Deputies have arrested a man they say robbed a Largo convenience store this morning of cash and lottery tickets after striking the cashier on the back of the head with a handgun. ...more

August 20, 2008

The three buses retired from service when Plant City Transit shut down June 27 as a cost-saving measure are available for purchase through a sealed bid auction. ...more

August 16, 2008

WINTER HAVEN A man walked into a convenience store about 11 p.m. Monday and asked the cashier if he could exchange two dimes and a nickel for a quarter, deputies said. ...more

July 22, 2008

TAMPA - A batch of bogus bucks is being passed in the Tampa Bay area, counterfeit $100 and $50 bills that can pass the pen test cashiers frequently use to detect fakes. ...more

July 15, 2008

MULBERRY - Detectives are looking for an armed man who robbed a gas station convenience store today, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 3, 2008

Investigators have released a video recording of a Dollar General store robbery in which a safe was cleaned out and an employee tied up. ...more

June 3, 2008

Hillsborough County recently reduced the number of employees and the workload at its Plant City building services permitting office. ...more

May 3, 2008

I thought I was going to need oxygen the last time I went to the grocery store and the cashier announced my final total. Suddenly, all of those news stories about rising food prices hit home. ...more

May 2, 2008

A veterinarian had been called to examine a 10-year-old Irish wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. ...more

February 21, 2008

LARGO - To save money, the owner of a gas station has kept the lights off when the business isn't open, but now that thieves have broken in under the cover of darkness, he has changed his mind, the manager of the gas station says. ...more

February 13, 2008