LAND O' LAKES - If the charges stick, marijuana grow houses have gone upscale. Pasco County Sheriff's Office vice and narcotics detectives raided four such houses Tuesday and say it is the first time they have discovered grow houses in homes of this caliber. ...more

October 14, 2009

Pasco deputies are investigating two unrelated shootings that occurred early Thursday. ...more

October 2, 2009

It started as a game of wizards, with three 10-year-old boys casting make-believe spells on a chicken in a coop. ...more

September 22, 2009

Friends of 17-year-old Dustin Sean White gathered Sunday afternoon around the cordoned-off clubhouse parking lot where the teen was shot and killed early Sunday morning. ...more

June 15, 2009

Friends of 17-year-old Dustin Sean White gathered Sunday afternoon around the cordoned off clubhouse parking lot where the teen was shot and killed early this morning. ...more

June 14, 2009

With chants of "No justice in Tampa," Johnnie Compton and about a dozen like-minded supporters picketed the Hillsborough County Courthouse on Friday over a judge's decision to release a sex offender on bail pending his appeal. ...more

March 28, 2009

With chants of "No justice in Tampa," Johnnie Compton and about a dozen like-minded supporters picketed the Hillsborough County Courthouse today over a judge's decision to release a sex offender on bail pending his appeal. ...more

March 27, 2009

They're basic skills: Taking care of family, managing money and using a computer. ...more

February 4, 2009

Through the first week of play in Plant City Recreation Department/Optimist Youth Basketball, the Nuggets of the Premiere Boys League became the first team to hit the three-win mark. ...more

January 21, 2009

This may ring as odd, considering the auspicious, history-shaping event lurking less than a fortnight ahead, but evidence suggests most of us still harbor that most fundamental characteristic that defines Americans: the desire to be left alone. ...more

January 7, 2009