Ten people who had bought condominiums in the posh SkyPoint complex are now trying to get out of their respective contracts, contending that they never were told that the 32-story tower was built on land that was once contaminated. ...more

October 9, 2008

A group of 10 people who bought condominiums in the posh Skypoint complex is now trying to get out of their contracts, contending they never were told the 32-story tower was built on once-contaminated land. ...more

October 8, 2008

Detectives are looking for several people who together siphoned 400 gallons of diesel fuel from a Lake Alfred gas station on June 12. Deputies say a pickup truck and three large rigs pulled up to the BP station, 6600 County Road 557, and several people got out over the underground storage tanks pretending to repair the pickup, said Polk County sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers. ...more

June 20, 2008

More than a dozen construction projects are under way or on the drawing board at this 67-year-old military installation. ...more

February 4, 2008

CHARLOTTE COUNTY - The owner of a south Charlotte County gas station and convenience store that recently burned down told the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office that 4,647 gallons of fuel are missing from underground storage tanks. ...more

November 29, 2007