Venus is an isolated community known for its flooding during the summer, independent people and - most recently - for turning back the Eagle National Training Center's attempt to become a neighbor. ...more

December 20, 2009

Erin Rivera is trying to stay upbeat about the holidays, even after a burglar took all the family's presents barely a week before Christmas. ...more

December 18, 2009

Police are investigating whether a botched 911 distress call contributed to the recent death of a motorist on Lovering Road. ...more

December 17, 2009

I recently was in your area visiting my mother and came across "The party crashers and decline of society" editorial (Our Opinion, Dec. 7), and I have one word: Bravo. ...more

December 12, 2009

A Tenoroc High School student died Tuesday evening after being struck by a car as he walked home from school Tuesday afternoon. ...more

December 8, 2009

A Tampa man called 911 seven times Sunday, once threatening to blow up his neighbor's house, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

December 7, 2009

A 20-year-old man is accused of punching his neighbor, causing a brain injury that required surgery. ...more

December 3, 2009

Alongside the daily grind of armed robberies, missing persons and domestic violence calls, add a case of tree poisoning to the plate of the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Deputies say that sometime between August and September someone came onto private property on Pheasant Drive in Mulberry, drilled holes in several trees and plugged the holes with something. ...more

December 3, 2009

A 46-year-old Land O' Lakes man has been accused of setting his own house on fire. Pasco County sheriff's deputies say David Wayne Cox, of 4151 Gerry Lane, used a cigarette lighter Saturday to intentionally spark fires on the first and second floors of his home. ...more

November 30, 2009

All day today, people came to pay their respects and say prayers at the memorial covered with dozens of candles and teddy bears in memory of 2-year-old Luis Martinez, who was found dead near his home Saturday. ...more

November 29, 2009