Using a vast database that contains more than six million images of criminals, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office today helped south Florida detectives arrest a man wanted in connection to a bank robbery. ...more

May 7, 2009

Police are investigating a shooting in Miami Gardens that left six wounded. ...more

March 8, 2009

Police charged four men in two similar robberies on Tuesday, one involving a 12-year-old boy, records show. ...more

October 8, 2008

There's a new Amendment 1 in Florida, and it doesn't have anything to do with your tax bill. ...more

August 18, 2008

Bradenton and Coconut Creek close city hall on Fridays. ...more

August 18, 2008

SEBRING — A Lake Placid veterinarian's push for a new ballot initiative, which would create a new property tax to build a land acquisition fund, may reach the county commissioners next month. Dr. Elton Gissindanner and his supporters convinced the Natural Resources Advisory Commission Wednesday to draft a bill that would create a tax of 0.2 mils, or $10 for a property valued at $100,000 after the $50,000 homestead exemptions are considered. If the county commissioners approve it, it could appear on the ballot in November. Gissindanner said that 29 Florida counties had a conservation fund of some sort. Polk County's program bought more than 12,000 acres so far. ...more

May 29, 2008

APOLLO BEACH – A trio wanted in connection with a series of smash-and-grab vehicle burglaries from Pasco to Miami-Dade counties were arrested Thursday on Interstate 75 in southern Hillsborough County, authorities said. ...more

November 2, 2007