The security footage showed it all - a man waiting until after store hours to break in and steal thousands of dollars worth of electronics. ...more

December 9, 2009

A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a $70,000 jewelry heist. ...more

November 10, 2009

The Highlands County Historic Preservation Commission will take on a new project - putting historical artifacts on display in a public place - in mid July. ...more

June 28, 2009

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating an early morning robbery at the EZ Pawn shop in Brandon. ...more

June 13, 2009

The new exhibit at the Museum of Science & Industry folds science into art, icky into beautiful. ...more

January 22, 2009

Real bodies encased in plastic make a return visit to the Museum of Science & Industry this week, with a new exhibit opening on Thursday. ...more

January 21, 2009

Concerning the Capitol Visitor Center that opened Tuesday, three years and $360 million over budget, with a 186-foot marble wall holding display cases that document the nation's milestones and key decisions in Congress: ...more

December 7, 2008

BRADENTON Authorities today are investigating the early morning burglary of a jewelry store and theft of an undetermined amount of jewels. Manatee County sheriff's deputies responded to the 5:48 a.m. alarm at the Gulf Coast Jewelers shop at 1403 57th Ave. W. in Bradenton to find broken glass all over. ...more

November 21, 2008

A former Marine lance corporal who pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of a fellow Marine to buy a plasma television online has been sentenced to five years probation, with a condition that he stay in a halfway house on house arrest for six months, his lawyer said. Prosecutors say Steven Lee Fickey stole the identities of about 18 people, using them to buy things through a Web site maintained by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. ...more

November 7, 2008

The Sebring Winn-Dixie, with competition across the street (Wal-Mart) and just a short ride to the north (Publix), has undergone a major makeover - costing more than $2 million. ...more

November 2, 2008