The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a cruise ship passenger who government officials say jumped overboard in the Bahamas. ...more

January 3, 2010

A Hillsborough County sheriff's corporal shot and killed a 32-year-old man Thursday after he was called to investigate a domestic disturbance at a supermarket, authorities said. ...more

December 25, 2009

Turns out a fairway makes a pretty decent landing strip. A two-passenger plane crashed on a fairway in Lakewood Estates in south St. Petersburg shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday. The plane lost part of a wing, but the pilot was able to walk away without injuries. ...more

December 25, 2009

The activity room at the Palms of Sebring Thursday afternoon was filled with cheers for residents playing the Nintendo Wii bowling game. ...more

December 21, 2009

Toys donated by customers who filled a large gingerbread house at the Dollar General Store No. 1313, in Sebring, were delivered Thursday to the National Guard Armory at Avon Park for the families of the soldiers of Bravo Battery. ...more

December 19, 2009

Citigroup's surprisingly low pricing of a stock offer this week provides a clear sign that investors are still nervous about the banking giant's ability to regain its financial health. ...more

December 18, 2009

The bomb threat called in Thursday afternoon at the Royal Care of Avon Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center turned out to be just that - a threat. ...more

November 21, 2009

Taking full advantage of benign conditions, the four-person team of Andrew Katsanis, Elgin Bayless, Eric Moore and Terry Hancock breezed to a three-stroke win in the first flight of the Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce golf tournament on Thursday afternoon. ...more

November 21, 2009

Dixie Youth Baseball is developing a five-year plan for improvements to the city's Max Long Field Complex, the first phase of which is to resurface fields 2 and 4, which are the smaller fields, to improve drainage. ...more

November 20, 2009

Philip Morris has been ordered to pay $300 million in damages to a former smoker in Florida, the largest award to date among thousands of lawsuits filed in the state against tobacco companies. ...more

November 19, 2009