A judge this afternoon decided to allow prosecutors to use a taped conversation between a former teacher and a teenager she is accused of molesting. ...more

January 8, 2009 |

A videotape released today shows Robert Farley dancing and singing hours after he killed his 93-year-old father, authorities say. ...more

January 7, 2009 |

Polk County deputies are seeking help to locate a missing woman whose life may be in danger. ...more

December 25, 2008 |

Witnesses saw Tony Fantauzzi at a bar with Lisa Bickford, investigators say. ...more

December 19, 2008 |

On Dec. 5, Plant City was shut down by a massive manhunt for a heavily armed suspected killer. ...more

December 17, 2008 |

Convicted killer Phillup Partin was sentenced to death this afternoonin the 2002 slaying of 16-year-old Joshan Ashbrook. ...more

December 1, 2008 |

It was a miserable week in the newsroom. Friends and colleagues who a week ago were writing stories or columns and fighting deadlines were packing boxes with the few personal items that give the rows of cubicles some sense that real people work there. ...more

November 16, 2008 |

Bill Bunting has decided destruction of Republican campaign signs has gone too far. Bunting, chairman of the Pasco County Republican Executive Committee, said the local party is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for defacing signs promoting presidential candidate John McCain, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis or any other Republican candidate. The reward also can be collected for fingering vandals who target Republican homes. Bunting reported that someone spray painted Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's name, along with a vulgarity, on the Port Richey house of a McCain supporter. Pasco Democrats don't plan to offer any rewards, but they also are having a problem, though not with graffiti on houses. ...more

October 16, 2008 |

Based on findings from last year's controversial fire study, a consolidated fire department might actually be a worthy endeavor, according to one local 20-year fire department veteran. ...more

October 11, 2008 |

A Personal Account The Hillsborough County Public Schools Transportation Department is getting hundreds of calls a day. Either hundreds of people have wrong numbers or there are hundreds of irate parents who are irritated over school bus transportation. I think it's the latter of the two. ...more

September 13, 2008 |