Through the decades, several Halloween myths have surfaced about the dangers of trick-or-treating. Among them: Evil people hide razors in apples while others taint candy. ...more

October 25, 2009

A Boca Raton businessman has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded dozens. ...more

October 18, 2009

Sept. 3, 2009 ...more

September 3, 2009

Quet Shaw has received one last honor for her exploits as the leader of the Plant City High flag football team, and it's a pretty big honor. Recently Shaw was named the best quarterback in the state, as the signal-caller on flagmag.com's all-Florida squads were announced in late May. ...more

June 4, 2009

Hillsborough County's hotel room supply rose 8.1 percent in March to nearly 22,000 compared with a year ago, but demand was down 9.3 percent to 419,248 rooms sold, a report by Smith Travel Research of Hendersonville, Tenn., showed. ...more

May 11, 2009

Led by quarterback Quet Shaw and receivers Tekeyah Clark and Kate Wicker, Plant City's flag football team rolled past Plant 31-13 in a first-round play-in game Saturday afternoon at Plant High. ...more

May 3, 2009

The Florida House has passed a measure that toughens the state's seat belt law. ...more

April 29, 2009

The Florida Senate has passed a measure that toughens the state's seat belt law. ...more

April 28, 2009

For 16 years, Habitat for Humanity has built homes for low-income families in Hernando County. ...more

April 1, 2009

A Senate committee unanimously approved a proposed tobacco tax hike Thursday - but only after stripping out a $50 million earmark for Tampa's H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. ...more

April 1, 2009