Pasco County residents soon may turn in their older, water-consuming toilets for newer, more efficient models under a rebate program adopted recently. ...more

January 28, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A man who goes by the name "Pink Mike" faces several criminal charges after a city police officer spotted him using a gun to intimidate his sister. ...more

January 5, 2008

Community Harvest Church opened its doors here Nov. 4. The church is part of Revelation Ministries International, a global fellowship of ministers, missionaries and churches. ...more

January 5, 2008

A bat that plunged onto the head of a student at Compass Middle Charter School in Bartow last week was rabid, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 6, 2007

At their final meeting of the year, county commissioners talked trash, approved the purchase of a large tract of land for preservation and honored a fallen deputy. ...more

December 6, 2007

Gertrude McWilliams of Valrico wrote last month in search of a dilly bread recipe. Dolores Fritz in Zephyrhills sent her version along. ...more

December 4, 2007

The former treasurer of the Belleair Civic Association was arrested Tuesday, accused of stealing $6,800 from the association and more than $16,000 from the Wonders Foundation while she was on the charitable organization's board of directors, police said. ...more

November 28, 2007

SENIOR EDITOR, MULTIMEDIA SPORTS: Kim Pendery: (813) 259-8406 or kpendery@tampatrib.com ...more

November 24, 2007

TAMPA - A former immigration agent employed at MacDill Air Force Base was arrested in Tampa Friday night in connection with the rape of a 39-year-old Jamaican detainee, according to records and published reports. Wilfredo Vazquez, 35, is accused of sexually assaulting the mother of two at his Tamarac home, in Broward County, on Sept. 21, the Miami Herald reported in today's edition, citing a criminal complaint filed Friday in Miami federal court. ...more

November 17, 2007

An Apollo Beach church's trailer filled with Thanksgiving food for the poor has been stolen. ...more

November 14, 2007