St. Petersburg police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found when firefighters answered a call for a burning trash container late Saturday night. ...more

February 1, 2009

City Councilman Manny Funes is about to learn a valuable lesson in local politics. ...more

February 1, 2009

Devastated. That's the word Valdora Ward uses to describe her reaction to finding that her home of 31 years had been burglarized on Saturday. ...more

December 16, 2008

When Temple Terrace firefighter-paramedic Joe Cable walks into the third-grade classrooms at Riverhills Elementary, the kids can't wait to greet him. ...more

November 26, 2008

Ask Jeri Canale for a list of accomplishments, and she'll provide a list: During her term in office, the county commissioners built the Children's Advocacy Center, the Lake Placid Library, the Highlands County administration complex, the new county jail, the new sheriff's office, phase one of Sebring Parkway, the DeSoto City Fire Department and the EMS Operations Building. ...more

October 12, 2008

City police are investigating a weekend arson fire that damaged a nearly century-old building on the National Register of Historic Places. ...more

September 9, 2008

A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street into a crowd of spectators and injuring 37 people, officials said Saturday. ...more

July 6, 2008

The former police headquarters was reduced to rubble last week as a demolition crew began knocking down walls and hauling away the debris. ...more

June 25, 2008

PLANT CITY The former police headquarters is being reduced to rubble as a demolition crew using heavy equipment knocks down walls and hauls away the debris. ...more

June 20, 2008

AVON PARK — "I wanted to adopt him. I wanted to adopt them all." Maria Tsakalos had a twinkle in her eye as she talked about seeing a child one day at the Children's Advocacy Center of Highlands County. ...more

February 1, 2008