The Polk County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 12-year-old girl from Fort Meade. Family friends dropped off Tamara Thomas at her godmother's home, 2985 Morris Drive, Bartow, about 3 p.m. Monday, sheriff's office spokeswoman Donna Wood said. Thomas has not been seen since. ...more

October 7, 2008

I'd estimate that about 75 percent of the e-mails in my inbox are from people who are swamped with credit card debt. Many, particularly in this economy, have had to rely on the plastic because they lost their job or their gas and food bills are sky-high, but about a third can place the blame on shopping, specifically, clothes shopping. ...more

September 28, 2008

Eight shop owners in the Hyde Park Village shopping center have been ordered to move out of their shops within 30 days, and the center's owner says new tenants for the spaces will be announced soon. ...more

September 18, 2008

Downtown Dade City Main Street needs donations of clothing for this year's Scarecrow Festival. ...more

September 10, 2008

Police now say there were three, not two, people in a car that struck a truck early Thursday, and they want help identifying the third man. ...more

September 6, 2008

Police now say there were three, not two, people in a car that struck a truck early Thursday, and they want help identifying him. ...more

September 5, 2008

A woman robbed a Bradenton bank this afternoon, Manatee County deputies say. About 4:30 p.m. , the woman entered a bank at 5305 26th St. W. and demanded money from a teller. She didn't display a weapon or a note, deputies say. ...more

September 4, 2008

Lake Wales police are investigating a SunTrust Bank robbery that occurred this morning. ...more

September 4, 2008

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying a man who robbed a CVS drugstore Sunday in Holiday. ...more

September 4, 2008

A man implied he had a gun and robbed a Wachovia bank in Temple Terrace this Tuesday morning, Temple Terrace police say. ...more

September 2, 2008