NORTH PORT - Investigators have moved the search for a missing mother of two who was kidnapped from her North Port home Thursday to Manatee County. ...more

January 18, 2008

SEBRING — Luke Brooker isn't, but Bob Germaine is. The sheriff is, and so are all the other constitutional officers. Germaine called a press conference at 1 p.m. Wednesday to announce he'll seek the clerk of courts seat being vacated by Brooker. Germaine, 57, said if he's elected, he won't be a one-term clerk. He's been working in the office for 36 years and is Brooker's chief deputy on the criminal courts side. "I help people every day," Germaine said to the 20 people gathered in the supervisor of elections office when he announced. "I don't feel like I've done anything if I don't help someone." ...more

January 3, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - The idea of an apartment alliance, started in the University Area by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Community Resource Deputy Barbara Reichard, is spreading — with other areas of the county organizing groups. "The chief [Chief Deputy Joe Docodo] really liked how this was done and is wanting it in more districts," said Reichard, who has worked for 10 years in the community west of the University of South Florida. ...more

January 2, 2008

WINTER HAVEN - The new owners of Cypress Gardens are planning to announce "significant operational changes" today at a 2 p.m. news conference at the park. ...more

January 2, 2008

On Monday a man walked up to the front counter of a gas station and lifted his shirt to display a gun butt tucked into his waist. ...more

December 20, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist and two other top state officials suspended withdrawals from a state-operated investment pool Thursday, abruptly halting a run by local governments spooked over the downgrade of its mortgage-related holdings. ...more

November 30, 2007

A veteran and a rookie have been named as the deputies involved in Tuesday's fatal shooting of a suspect. ...more

November 21, 2007

A 25-year-old man was fatally shot by a deputy after he fired a single shot at the deputies demanding he put down his weapon, authorities say. ...more

November 20, 2007

SPRING HILL - Hernando County deputies fatally shot a man this afternoon, according to witnesses at the scene. A man's body is in the driveway of a Spring Hill home at 13411 Banyan Road near Ralph Lane, said Hernando sheriff's spokeswoman Donna Black. ...more

November 20, 2007

Mayor Dan Tipton is expected to join a crowded field of candidates running for county clerk of the circuit court in next year's general elections. ...more

October 18, 2007