shot in the leg Monday afternoon as he and a friend unintentionally walked near two groups of people that were arguing, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Caleb Brown was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center and is home recuperating, deputies said today. ...more

December 31, 2008

Drivers in Sarasota can get gas today for less than $3 a gallon. Cars started backing up about noon today after the Dodge Store at Fruitville and Beneva roads posted the price of regular, unleaded gas at $2.94. ...more

October 7, 2008