CORY LAKE ISLES - If Wednesday's court hearing were a high-stakes game of chicken, developer Gene Thomason waited until the last moment to back down. Just minutes before Cory Lake Isles homeowners were going to ask the court to force Thomason to open his company books, Thomason's legal team agreed to turn over the records in 60 days. ...more

January 25, 2008

Nobody could have seen this celebrity breakup coming: After more than 20 years of marriage, Spider-Man and Mary Jane are kaput. ...more

January 17, 2008

A lawyer twice jailed after raising the ire of local judges has had her license to practice suspended by the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

January 17, 2008

A Lakeland elementary school principal arrested on child pornography charges Friday was released from jail Saturday after posting $50,000 bail. ...more

December 22, 2007

Borat is dead. Sacha Baron Cohen tells The Daily Telegraph that he is retiring the clueless Kazakh journalist, as well as his other alter ego, aspiring rapper Ali G. ...more

December 22, 2007

SARASOTA — A telephone scam that targets residents of Sarasota County is playing on the fear of arrest, authorities said. ...more

December 13, 2007

A man was jailed for failing to take his tuberculosis medication after officials said he was a serious health risk. ...more

December 7, 2007

Sue Normand had reason to celebrate this week. Her business, Island Mail & More, reached its five-year anniversary, and she told a friend Tuesday night that the holiday season was bringing in fantastic sales at the mailing and packaging shop. ...more

December 7, 2007

EAST MANATEE - A piece of a man's tongue was bitten off Saturday in a confrontation with his live-in girlfriend, Manatee County sheriff's deputies said. ...more

November 26, 2007

TAMPA - A former Hillsborough County employee pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal charges for her part in a scheme that helped scores of illegal immigrants get false drivers' licenses. ...more

November 7, 2007