A small plane forced down by military jets after it took off from a Brooksville airport on Wednesday afternoon was not stolen and the pilot, a French citizen, broke no laws, authorities said. ...more

December 31, 2009

Dutch carmaker Spyker is giving General Motors Co. more time to consider its latest offer for car brand Saab. ...more

December 22, 2009

Third operation shut down in the last four days, according to the sheriff's office ...more

December 10, 2009

For years, no one on Crest Drive paid much attention to the little white house with pink trim. ...more

November 30, 2009

WestShore Plaza owner may change WestShore Plaza could have a new owner soon. Current owner Glimcher Realty Trust is close to a deal to sell a 60 percent stake in WestShore and one other mall to private equity firm Blackstone Group LP for $195 million, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources. ...more

November 4, 2009

Investigators are sorting through more than a thousand tips but are still trying to figure out what happened when 7-year-old Somer Thompson. And a fundraiser for Somer Thompson's family raised about $18,500 so her mother doesn't have to go back to work immediately. ...more

October 25, 2009

A runaway car plunged into the Intracoastal Waterway in Nokomis this afternoon and quickly sank. The scene was captured by a local news crew shooting video from a nearby boat. ...more

October 7, 2009

Editor's note: The following letter was written to Brooksville Police Chief George Turner and is reprinted here at the author's request. ...more

July 24, 2009

Pinellas County sheriff's detectives continue to investigate a human trafficking ring and on Thursday announced the arrest of Roosevelt James "Pudgie" Wade, 31, 1910 Cobb Drive in Marietta, Ga., ...more

May 28, 2009

A century ago, at the dawn of food safety laws, inspection amounted to little more than opening a bin of flour and looking for something wiggly. ...more

February 14, 2009