I recently received my statement of benefits from Social Security. I was informed that since the cost of living had not increased, my payments would remain the same. This brought on some interesting thoughts. ...more

December 26, 2009

Police checking the license plate of a suspicious vehicle discovered a few minutes later that the 23-year-old driver was wanted on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. ...more

December 24, 2009

Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing charges that he attempted along with others to buy a large quantity of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer. ...more

December 14, 2009

A former Hillsborough County deputy accused of forcing a hit-and-run suspect to perform a sex act on him was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison and 10 years of sex offender probation. ...more

December 11, 2009

A former Hillsborough County deputy accused of forcing a hit-and-run suspect to perform a sex act on him was sentenced today to five years in prison and 10 years of sex offender probation. ...more

December 10, 2009

A woman struck by a car on U.S. 19 in Pasco County on Tuesday night remains in critical condition today, as does a woman struck by a car while maneuvering her electric wheelchair across a St. Petersburg street. ...more

December 9, 2009

A man accused of shooting four relatives to death after Thanksgiving dinner in South Florida told family members he had been waiting 20 years to kill them, the father of one of the victims said today. ...more

December 1, 2009

Drivers on a 47-mile stretch of Florida's Turnpike won't have to stop or slow down to pay tolls starting in 2011. ...more

November 21, 2009

The license plate wasn't clearly visible when the silver Mercedes passed a Tarpon Springs police officer just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, so on went the flashing lights and siren. ...more

October 28, 2009

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the public in locating two residents who have been missing since Sunday. Lynda McAdams, 46, of 17928 Palomina Lake Drive in Dade City, and William R. Andrews, 37, of 7128 Cedar Crest Road in New Port Richey, are co-workers who are involved in a relationship, Pasco sheriff's officials said today. ...more

October 22, 2009