A woman camped out on a shopping plaza sidewalk tried to head butt deputies. ...more

February 11, 2009

$20,000 in goods stolen by teen from aunt and uncle, deputies say ...more

February 10, 2009

Three guest speakers are scheduled for the Highlands County Homeowners Association meeting Monday morning. ...more

February 9, 2009

Nayshamish Hampton tried buying $1,200 in merchandise from Walmart using a counterfeit check, Plant City police say. ...more

February 6, 2009

Tampa Bay's seagrass destruction by boaters is inexcusable and irresponsible. There are two thoughts about stopping this destruction. The majority side says do nothing and leave the responsibility for changing boater behavior to law enforcement. The other side says take action with a management plan that's positive and meaningful. Cost associated with enforcement in today's financial climate is a "pie in the sky attitude," not reality. To those guides and sport fishermen who support enforcement over management, policies stopping outboard destruction of seagrasses amounts to saying, "We care little about the bay's underwater habitat, the nurseries for juvenile fish." ...more

February 4, 2009

Rhett Hopkins refused to pay his $4 bar tab at O'Malley's bar in Sarasota because, he said, he was an undercover officer with the Tampa Police Department and worked on homeland security. ...more

February 2, 2009

A 60-year-old man riding a bicycle in the 2700 block of Fowler Avenue today was struck by a car, police spokesman Jim Contento said. ...more

February 2, 2009

Tampa police are responding to a reported hit-and-run involving a crash in the area of 22nd Street and Fowler Avenue, near University Mall, police spokesman Jim Contento said. ...more

February 2, 2009

Maybe Trey Mathew Palmer was channeling Mongo, the bean-swilling cowpoke played by former NFL great Alex Karas in the movie Blazing Saddles. ...more

January 31, 2009

A man who sat in his car at the gas pumps for two hours was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of DUI. ...more

January 26, 2009