CHARLOTTE COUNTY - The owner of a south Charlotte County gas station and convenience store that recently burned down told the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office that 4,647 gallons of fuel are missing from underground storage tanks. ...more

November 29, 2007

It will cost about $1 million more for Sarasota County residents to use their county parks in the coming year. ...more

November 24, 2007

The idea floated Friday by the Tampa Bay Rays sounds lovely: a new open-air ballpark on downtown St. Petersburg's waterfront. ...more

November 13, 2007

Regarding "Commission's Vote On Trash Makes Independents' Day" (Metro, Nov. 8): ...more

November 12, 2007

Marijuana cultivators in Southwest Florida know that numbers are a very important component to their business plan. ...more

October 23, 2007

Before the white boys would let Johnny Lloyd ride their ponies at Wilson's Horse Arena, he usually received a hard pummeling for being black. ...more

October 21, 2007

ROTONDA WEST - Barbara Jo Robinson says that if she could do it again, she would return the $93 to the 20 or so Lemon Bay High School students who gathered in her home after Saturday's homecoming dance. ...more

October 17, 2007

Charlotte County used to pay to dispose of old motor oil, paint cans and appliances people dropped off for recycling. Now the county gets paid -- about $6,000 a month. ...more

October 8, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - It's homework time as the Pasco County School Board begins the first wholesale revision of its policy handbook in at least three decades. ...more

October 4, 2007

CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Prison officials are investigating the death of Richard Seccia, 69, who was found "unresponsive in his cell" about 5 p.m. Monday at the Charlotte County Correctional Institution. He had been sentenced to life for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old boy. ...more

September 13, 2007