The Betmar Acres homeowners association was portrayed as rude and overbearing Thursday during a court hearing over its attempt to remove a mobile home from its park. ...more

January 23, 2009

After receiving a slew of complaints, Pinellas County is working toward tightening its ordinances so beachgoers at county parks can no longer wear swimwear that reveals too much of their buttocks. ...more

January 13, 2009

Batista Madonia III was 400 miles away when he got the call from the alarm company: His Plant City home was on fire. ...more

July 1, 2008

PLANT CITY - More than 50 firefighters from two departments continue to battle a three-alarm blaze consuming a mansion in Walden Lake, the city's largest subdivision, fire rescue officials said. ...more

June 30, 2008

AVON PARK – Walt Shirey was supposed to have surgery on a stomach hernia this week, but rather than go under the knife, the two-time Bill Jarrett Invitational champion instead decided to go under par at River Greens golf course. "I postponed the surgery because I really wanted to play in this," said Shirey, a Fort Myers resident who won the two-day tourney in 1997 and '98. "I could feel a little bulge when I was swinging, but I wouldn't say it was painful." ...more

June 29, 2008

There's nothing like a common cause to bring people together. For the North Forest Hills Neighborhood Association, concern about their lakes, ponds and roads was the catalyst that united them. ...more

September 5, 2007