A car seat, beautician hair-washing sinks and hospital scrubs. The only thing the items have in common, police say, is that they all were used to mask the identities of three men who have held up pawnshops. ...more

September 10, 2009

Tuesday afternoon I listened as an eager, young Republican congressman assured me that government-run health care was bad for me because it would take away my freedom and prove costly. What he didn't say was that he already enjoyed government-run health insurance and didn't have to pay a cent for it. ...more

August 1, 2009

A man died after turning up with a gunshot wound in a car parked on the railroad tracks Tuesday afternoon. ...more

July 15, 2009

The Sebring Chamber of Commerce board planned to meet Tuesday afternoon to sort through the 32 to 34 applications received for interim president. ...more

June 24, 2009

Authorities say a Charlotte County man accused of raping a 9-year-old girl at gunpoint has been found dead in Iowa. ...more

May 28, 2009

Hunter Douglas Fabrication Co., a firm that makes window blinds and shades, is laying off 191 people in Pinellas Park, according to a layoff notice filed with the state. ...more

May 27, 2009

A 50-year-old Gainesville man died Tuesday afternoon when he lost control of his truck while exiting from Interstate 4 to Interstate 75. ...more

May 5, 2009

A 71-year-old woman was attacked Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of the Ross store at Little Road and State Road 54, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

April 15, 2009

The American Red Cross has begun the process of assessing damage caused by the strong storms that moved through the Suncoast on Tuesday morning. ...more

April 14, 2009

A Highlands County grand jury returned an indictment of first-degree murder Tuesday afternoon for a suspect charged with the death of a Lake Placid man. ...more

April 8, 2009