Yumay C. Guardado and her 12-year-old daughter stole items on two separate occasions in the past week from a Brandon Target, Hillsborough County deputies say. The 32-year-old Tampa woman and her child were arrested and charged with two counts of grand theft. ...more

July 2, 2008

When Lou Piniella got his first look at the Cubs' interleague schedule and saw his team didn't have to face the Red Sox or Yankees during its June jaunt against AL East teams, he said he thought his team might be getting a bit of a break. ...more

June 16, 2008

TAMPA - A preschool teacher arrested Thursday after deputies accused him of fondling a 4-year-old boy was arrested again today on a charge of capital sexual battery, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 9, 2008

A four-legged drug detector will soon join the Brooksville Police Department. ...more

June 4, 2008

Council says drug dog will be asset. ...more

June 3, 2008

SEMINOLE -- A 15-year-old student at Osceola Middle School was arrested today, accused by deputies of bringing a handgun to school. Alexander B. Glass, of 1625 Whitewood Drive, Clearwater, was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm on school grounds, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 7, 2008

On several occasions, while volunteering at the church service centers in Avon Park, I would ask some seemingly able bodied aid recipients the reason why they were not working. Quite often, the answer given was a lack of transportation to get to and from work on a regular and dependable basis. At first I questioned that response but, upon reflection, I concluded that the lack of public transportation in the Avon Park-Sebring area is more than just an inconvenience; it is definitely a real hardship for many of our constituents. In fact last month, while traveling along Memorial Drive I stopped to pick up a walker and asked him where he was heading. He said "Homer's Restaurant." He informed me that earlier that morning he had been called to come in to work on his day off, and to start working by 8 a.m. Unfortunately, due to a lack of transportation, he had started walking the six mile distance to Homer's and had managed to reach that point at approximately 8:45 a.m. After dropping him off at the restaurant, he proceeded to thank me and rushed off to his job. ...more

February 16, 2008

I'm a director and second vice president at Brookridge. On several occasions I have had go to Hernando County Commissioner Diane Rowden for help, and she always helped us. ...more

January 22, 2008

I'm a people watcher. It comes with being a writer, and it's at least partly why I knew at a very young age that writing would be my life. ...more

January 20, 2008

A Palm Harbor-area man is facing a second capital sexual battery charge after admitting to performing sex acts on a second young boy, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 9, 2008