Here's a great idea: Let's give a business owner a "blanket" conditional use permit to erect a tent in the parking lot of a strip mall to sell whatever kind of junk comes rolling down the highway. ...more

May 29, 2008

BRADENTON - Manatee County detectives are investigating an elderly woman found slain in her Bradenton home. ...more

May 21, 2008

BRADENTON - Eduardo Garcia Roves was outside the Save-A-Lot grocery store on 14th Street on April 7 when a teenager ran up to him, grabbed him and tried to slip on handcuffs. ...more

May 4, 2008

SAFETY HARBOR - About six people have fallen ill at an Einstein Brothers Bagels restaurant at 2519 McMullen-Booth Road., possibly from exposure to carbon monoxide, authorities said. ...more

May 3, 2008

A 44-year-old laborer was arrested Friday night on a charge of second-degree murder in the Feb. 11 killing of 44-year-old Donald Kay. ...more

February 16, 2008

Paul Benedetti has been slapped with at least five fines worth more than $1,000 during his time in Spring Hill. ...more

February 10, 2008

Paul Benedetti has been slapped with at least five fines worth more than $1,000 during his time in Spring Hill. ...more

February 9, 2008

Shopping in an unassuming Brandon strip mall, Wayne Finley lets out a breathy "Oh, yeah," upon seeing stacks of Joy Mangano clothing steamers still in their boxes. Original price, $27.99 on the home shopping channel HSN. The price now, $9.99. ...more

December 22, 2007

LAKE WALES - Leon Davis Jr., the man police say set fire to two female employees of an insurance agency Thursday, one of whom was pregnant, was familiar to the business and the victims, according to police and the mother-in-law of one of the women. ...more

December 14, 2007

SEBRING — One of Highlands County's most important meetings will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Highlands County Government Center. But here's the problem: it's about urban services boundaries and comprehensive plan amendments and neighborhood commercial nodes. If you're bored and already moving to the next story, stop. Read a little further. Remember Hometown Democracy, where the people want to make decisions about whether a strip mall is located in their back yards, or whether another used car lot replaces an orange grove? ...more

December 8, 2007