The last time Early Williams saw his 3-year-old neighbor Eddie Gould alive, the boy was hunched over a toy truck pushing it toward the road through their trailer park. ...more

January 22, 2009

Robert Nowak of Polk County was convicted today of hiring a hit man called "Reaper" to bump off an Internal Revenue Service tax auditor. ...more

December 18, 2008

Today, Detroit automakers take a second run at Congress to persuade lawmakers to give them $25 billion in federal aid, but their agendas are diverging as they contemplate futures as drastically different car companies. ...more

December 2, 2008

A Democratic official says retired Marine Gen. James Jones is President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be national security adviser. ...more

November 25, 2008

Open government in Highlands County has become more open. Every county commission meeting now can be viewed not only on cable television, but also streaming live on the Highlands County Clerk of Court's Web site, www.hcclerk.org. ...more

November 25, 2008

The state and defense rested their cases Wednesday afternoon in the second-degree murder trial of Sharon Sprout. ...more

November 20, 2008

With the economy in disarray and the nation's treasury draining, President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers are trying to figure out which of his expansive campaign promises to push in the opening months of his tenure and which to put on a slower track. ...more

November 9, 2008

When it comes to elections, lyrics by songwriter Mark Knopfler might best describe the day-after feelings of those who believed passionately in their candidates or issues. ...more

November 8, 2008

Monday night, Tarpon Springs Planning and Zoning Board members John Tarapani and William Vinson wisely chose to honor a request from a Wal-Mart attorney that they not take part in the board's deliberations on proposed changes in the development for the retailer's proposed store on U.S. 19. Tarapani and Vinson are on record as opposed to Wal-Mart's plans to one of its giant retail complexes adjacent to the Anclote River. ...more

September 27, 2008

Hillsborough County residents are extremely fortunate that a child's killer is off the streets, probably for good. ...more

August 28, 2008