A standoff between a homicide suspect and Pinellas County deputies has ended peacefully this morning and residents are being allowed back into their homes. ...more

January 1, 2009

Apparently some customers at Joy Foodsmart occasionally play an odd prank. They walk through the door and pretend they are robbing the business by exclaiming, "Give me the money." ...more

December 30, 2008

Apparently some customers at Joy Foodsmart occasionally play an odd prank. Once they walk through the door, they pretend they are robbing the business by exclaiming, "Give me the money." That's what virtually everyone thought was occurring Dec. 22 when three men wearing bandannas walked into the store at 1005 49th St. S. about 8:35 p.m. ...more

December 29, 2008

Christmas came early for four children this year. On Wednesday, four bicycles were delivered to Tanjaliyah Johnson, Demartre and Roger Loculien, of Sebring, and Dallas Goins, of Lake Placid. ...more

December 25, 2008

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December 23, 2008

Two clerks have been shot at a Gulfport convenience store. The shooting happened this evening at the Joy Foodsmart on 49th Street South. Police responded first to a silent panic alarm, then a hang-up 911 call just after 8:30 p.m. ...more

December 22, 2008

A mother and her four children escaped unharmed this morning from a house fire started by one of the youngsters, fire officials said. ...more

December 13, 2008

In response to Mr. McAllister's letter of Dec. 9, concerning his father's and brother's wages at G.M. Was there a fairy godmother that paid the several hundred dollars a month for their lucrative Blue Cross benefits? Was there a fairy godmother that paid into a very nice retirement package for each hourly employee? ...more

December 10, 2008

Enough of this baloney about $75 an hour for auto workers. My father and brother are retired auto workers. They don't make, nor have they ever made, anything close to that kind of a wage. The $75 an hour story has been debunked by the mainstream TV news outlets but newspapers don't investigate and report anymore. They only re-report and the $75 an hour story sells papers. If, as stated, the autoworkers' wages add 10 percent to the cost of an American auto, why do competing Japanese cars cost 10 percent more for comparable American models? ...more

December 9, 2008

A domesticated macaw that flew up a tree and refuses to come down may survive at least two more days without food or water, a local veterinarian says. ...more

December 8, 2008