The 10th annual Ag-Venture provides third-graders with the sights, sounds, touches, tastes and smells of agriculture in Highlands County. ...more

November 4, 2009

More than 70 roosters were seized from two Dover homes Wednesday morning along with more than 30 pieces of equipment used in cockfighting, Hillsborough County Animal Services investigators say. ...more

April 1, 2009

Two Lakeland men are accused of running a cockfighting operation that involved 124 roosters, officials said. ...more

February 28, 2009

Deputies arrested a Tampa couple today, accusing them of owning roosters for cockfighting, records show. ...more

February 13, 2009

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies broke up a cockfight at 5202 Calhoun Road on Saturday and arrested five participants. ...more

January 24, 2009

There may be as many as 100 chickens scattered across Ybor City. But only a few rogue roosters are brave enough to peck their way from the safe yards of nearby sympathizers to the party district, where the lure of the cheap thrill can end in fowl tragedy. ...more

November 13, 2008

The roosters start crowing outside Tommy Stephens' Ybor City home at 3 a.m. It's been that way since he moved to the neighborhood in 1987. ...more

November 9, 2008

Deputies with the Highland County Sheriff's Office seized 70 cannabis plants, valued around $420,000, from a grow-house off Parkland Avenue in Lake Placid late Wednesday afternoon. ...more

October 8, 2008

It was love at first sight. A year ago, Spring Hill resident Megan Huckaby, 10, spotted a tiny, eight-week-old brown rabbit in the children's petting area of the Hernando County Fair and knew she had to buy him. ...more

April 11, 2008

Polk County deputies arrested three people today involved in rooster fighting, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 15, 2008