The Complete Angler won a partial victory Friday when a federal magistrate recommended that the city of Clearwater be ordered not to punish the bait and tackle shop for its mural of sea life. ...more

March 14, 2009

The Complete Angler won a partial victory today when a federal magistrate recommended that the city of Clearwater be ordered not to punish the bait and tackle shop for its mural of sea life. ...more

March 13, 2009

A Sarasota hedge fund manager who went missing for 13 days after being accused of misleading investors will be held without bail pending trial, a federal magistrate ruled Friday. ...more

January 31, 2009

A Sarasota hedge fund manager who went missing for 13 days after being accused of misleading investors will be held without bail pending trial, a federal magistrate ruled today. ...more

January 30, 2009

A federal magistrate is recommending that a Tampa man charged with being part of a Gambino crime family conspiracy be tried along with other defendants accused in the conspiracy. James V. Cadicamo was arrested in August along with four other men charged with participating in a vast racketeering conspiracy under the umbrella of the Gambino crime family. At the same time, John A. "Junior" Gotti was named in a separate, similar indictment handed up by a federal grand jury in Tampa. ...more

January 6, 2009

Showgirls, Brandon's controversial bikini bar, has closed its doors. The Hi-Life Bar and Grill will soon take its place at 1602 E. Brandon Blvd. ...more

December 27, 2008

Showgirls, Brandon's controversial bikini bar, has closed its doors. ...more

December 26, 2008

Pasco County detectives found nearly $1.5 million cash in a truck driven by a New Port Richey man wanted on federal drug charges, the sheriff's office said Thursday. ...more

December 12, 2008

Pasco County detectives found marijuana and nearly $1.5 million in cash in a truck driven by a man wanted on a federal arrest warrant, the sheriff's office said today. ...more

December 11, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president. ...more

December 9, 2008