Toys donated by customers who filled a large gingerbread house at the Dollar General Store No. 1313, in Sebring, were delivered Thursday to the National Guard Armory at Avon Park for the families of the soldiers of Bravo Battery. ...more

December 19, 2009

The blasts of cannons and the screams for beads would have made Jose Gaspar proud. ...more

January 25, 2009

The blasts of cannons and the screams for beads would have made Jose Gaspar proud. ...more

January 24, 2009

Just a few months ago, Pasco County officials worried they wouldn't have enough money to pave the rest of Tommytown's infamous dirt roads. ...more

November 22, 2008

A 19-year-old man who had been drinking at a party was killed this morning as he lay in the southbound lanes of Sheldon Road, north of Waters Avenue, authorities said. ...more

September 20, 2008

Deputies acting on a tip about a Tampa home uncovered 38 hidden marijuana plants in a secret bedroom. ...more

July 18, 2008

Teacher Marisol LaCosta read aloud to a group of kindergartners and first-graders Wednesday morning at Double Branch Elementary School. ...more

June 5, 2008

PALMETTO — If the Avon Park girls soccer team wanted a blueprint of where they want to evolve in the coming years, they need only take a good look at the machine that is the Palmetto Tigers. The top-seeded Tigers pounced on the Red Devils from the onset, scoring seven minutes into the game and not letting up until they'd walked away with an 8-0 mercy-rule victory over the No. 4 seed Avon Park in the semifinals of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament at Harllee Stadium on Tuesday. Palmetto were methodical in its attack and used precision passing to systematically dismantle the Red Devil defense, showing the obvious differences in skill level. ...more

January 17, 2008

A 25-year-old Dover woman who claimed to have been kidnapped Sunday night outside a Dover taco stand has recanted her story, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 8, 2008