TAMPA Lakeland police are on the lookout for two suspects in the slaying of 39-year-old William Joseph Hough. ...more

June 16, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring teenager who was booked into jail Feb. 8, 2007, in connection with the armed robbery of the Dollar General store was turned over to the care of his mother Thursday after he pleaded to a lesser charge for his part in the crime. The store is located at 1040 Lakeview Drive in downtown Sebring. After spending 16 months in jail, David Lozano Jr., now 16, was released at 7:40 p.m. Thursday, according to sheriff's booking. Lozano Jr. pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Assistant State Attorney Richard Castillo said Friday that Lozano Jr. helped plan the robbery, carried the handgun or BB gun to the store and acted as a lookout while Roosevelt Smith, now 17, carried out the robbery. Smith, who pleaded guilty several months ago to robbery with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for robbing the store and pistol whipping a female clerk, whose name is being withheld by Highlands Today. ...more

June 15, 2008

A woman's decomposing body was discovered by a local resident around 8 p.m. Wednesday in the wooded area south of Atlanta Avenue, west of Commercial Way in Hernando County. ...more

June 12, 2008

TAMPA - After confiscating items from a burglary suspect, Manatee County deputies are on the lookout for his victims. ...more

May 5, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Wearing seat belts prevented Lake Placid Police Chief Phil Williams and his wife Margie from being seriously injured on Sunday afternoon on County Road 621 near Holmes Road. "My wife called out, 'Lookout, he's stopping,'" Williams said Monday morning. ...more

February 25, 2008

The first day of testing at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis provided at least one rumor involving the Bucs. ...more

February 22, 2008

Your pets are at risk of being stolen from your front and back yards. Please be more alert and responsible for your fuzzy family members, and don't allow this to happen to you. ...more

February 6, 2008

Smoking is good. At least it is in John M. Angelini's case. The usually reviled habit provided the impetus for his 20-year collection of more than 500 cigarette lighters. About half of them are lighting up the Hudson Regional Library in a display that opened last week. ...more

February 6, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - Temple Terrace Woman's Club President Marge Groene refers to fellow club member Anne Green as an "unsung hero." In 1991, Green founded the organization's annual Spring Boutique, a fundraising event that this year netted close to $7,500, proceeds that were equally divided among Tampa Bay Tech, King High and Greco Middle schools. Every other year, the proceeds are donated to Temple Terrace's three elementary schools. ...more

January 2, 2008

Sports fans have tendency to be a little cultish but Hugh Donnelly took it to the next level; he formed his own clan. ...more

December 30, 2007