The suspect in the kidnapping and slaying of a Lakeland man who went missing in April 2008 will remain behind bars without bail. ...more

December 20, 2009

The suspect in the kidnapping and slaying of a Lakeland man who has been missing since April 2008 will remain behind bars without bail. ...more

December 19, 2009

Twenty months after Robert Wiles was kidnapped, the FBI said Friday that the Lakeland man is dead and his killer is in custody. ...more

December 19, 2009

Delayed a week by torrential rains, the Tampa Downtown Market opened Friday at Franklin and Madison streets with more vendors, a bigger variety of food and fresh produce, and more space for shoppers to roam. ...more

October 24, 2009

Though an autopsy on an 11-year-old girl who died at a city pool was performed Thursday, there will be no results for at least six weeks, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office said. ...more

July 10, 2009

Thanks in large part to aggressive drivers, Little Road will gain another traffic signal, according to county records. ...more

May 22, 2009

The countywide burn ban, which had been in place for the past five weeks, has been rescinded. ...more

April 22, 2009

With blustery winds forecast to continue through this week, the Highlands County commissioners voted Tuesday to extend the county-wide burn ban into its fourth week. ...more

April 9, 2009

Perhaps you held off buying that new refrigerator, or didn't buy a new home altogether. Either way, that meant a bit less garbage on the way to the landfill. ...more

March 23, 2009

Perhaps you held off buying that new refrigerator, or didn't buy a new home altogether. Either way, that meant a bit less garbage on the way to the landfill. Multiply that frugality across several million people in the Tampa Bay area, and the down economy is having a direct impact on the flow of garbage to government dumps. ...more

March 19, 2009