Slain school bus driver Vincent Thomas was considered a reliable employee who recently had been promoted to a full-time position with Hillsborough County public schools. ...more

December 30, 2009

I am so saddened by an article I read today on the front page of the Lake Placid Journal. It tells of a recent "Candy Day" fundraiser held by the Lake Placid Lions Club. Seventy- year-old Lion Miles Lambert, who was born and raised in Lake Placid, and who at the young age of 18 years old first became one of the Lake Placid Lions Club's first members, was arrested, being charged with a misdemeanor for attempting to raise money for the blind and deaf by standing on the sidewalk of the Lake Placid Post Office. After 52 years of giving so much of his time and efforts in the attempt to raise money for those people in our county who so desperately need help with vision and hearing problems, it is unbelievable that our sweet little town has now been infiltrated by someone in such need of standing up to "The Rules" in lieu of someone else's pain. In this day, when so many folks are out of jobs, whose children desperately need glasses that they can't afford, one would certainly admire someone who is giving of his time and efforts to try and help. ...more

December 29, 2009

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say actor Charlie Sheen has been accused of using a weapon in an alleged case of domestic violence in Aspen. ...more

December 27, 2009

Derrick Dewayne Miller told Pasco deputies Wednesday he was robbed. ...more

December 3, 2009

A family fight over Thanksgiving food left two people spending the holiday in jail, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 28, 2009

They found the dogs locked in cages inside a cramped apartment, nearly starved to death. ...more

November 25, 2009

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A California rancher who houses homeless people on his property chose to serve 90 days in jail rather than accept probation after being convicted of misdemeanor safety violations. ...more

November 23, 2009

RUSKIN -- A Ruskin woman sued her ex-boyfriend claiming he didn't tell her that he had genital herpes. Kathy Croman, 57, filed the civil lawsuit on Nov. 2 in Hillsborough County Circuit Court against her ex-boyfriend Richard Tinker, who won $5 million in the Florida Lottery in 1994. ...more

November 20, 2009

A 49-year-old man has been accused of groping and trying to kiss a door-to-door magazine subscription saleswoman. ...more

November 19, 2009

The state will not prosecute a woman accused of inappropriately disciplining four children at the day care center she ran. ...more

November 19, 2009