The owners of the historic Kress building have been given six months to fix up the crumbling facade of the downtown landmark. ...more

January 28, 2009

The woman who former City Clerk Karen Phillips intended to succeed her has done just that. ...more

January 22, 2009

Editor's Note: This is the second installment in an occasional series following Hillary Koontz along her journey as a first-year kindergarten teacher at Reddick Elementary School. ...more

January 21, 2009

The state reached a settlement with troubled Tampa Bay Academy that allows its mental health center to admit children if it pays a $50,000 fine and meets every standard set by regulators. ...more

January 16, 2009

SYDNEY, Australia - Position: Island caretaker. Duties: Lazing around Australia's Great Barrier Reef for six months. Salary: 150,000 Australian dollars ($100,000). ...more

January 13, 2009

A Tampa man who couldn't afford his car payments paid a man $200 to burn the vehicle, investigators say. ...more

January 13, 2009

Corey Steen committed child abuse, impregnating a girl, investigators say. ...more

January 12, 2009

The former operator of boarding home who faced 18 felony counts of adult abuse will not go to jail. Daphne Jones, under a plea agreement with prosecutors, pleaded guilty this morning to one reduced count of culpable negligence, a second-degree misdemeanor. Prosecutors dropped the remaining 17 charges. ...more

January 8, 2009

The Highlands County recycling bins that had been on Museum Avenue near The Depot Museum have been moved to the Durrah Martin Sports Complex. ...more

January 8, 2009

A 6-month-old Sebring child died as the result of a two-vehicle accident Sunday in Polk County. ...more

January 5, 2009