The Avon Park Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own, who passed away early Tuesday morning at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. ...more

October 28, 2009

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth will be charged with DUI manslaughter after a Miami car crash that killed a pedestrian, according to people familiar with the case. ...more

April 1, 2009

Tampa Bay Storm minority owner Peter "Woody" Kern is in critical condition after undergoing surgery for an aortic aneurysm, the team announced Tuesday. ...more

March 31, 2009

Kaiser, the 4-year-old male Basenji who scooted away from his Seminole Heights home during a recent burglary, is back safely, owner Lauren Lewis said. ...more

January 30, 2009

A trust fund has been established to help the 7-year-old son of an Avon Park police officer who died while on duty Christmas Day. ...more

December 31, 2008

The two 17-year-old Winter Haven boys were best friends. They had attended Lake Region High School together, and they hung out every day. On Monday night, Aldeir Mayorga and Troy Christopher Cockrum were returning from another night of socializing with friends when a car crash killed them both, Cockrum's mother said today. ...more

December 30, 2008

A man in a clown mask shot a 27-year-old store clerk while robbing a CVS drugstore early Saturday morning, and the company and Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay each are offering a $5,000 reward for the gunman's capture. ...more

November 29, 2008

Hundreds attended the funeral of Plant High School senior Allyson Faulk, who died following a car wreck Nov. 14. ...more

November 26, 2008

Regarding Saturday's front page: I cannot believe anyone would be remotely interested in hearing the 911 call made during someone's most horrific nightmare come true ("Mother, Her 3 Sons Discovered Dead"). Our city would be better served by attending a sporting event to see people at their finest. ...more

November 4, 2008

Here are some of the condolences on TBO.com to the family of former city Commissioner Robert Brown, who died Oct. 12 after a battle with cancer. To view the entire guest book, go to Plantcity.tbo.com. ...more

October 22, 2008