Investigators arrested Marcus James Morgan of Thontosassa today at his home, according to the state Attorney General's Office. ...more

April 1, 2009

Nearly three hours of deliberations on Tuesday failed to produce a verdict in the federal explosives trial of Youssef Megahed. ...more

April 1, 2009

The South Shore-based KJ Motorsports Team continued its asphalt season by competing in a race at Charlotte County Motorsports Park in Punta Gorda. ...more

April 1, 2009

Nearly three hours of deliberations today failed to produce a verdict in the federal explosives trial of Youssef Megahed. ...more

March 31, 2009

March 17, 2009 ...more

March 17, 2009

Cars and planes were still novel inventions the year Howard Kase was born. A naval retiree, Kase has sailed through life to reach the milestone of his 100th birthday this week. The Holiday resident recently celebrated hitting triple digits with his friends at the Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind with a banquet at the agency's Port Richey office. ...more

March 14, 2009

The Obama administration vowed today to keep up military surveillance in waters off China and protested to China about what it called harassment of an American ship doing that work last week. The Pentagon charged that a Chinese intelligence gathering vessel and four others "shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close" to the USNS Impeccable surveillance ship in the South China Sea on Sunday, then threw obstacles in the water as it tried to leave. ...more

March 9, 2009

AREA DEATHS ...more

March 5, 2009

John Oswald chose enlightening young minds over weighting his bank account. ...more

March 5, 2009

A soldier from Plant City stationed out of Fort Eustis, Va., is missing and presumed dead after he reportedly fell overboard Sunday during an Army exercise off the North Carolina coast. A 40-hour search by the Coast Guard was suspended. ...more

February 24, 2009