AVON PARK — The Avon Park Community Center cost the city and its taxpayers an average of well over $10,000 every year since it opened at its current location, city records indicate. For all but one year since record-keeping began on the community center, expenses were considerably higher than revenues. This is without considering the damages the building received during the 2004 hurricane season. Last week, the community center's losses led at least one councilman to compare it to the city's airport, accusing both of losing money each year. "We need to either get rid of it or do it right," Councilman George Hall said Monday. Hall blamed the center's losses partially on the lack of advertising for it. He added that there was not even an information box placed there. ...more

February 19, 2008

A woman faces as long as 20 years in prison for keeping her 17-year-old adopted son caged in her Jacksonville home. ...more

February 9, 2008

JACKSONVILLE - A woman faces up to 20 years in prison for keeping her 17-year-old adopted son caged in her Jacksonville home. ...more

February 8, 2008

WINTER HAVEN – A 52-year-old woman who survived a crash with a school bus is in critical condition at Lakeland Regional Medical Center today, the sheriff's office said ...more

February 7, 2008

BRADENTON — Prosecutors are expected to review a case of animal cruelty after police say they found more than 24 cats and 100 hamsters living in poor conditions. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA - A Wesley Chapel couple with a troubled son get marriage counseling and parenting help on the next "Supernanny," at 9 p.m. Wednesday on ABC. ...more

February 5, 2008

A local tile setter was detained by Tampa International Airport police and federal investigators Friday morning after he was overheard in an airport bathroom talking about mixing chemicals. ...more

February 2, 2008

TAMPA - A local tile setter was detained by Tampa International Airport police and federal investigators this morning after he was overheard in an airport bathroom talking about mixing chemicals. ...more

February 1, 2008

If your image of a garden club is limited to ladies planting azaleas in the town square, think again: The National Garden Clubs is supporting a reforestation effort that includes areas hard-hit by wildfires and other natural disasters. ...more

January 18, 2008

TAMPA – La policía del Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa arrestó a un mujer de 71 años después de que encontrar en su cartera una cachiporra de cuero, que según ella era para "pegarle a los hombres si se ponen frescos", dijo su el informe de su arresto. ...more

January 3, 2008