The Food and Drug Administration will collect and inspect the Pokemon brand lollipops seized by Polk County authorities last week, deputies say. ...more

February 18, 2008

TAMPA - The Food and Drug Administration will collect and inspect the Pokemon brand lollipops that Polk County authorities rounded up last week, deputies say. ...more

February 18, 2008

Out of 20 more suspect lollipops seized by authorities Thursday, only one appears to have a piece of metal embedded in it, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

February 15, 2008

LAKELAND - There does not appear to be an epidemic of blade-flavored lollipops in Polk County. ...more

February 14, 2008

SEBRING — Those looking for USDA food commodities from the Salvation Army after the county quit supplying it will have to get it somewhere else for at least another month and a half. The Salvation Army in Sebring is undergoing a "routine" first-time inspection and audit that will continue at least a month, said Linda Cahill of the Lakeland-based Cahill Ministries Food Bank. "It's just a routine thing... every time an organization comes in, it first must be inspected," Cahill said. "It took Salvation Army a long time to get their paperwork back." The USDA food commodity program provides mostly canned food and some dry food for the needy, and several food pantries get their designated USDA commodity food from food banks. ...more

October 29, 2007

More than a half-million Chinese-made products were recalled Thursday, including 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and Baby Einstein toys, because they contain dangerous levels of lead. ...more

October 5, 2007

TEMPLE TERRACE - The site of a future arts education center has been identified by Temple Terrace officials in their efforts to revitalize the city's downtown. ...more

October 3, 2007

Momentum is building as the city's longtime dream to revitalize its downtown core moves closer to reality. ...more

October 3, 2007

LAKE PLACID – Dollar General Store is moving from its location in the Winn-Dixie shopping center in Lake Placid, but the department store is only going across U.S. 27 to a free-standing building. Dollar General has leased the site of the former hardware store at 108 U.S. 27 N. Developer Bill Harvey bought the building, which he said is 10,050 square feet, last December. Harvey said he liked the location and believed he could lease the building in a short period of time. ...more

September 16, 2007