Fire badly damages a house in Darby, though no one is badly hurt ...more

May 22, 2008

REVIEW: Wi-Gear iMuffs cordless headphones ($179.99 at amazon.com) ...more

May 2, 2008

First, their own neighborhood supermarkets and restaurants, and now this: a YMCA program in Summerfield's back yard. ...more

February 16, 2008

LAKEWOOD RANCH - Three people were arrested on Saturday after using their jobs as newspaper carriers to burglarize vehicles in gated communities, Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 11, 2008

"It's just a little bit short of being in the absolute middle of nowhere," captain Artie Price says as he cranks the big Chevy engine on his airboat. ...more

February 8, 2008

At the start of this season, Barry Grayling scoffed at the notion that a lack of experience would be Pasco's downfall this season. ...more

February 5, 2008

Sheriff's detectives think they have unraveled a series of conflicting statements surrounding a Jan. 15 shooting that left a Moon Lake teen with a bullet lodged near his spine. ...more

January 25, 2008

Deputies say an ironworker drove a stolen motorcycle on several east Hillsborough County roads Thursday night at high speeds while trying to avoid being arrested on several warrants for failing to appear in court. ...more

December 14, 2007

OK, 85 degrees isn't winter. That seems to be what the fish are saying along much of the coast these days with the unprecedented warm weather. In many areas where fish moved to winter patterns on a few early cool fronts, migrating into rivers and canals, most seem to have moved back out and returned to their late fall locations. ...more

December 9, 2007

SEBRING — Children and adults can now play a little less in the streets than they did at the Sun 'n Lake of Sebring Improvement District. The addition of a new eight-foot-wide concrete multi-use cart path gives bikers, joggers, walkers and golf cart drivers a safer alternative to riding in the roadway on Sun 'n Lake Boulevard. The new mile-long path starts at the snack shack for the golf club and stretches to Cortez Boulevard while running parallel to Sun 'n Lake Boulevard. Al Grieshaber Jr., SNL general manager, said preparation, which included landscape removal in a "non-functional wetlands, " plus grading and installation took about 45 days and cost $110,000. Grieshaber expects to eventually extend the path another mile west to Balboa Boulevard and connect with the main trail head of the Sun 'n Lake Preserve, an off-road biking park with several miles of single and double track trails. ...more

November 24, 2007