About 3,500 customers in Polk County now have power, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said Sunday night. ...more

October 25, 2009

As St. Paddy's Day revelers get ready to don shamrock sunglasses and dye their beer green, Florida police are making some preparations of their own. ...more

March 17, 2009

A weapons charge has been added against a man arrested Thursday night after a suspected pipe bomb and guns were found in his vehicle, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said this morning. ...more

March 13, 2009

The 70,000 or so people who filled Raymond James Stadium were well behaved, authorities said. ...more

February 1, 2009

Monday will be the second anniversary of a tragic time in our county. It's the date State Trooper Sgt. Nick Sottile was shot down along U.S. 27 north of Lake Placid. It's a date that those who knew Sottile, and those who did not, were in shock at the brutality that happened that afternoon against a man known and loved in his community. ...more

January 11, 2009

As Bob Barker tells his life story, his mother paces behind him, dabbing her eyes. ...more

December 16, 2008

Government-sponsored monetary compensation for randomly selected death and disability has spun out of control... ...more

August 26, 2008

My children and grandchildren live in Cordova, Alaska, where fishing is the major source of income for thousands. I want you to know that there's another side to domestic drilling that's gone almost completely unnoticed: the gamble of the unforeseeable accident. ...more

August 8, 2008

GIRL WAS BADLY INJURED IN DUI WRECK ...more

May 29, 2008

Morgan Katocs stood at the end of the line, a shy smile on her young face. ...more

May 28, 2008