Local police were searching Wednesday for a man who robbed the Valrico State Bank. ...more

April 15, 2009

Maybe Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White misses his old line of work. ...more

March 14, 2009

Jeffrey Gordon Merritt used a lunch bag and a BB pistol he bought for $30 from Wal-Mart to rob four banks in four months."Let's just get this over with," he told a teller at Andersen Bank in Palm Harbor on Sept. 16. ...more

January 29, 2009

Just in time for Valentine's Day, some of the area's most eligible bachelors will be gathered in one spot. ...more

January 28, 2009

Jeffrey Gordon Merritt, who officials said was captured fleeing a bank robbery in Lithia last month, was indicted today on four federal bank robbery charges. ...more

November 18, 2008

Jeffrey Merritt is unemployed with three young children at home, and without much money left, he got desperate, his girlfriend said. The Tampa man was arrested Friday, charged with robbing a Valrico bank. Investigators say he also robbed two in Pinellas County. ...more

October 6, 2008

The man looked suspicious, looking back while running through a parking lot and clutching a bag to his chest. ...more

October 4, 2008

Ruskin is pulling together for one of its own, a teenage girl severely beaten and unable to walk, breathe or swallow on her own. ...more

August 12, 2008

Some knew her as a friend, most did not, but they came by the hundreds anyway tonight in Ruskin to help a teenage rape victim. ...more

August 11, 2008

The community of Ruskin is pulling together for one of its own, a teenage girl who was severely beaten and now is blind and unable to walk, breathe or swallow on her own. ...more

August 11, 2008