A woman perusing Craig's List last week spotted her stolen bicycle for sale, authorities said. ...more

October 12, 2009

Farmers will take a bow 7:30 a.m. Aug. 12 at Plant City's annual Salute to Agriculture breakfast. ...more

July 27, 2009

A teenager saved his family, their visitors and a dog from a fire that destroyed a Lutz home this morning, officials say. ...more

July 15, 2009

Those who fear a national ID card either have something to hide or have been reading "1984" again. ...more

July 10, 2009

Bundaleer, a 10-year-old Queensland koala, took the grand opening of his exhibit in stride. ...more

June 30, 2009

In view of all the problems we have had with the Hillsborough elections' office, and the fact that Supervisor Phyllis Busansky was well on her way to straightening out the mess, doesn't it make sense for Gov. Charlie Crist to leave politics out of the temporary appointment? He should name Craig Latimer, her chief of staff, as interim supervisor until the 2010 election. He knows what is going on and will follow the direction Phyllis was headed until her death last week. ...more

June 28, 2009

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky was found dead today in a St. Augustine hotel room, sheriff's officials in St. Johns County said. She was 72. Busansky was found unresponsive in her room at the Renaissance Hotel at the World Golf Village, where a conference of Florida's elections supervisors was held. ...more

June 23, 2009

A murder defendant in central Florida wants tax dollars to pay for the removal of a bullet from his grown because he says it will help in his defense. ...more

May 31, 2009

Brett Quigley didn't quite get it done. He shot a 3-under 68 Sunday to post a 7-under finish, then sat around for some 30 minutes to see if anyone could do better. ...more

March 22, 2009

The Tampa Bay Rays made their first round of cuts this morning, trimming seven players from the roster. The most notable name on the list was reliever Chad Orvella, who is still working up to full speed after spending all of last year on the disabled list with a shoulder injury. He was reassigned to minor-league camp along with five others: pitchers Jason Cromer, Neal Frontz and Calvin Medlock and catchers Craig Albernaz and Nevin Ashley. ...more

March 10, 2009