Pasco deputies and Port Richey police officers arrested a 70-year-old man they say robbed two banks in five days. Joseph A. Bender of 7311 Ingleside Drive, Port Richey, was arrested at the Travel Inn at 7532 U.S. 19 in New Port Richey on Tuesday afternoon, after his car was spotted in the parking lot, officials say. At 9 a.m. Friday, according to authorities, Bender walked into the Colonial Bank at 9431 U.S. 19 outside Port Richey city limits, handed a teller a note that stated he had a bomb, and demanded cash. After getting the money, according to a probable cause affidavit, he took off. After his photo was released to the media, deputies received phone calls about the suspect's possible identity. Detectives prepared a suspect photo pack and clerks identified Bender as the bank robber, a report states ...more

August 20, 2008

Barack Obama intends to use a huge organization involving "thousands" of volunteers, along with thousands of new voters, to win Florida, his campaign manager told some of those volunteers during a trip to Florida this week. ...more

August 16, 2008

There will be plenty of teachers, several books, all the students... well, still no dirty looks, as they will all have to dress up at Park Elementary School this year. ...more

August 15, 2008

NORTH PORT - A North Port High School military instructor admitted receiving nude photographs and lurid text messages from a teenage girl, according to newly released police documents. ...more

August 14, 2008

Over the years, many statements have been falsely attributed to me, but this is the first year in which a whole column has been made up and circulated in a chain letter on the Internet, claiming that I wrote it. ...more

July 11, 2008

Dear Abby: I am 12 and have bad problems at school. Whenever I'm behind, can't figure out a problem or just want to get it done, I cheat. ...more

July 6, 2008

SARASOTA - Authorities are looking for a woman who they say called 911 and told dispatchers that she had been blindfolded and was being held inside a car against her will, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 24, 2008

You may not know a Tampa company called Syniverse. But if you have a cell phone, you should give it a nod of thanks when your calls go through. ...more

June 17, 2008

A lease-breaching St. Petersburg Army recruit who is being shipped out today to basic training in South Carolina was still hoping for a resolution to the case Monday, his attorney said. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A St. Petersburg Army recruit who is being shipped out Tuesday to basic training in South Carolina remains saddled with an apartment lease, said the private's attorney. ...more

June 16, 2008