The West Florida Young Guns U9 baseball team proved itself to be not simply the state's greatest, but the best in all the land. ...more

July 18, 2009

A Polk County funeral home director charged with dumping human remains will remain in jail for now. ...more

July 10, 2009

Former Hillsborough High baseball player Keith Diaz, who recently graduated from Central Florida Community College, was named the Florida Community College Activities Association Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. ...more

June 28, 2009

The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was baby sitting in central Florida. ...more

June 25, 2009

Sheriff's officials are investigating how an inmate at a central Florida jail obtained a loaded handgun in an attempted escape. A sheriff's spokeswoman says Osceola County Jail inmate Angel Santiago pulled out a gun and threatened to kill an officer escorting him back to his cell Monday evening. ...more

June 24, 2009

TAMPA -- Showers and storms moving from the Gulf of Mexico should continue to trail across West Central Florida through today and extend through Friday. An area of low pressure over the Gulf is drifting east and dragging rain and storms with it. ...more

June 4, 2009

There's another dry day or so ahead for folks in the Tampa Bay area and north today, with the main chance for rain to the south. ...more

June 1, 2009

A murder defendant in central Florida wants tax dollars to pay for the removal of a bullet from his grown because he says it will help in his defense. ...more

May 31, 2009

The Girl Scouts of West Central Florida is looking for former members to join its alumni association. ...more

May 26, 2009

On this Memorial Day, I am reminded of the extreme sacrifices made by so many Americans on behalf of the United States of America and, yes, the world. As someone currently working to preserve the legacy of that generation now known as "The Greatest Generation," I can tell you it has been my honor and extreme privilege to record and share stories from this fading group of veterans. Through their own words, they reveal World War II, a war now referred to as the good war, was anything but good. The lesson is that while war is never good, it is sometimes necessary and always comes at great cost. This weekend we invite you to search Central Florida WW2 Museum Veterans History Project on YouTube to hear their stories and dwell on the significance of remembering our veterans. I believe they deserve our attention. ...more

May 25, 2009