After 10 months without his city salary or health benefits, former Tampa police Capt. Marion Lewis will have to wait even longer to learn if he gets back the job he left to run for mayor. ...more

November 20, 2007

LAKELAND - The numbers are striking. Deputies and police in Polk County say they have raided and dismantled 34 marijuana "grow houses" in the county through the first 10 months of 2007. In all of 2006, that number was three. ...more

November 19, 2007

At the Acorn Trace apartment complex in Tampa, the elderly and disabled residents are bracing as if for a siege. They've organized patrols to guard the door and quiz strangers. What's the threat? The 2008 enrollment season for Medicare drug and health plans starts Thursday. ...more

November 10, 2007

Mel Martinez gave up his role as chairman of the Republican National Committee last week, saying he wanted to return to his 'main job': representing Florida in the U.S. Senate. ...more

October 23, 2007

LAKELAND - Police are continuing to search computer equipment seized from the home of 18-year-old Shawn Newberry, but they have yet to find evidence of any plot in motion, Lakeland Police Department Sgt. Terri Smith said Thursday. ...more

October 18, 2007

A man whose 2-year-old son shot himself to death after finding a gun between two couch cushions was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison Monday on federal firearms and marijuana charges. ...more

September 25, 2007

TAMPA - A man whose 2-year-old son shot himself to death after finding a gun between two couch cushions will be sentenced today on federal firearms and marijuana charges. ...more

September 24, 2007

Dunedin Fine Art Center can now draw on a short-term solution to its long-term problem. ...more

September 21, 2007

The way things are going, the first votes in the 2008 Presidential election may yet be cast in 2007, more than 10 months before the national elections next November. This is not an improvement. ...more

September 5, 2007