A former Tampa police officer who failed to arrest a woman wanted by authorities must face a state commission to determine whether he will lose his law-enforcement certification, records show. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - A former Tampa police officer who failed to arrest a woman on outstanding warrants after she exposed herself to him now must face a state commission to determine whether he will lose his law-enforcement certification, records show. ...more

June 16, 2008

When the dogs took a special, sniffy interest in her "snake plant" last year about this time, Mary Winemiller grew curious. She finally went outside to investigate. ...more

May 28, 2008

BLAZE GUTTED ONE-STORY HOUSE, REIGNITED HOURS LATER ...more

May 4, 2008

HUDSON - The black four-door Ford Crown Victoria flew by Pasco Deputy Jay Galassi at 74 mph in a 55 mph zone Thursday morning on U.S. 19 north of Hudson Avenue. ...more

May 2, 2008

Kelli Ackett didn't sell her house outright at the Big Top Flea Market. But she did get six potential buyers - and one date - out of her six hours in a booth at the Fowler Avenue institution. ...more

January 23, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to market by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property online and in local newspapers. ...more

January 19, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to sell it by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property on the Internet and in local newspapers. ...more

January 18, 2008

The vast asphalt lot and tall movie screens on East Hillsborough Avenue at 22nd Street — where the Fun-Lan Drive-In Theatre flashes its bright marquee at night to flirt with the traffic — have a definite retro feel. ...more

November 12, 2007

AVON PARK — It has been more than a year since then-mayor Tom Macklin brought up an ordinance to penalize landlords for renting to illegal immigrants. Though it failed in June 2006, it mobilized several businesses and most of the Hispanic community, and for better or worse, it changed many residents' views of their city and the actions of City Hall, even to this day. "They're (the customers) more careful now, because they know they're after them," said Angel Del Valle, who worked at the Broken Spoke Flea Market during the unfolding controversy last year. He now owns the store, and had several Hispanic customers browsing the shelves when interviewed Wednesday afternoon. "They try not to be too obvious." Though Macklin was the mayor of Avon Park for six years, most people only remember him for his final months, when he brought the Illegal Immigration Relief Act to the council chambers. He earned a large group of detractors, but also earned the support of those like James Geer, who wrote in a 2006 letter to the editor that "the federal government is not doing its job." ...more

November 4, 2007