TAMPA -- A $1 wager can get you a $37 million return tonight as the Florida Lottery tries to give away a ballooning jackpot that has rolled over for several weeks. ...more

February 20, 2008

A police officer was injured by a hit-and-run driver Saturday morning while dispersing a crowd gathered at a food store. ...more

December 2, 2007

A police officer was injured by a hit-and-run driver while dispersing a large crowd that had gathered at a food store early this morning. One person is in custody in connection with the incident, which happened about 2:20 a.m. at the Food Max Store, 1400 18th Ave. S. Police said late-night crowds have been gathered at the store on Fridays and Saturdays for the past few weeks. ...more

December 1, 2007

SEBRING — A Lake Placid man was being held at the Highlands County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail Tuesday, accused of beating and intimidating a fellow inmate and taking his food. ...more

November 27, 2007

SEBRING — Michael Anthony Rosales, of Zolfo Springs, was sentenced Monday morning to 10 years in prison for charges of fraud, grand theft and forgery for possessing bogus checks and trying to cash them at local businesses last fall. ...more

October 23, 2007

GIBSONTON - Two men were arrested at U.S. 41 and Nundy Road after deputies used stop sticks to end a chase, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

October 11, 2007

Nasief Oudeh oiled a 9mm handgun Friday behind a refrigerated case of sandwiches and eggs at Papa Dan's Food Store. ...more

October 6, 2007

TAMPA - Nasief Oudeh oiled a 9mm handgun today behind a refrigerated case of sandwiches and eggs at Papa Dan's Food Store. "All I can say is, he is lucky. He got his luck one more time," he said of the armed robber he and his cousin, Samer Hamden, fired upon Thursday night. "He took advantage. It's not the first time. It's not the second time. … It's not right." ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - From the soda aisle, a Papa Dan's Food Store clerk fired a shot at a robber who was pointing a gun at a clerk at the counter, Tampa police reported Thursday night. ...more

October 4, 2007