Mark LeCouris could now be referred to as "chief-city manager." Tuesday night city commissioners unanimously voted to allow LeCouris, who has served as interim city manager since May, to assume the post on a permanent basis. ...more

February 18, 2009

A 22-month internal affairs investigation using GPS technology has resulted in the departure of four Tampa police officers accused of billing the department for hours they didn't work. ...more

December 19, 2008

Four Tampa police officers consistently left work early without the knowledge of the department this year, according to an internal affairs investigation. Three veteran officers retired while under investigation for violation of agency policy. The fourth has been fired. ...more

December 18, 2008

Carl Edwards won for the second straight week, squeezing a victory out of his last tank of gas. And this time Jimmie Johnson ran out of magic. ...more

November 3, 2008

Rain was falling. The cars were parked on pit road with Carl Edwards in 22nd place, and the driver and crew chief Bob Osborne were arguing heatedly on top of the team's pit box. ...more

August 4, 2008

The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said Thursday. ...more

July 25, 2008

Improper use of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl is still killing people, the government said Friday - its second warning in two years about the powerful narcotic. ...more

December 22, 2007

SEBRING — Three of Sebring's prominent residents have died within less than one week. Former Police Chief Lonnie Curl, 87, died Tuesday at his Sebring home. Former Police Chief Bob Baker attended Curl's funeral Friday and then died of a heart attack later that night. Former Postmaster Ray Graddy, 92, died Saturday. "To me Ray Graddy represents what the old pioneers of Sebring are all about," said Craig Johnson, a friend of Graddy. "He cared about his community, and he gave back." Johnson said Graddy was a nice man who always treated people well. ...more

November 20, 2007

An appeals committee Wednesday upheld the penalty that was levied against Carl Edwards and his Roush Fenway Racing team when his race-winning car failed inspection at Dover. ...more

October 11, 2007