CLEARWATER The Clearwater police officer who arrested a 76-year-old woman on charges she blocked the drive-thru lane at a McDonald's was cleared of wrongdoing in that case, but he later resigned while under investigation in an unrelated matter. Officer Matthew Parco resigned May 20 after he and a police union representative looked at a case in which Parco was accused of acting inappropriately with a 15-year-old girl during a child custody dispute, according to police documents made available this week. ...more

June 6, 2008

Catch it while you can. The LPGA finally has something the PGA has coveted for years - a legitimate rivalry. ...more

June 5, 2008

BRADENTON — A former firefighter who was acquitted in 2004 on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash was arrested Saturday in a hit-and-run crash that authorities say is alcohol-related. ...more

June 1, 2008

MIAMI - A farmworker advocacy group and Burger King have agreed on a deal to help improve wages and conditions for Florida tomato pickers. ...more

May 23, 2008

Southwest Bartow residents have been in a buzz ever since hundreds of vultures took up roost in their neighborhood. ...more

February 25, 2008

GULFPORT -- A man and a woman were found shooting up heroin Thursday morning in a parking lot next to Gulfport Elementary School, police said. ...more

February 22, 2008

The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office is pursuing a charge against Jean Merola, the 75-year-old woman who was arrested after not moving her car out of a drive-through lane at a McDonald's. ...more

February 21, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A year ago, Jeri McDonald said she saw her granddaughter skydive, and thought she wanted to try it as well. ...more

February 20, 2008

CLEARWATER -- The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office is pursuing a charge against Jean Merola, the 75-year-old woman who was arrested after failing to move her car out of a drive-through lane at a McDonald's. ...more

February 20, 2008

Tampa police are looking for a man who abandoned five stolen plasma televisions and a stolen Dodge Durango shortly after 6 a.m. at North Howard Avenue and West La Salle Street. ...more

February 7, 2008