Public Can Sound Off On Station Relocation County officials will hold a public meeting 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on a proposal to relocate a fire station from Springhead to Bealsville in eastern Hillsborough. ...more

January 28, 2009

PLANT CITY Former members of Sweet Rye, Silver Dollar Band and other area musicians will gather Jan. 31 for The Southern Rock Volunteer Jam. ...more

January 21, 2009

For some in the audience Saturday, a tractor pull was something fresh and new. ...more

October 6, 2008

WEST BRADENTON — She had a hard time getting by even before a murder suspect smashed her car one night near the interstate. ...more

June 23, 2008

It's easy to forget, in the ribbons of highway and rows of two-car garage homes, that Florida was built by real horse power. ...more

February 25, 2008

One Venice police officer has resigned and another has been cleared for their roles in an off-duty altercation at the Sarasota Ale House near Bee Ridge and Cattlemen roads in January. ...more

February 21, 2008

They're few and far between now, but as far back as the 1600s, a little steed that became known as the Cracker horse ruled the Florida range. ...more

February 19, 2008

VENICE - Two off-duty Venice police officers were involved in an altercation at a Sarasota County bar over the weekend, and for the second time in a month the Venice Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into the conduct of its officers. ...more

January 16, 2008

The energy bill just passed by the U.S. House is far from perfect, but it would give the nation a hearty push toward energy conservation, a push Congress has avoided for too long. ...more

December 10, 2007

SEBRING — Playing Beefo Bingo at Ag-Venture at Firemen's Field Tuesday, third-graders learned that cattle provide a lot more than the beef that is for dinner. Using marshmallows for markers, the students filled in their Bingo cards as Ag-Venture volunteer Wayne Godwin named off things that had a component from beef byproducts: luggage, paints, pet food, bandages, insulin, mayonnaise, crayons, soap and candy. ...more

October 31, 2007