FOREST HILLS A previously scheduled blood drive at Chamberlain High School turned into an impromptu outpouring of help for accident victims on Wednesday. ...more

January 9, 2008

The last quarter moon occurs tomorrow at 7:51 a.m. and this means that dominate late night feeding migration comes to an end — or at least reduces half in duration and intensity — and the beginning of a midday bite feeding migration. The best time to be on the water for the next three days is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. However, if you have been "on fish" already during the early morning, there is a chance that you might hook into a larger bass between 6-7 a.m., but the chances lessen each day for this to happen. ...more

December 30, 2007

A car bomb left at least 14 people dead in the capital Friday, and U.S. troops chasing extremists in one of their last remaining bastions in central Iraq said they killed five al-Qaida gunmen. ...more

December 29, 2007

In a climate of budget tightening, the county's public bus service plans to retool some routes next spring. ...more

December 22, 2007

About 50 employees held hands and lined across a department store's entrance Thursday before parting to let a crowd of holiday shoppers enter for the first time since a gunman killed eight people there 15 days earlier. ...more

December 21, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Every 16-year-old driver's education student is taught the basics, including stop for all active railroad crossings. But on the night of Tuesday, Nov. 13, several frustrated drivers ignored the red flashing lights and loud clanging, and skirted past the downed safety arms while crossing the tracks on Interlake Boulevard, just east of DeVane Park. Fortunately on that evening, and at least 10 times during the past four months, the CSX-controlled signals malfunctioned, and no train rolled through the Interlake Boulevard intersection. Several public officials and council members were caught at the false alarm following the evening's special town council meeting, including Arlene Tuck, town clerk. ...more

November 20, 2007

An 11-year-old Lakeland girl who had been missing for nearly 20 hours was found unharmed Friday afternoon, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

November 3, 2007

LAKELAND - An 11-year-old Lakeland girl with no history of running away has not been seen since 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Polk County sheriff's detectives say they've exhausted all leads in the case and are looking for help from the public. ...more

November 2, 2007

SEMINOLE - Two men have been arrested in a home invasion in which one of the victims was beaten on the head with a handgun, police records state. Wednesday afternoon, Jack Tolhurst, 23, of Seminole, was taken into custody in connection with the midday robbery Sept. 22 in the 10000 block of 114th Avenue North, jail records show. ...more

November 1, 2007

Detectives say they have made an arrest in a midday home invasion in which the intruder pretended to know the victim's son. ...more

October 13, 2007