GIRLS WEIGHTLIFTING Perfect Lady Eagles return from holiday break and warm up for Wednesday's county meet by handing Citrus its first loss. ...more

January 9, 2009

GIRLS WEIGHTLIFTING Springstead dominates a county rival for the second week in a row, beating Central, 63-26. ...more

December 17, 2008

AVON PARK What started as a traffic stop for speeding ended with three men being arrested for allegedly trying to destroy cannabis evidence by eating it. ...more

November 7, 2008

Plenty of screaming and cheering fans watched with amazement at Olympian Michael Phelps's performance as he broke record after record at the Beijing Olympics. ...more

September 3, 2008

TAMPA - A man wanted in a May 24 triple slaying at an Auburndale night club was arrested today in Jamaica, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

June 23, 2008

The man wanted in connection with a triple slaying at an Auburndale bar and music venue early Saturday morning has fled to another country, Polk County sheriff's detectives said. ...more

May 29, 2008

LAKELAND - The man wanted in connection with a triple slaying at an Auburndale bar and music venue early Saturday morning has fled to another country, detectives with the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

May 28, 2008

If you're a government apparatchik, seeing Hillsborough County commissioner and resident board parson Brian Blair barging through the door has to be the paper-pusher equivalent of the pol who came to dinner meets Mongo from "Blazing Saddles." ...more

February 5, 2008

Working on his fourth book, one may say that the Rev. Robert Barnes is a dramatic wordsmith, and it is evident in his first pulpit pastoral job at Dayspring Presbyterian Church. ...more

November 24, 2007

¿Convertiría su casa en una escuela? A simple vista, parece disparatado. Pero eso fue lo que hizo Carmen González. La sala y el comedor de su casa de Seffner funcionan como aulas y una de las habitaciones se ha vuelto salón de computadoras. ...more

October 12, 2007