Ryan Beeble and Nick Hellman have lived through Bishop McLaughlin's growing pains, weathered the Hurricanes' various storms. ...more

September 3, 2008

Recently, I went to Micky D's on U.S. 27 S., just south of Lakeview. Well, after I got my $2 food, I was promptly pulled over for making the right hand turn and across into the u-turn lane. Sounds okay to me, it says "right turn only" and I went right. So why did I get a $139 ticket? The officer said I was going into oncoming traffic. Huh? Not possible! There's a median strip; everyone does this every hour of every day! ...more

August 31, 2008

9:51 a.m. Meet the Breakfast Club, a group of friends who meet almost every day for their morning meal at a cafe on Upham Beach. The members, from left, are JoAnn and Peter Lousberg, May Shorr, Howie and Jeani Fullard, and Sigi Vogel. The dog on Howie's lap is My Boy - "MB" for short. ...more

August 19, 2008

Shares of WellCare Health Plans jumped Tuesday, a day after the company said it was restating more than three years worth of financial statements because of accounting errors. ...more

July 23, 2008

Polk County deputies arrested a man who took a Chevrolet 4x4 from the Family Fun Center in Lakeland on Friday evening after trying to carjack two other people, the sheriff's office said. ...more

July 18, 2008

Regarding "Elderly Clearwater Woman Not Guilty In French Fry Case" (Metro, July 11): ...more

July 14, 2008

CLEARWATER – Jean Merola, the 76-year-old woman who drew national attention after she was accused of unnecessarily blocking a McDonald's restaurant, has been found not guilty. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA - A 48-year-old man is accused of knocking out another man's teeth and possibly breaking his hand at a local McDonald's, an affidavit states. Lyndon Stuart Patterson of Plant City was held at Orient Road Jail this morning on $7,500 bail. He is charged with felony aggravated battery. ...more

July 1, 2008

TAMPA - During a traffic stop Wednesday morning, a Tampa man reversed his vehicle toward Officer Jesse Madsen's patrol car, forcing the officer to "take evasive action to avoid a collision," a police report states. ...more

June 26, 2008

OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) –– McDonald's says it has stopped serving sliced tomatoes in its restaurants over concerns about Salmonella food poisoning linked to uncooked tomatoes. Spokeswoman Danya Proud said Monday the world's largest hamburger chain has stopped serving sliced tomatoes on all of its sandwiches in the United States as a precaution until the source of the salmonella is known. ...more

June 9, 2008