A Sebring man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly stealing $6,600 worth of spools of electrical wire from Sea Hawk Industries. ...more

November 10, 2009

The Letter Carriers Postal Food Drive will be held this Saturday Residents are urged to fill a grocery bag with non-perishable items and canned goods and leave them next to their mailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery. ...more

May 8, 2009

You'll never want to buy store bought marinara again. ...more

May 5, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio marked Earth Day by unveiling a new recycling program that will place receptacles for recycling plastic and aluminum downtown and in the Channel District. Iorio said the 20 new bins will give pedestrians a place to throw plastic bottles, tins cans and other recyclables instead of tossing them into a garbage can. The city has teamed up with the Tampa Downtown Partnership on a program that will cost about $15,000 a year. More receptacles are planned in the future. ...more

April 23, 2009

Why do so many soft drinks have an image of West Virginia on the can? - C.S. ...more

March 22, 2009

Eisenhower Middle School has expanded its recycling efforts in recent years, gradually encouraging students to embrace the idea of going green. ...more

March 18, 2009

A five-month investigation has led to the arrest of 21 suspects and the dismantling of a theft ring that was responsible for stealing thousands of cans of powdered baby formula in six Central Florida counties, authorities said Friday. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office today announced 21 arrests in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar baby-formula theft ring operating in at least three states. The men and women arrested face a variety of charges, including organized retail theft, shoplifting, possession of fake driver's licenses, larceny and fraud. All are in the country illegally. ...more

March 6, 2009

Recycling could become as routine as taking out the trash for many more Pasco County residents, depending on the results of a pilot project. ...more

January 22, 2009

Bomb technicians, first responders and investigators watched instructors explode cans of paint, ammunition, a watermelon and a tire at MacDill Air Force Base today, all using common household chemicals. ...more

January 14, 2009