Cameras designed to catch red-light runners in the act will be put to use at the intersections where city officials figured they'd be needed most. ...more

December 30, 2008

Study of six junctions finds 93 violations in eight hours. ...more

December 29, 2008

A Brooksville man was arrested Sunday, accused of using a sex toy to make obscene gestures as women walked by in a store's parking lot ...more

December 28, 2008

Sorry, traffic scofflaws, the camera watching the southbound lanes of U.S.19 at Ridge Road for red light runners isn't taking a holiday break as the city switches to a new operating company. And if things go as hoped, more lanes and more intersections in the city will get red light camera coverage in 2009. ...more

December 27, 2008

A quarter-century ago, Adam Walsh's accused killer accompanied police to a bus bench outside a Sears where he claimed to have snatched the 6-year-old boy. Then, Ottis Toole went with authorities to a turnpike where he said Adam cried for his mother. Later, they stopped at a bridge where Toole said he hacked off the boy's head. ...more

December 20, 2008

At a special meeting Monday, Port Richey City Council is scheduled to appoint an interim city manager and start hunting for a permanent replacement for Richard Reade, City Clerk Shirley Dresch said. The council did not renew Reade's contract during a special meeting Dec. 15. His one-year contract expires Friday. ...more

December 20, 2008

Police Chief Matt Doughney said his office was contacted by a local resident recently asking that his house be checked while he was out of town. ...more

December 18, 2008

A police officer was fired today after an investigation found he had sex with a teenage girl he met through a department program, according to police documents released this afternoon. ...more

December 17, 2008

The City Council has paved the way for the installation of a new city-owned impound lot that could be ready by the end of January. The Council approved an $11,000 bid by Hudson-based Hendrickson Fence and Rail to install 540 feet of fencing, topped with barbed wire, and a pair of 16-foot gates to an area behind City Hall adjacent to the police station entrance. ...more

December 17, 2008

On Dec. 5, Plant City was shut down by a massive manhunt for a heavily armed suspected killer. ...more

December 17, 2008