A convenience store owner won tentative approval from the city council to sell beer and wine despite objections from three neighborhood and civic associations. ...more

October 8, 2008

Braxton Barbour Jr., 50, exposed himself to a person in front of a Valrico convenience store Monday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. After Barbour urinated, he "spontaneously admitted to shaking his 'wee wee,' a criminal arrest affidavit states. ...more

October 7, 2008

RaceTrac is one step away from building another pit stop on State Road 50. ...more

October 7, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office wants to talk to two men who were at a Mulberry convenience store Thursday afternoon about the shooting and attempted robbery of another man at a nearby home. ...more

September 26, 2008

Three men face numerous charges, including attempted murder, for an early morning crime spree that started in Sebring and ended with a pursuit and arrests in Lake Placid. ...more

September 23, 2008

Three men face numerous charges, including attempted murder, for an early morning crime spree that started in Sebring and ended with a pursuit and arrests in Lake Placid. The Highlands County Sheriff's Office reports that a gray van, which was used in two burglaries, was stolen from the New Life Way Church of Sebring. The suspects burglarized the Caddyshack Restaurant in Sebring where they took a safe and a plasma TV. ...more

September 22, 2008

Tears streaked Jermaine DeWhite Anderson's face Friday before a judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison for driving into a 64-year-old man in a wheelchair, killing him. ...more

September 20, 2008

TAMPA - Jermaine Anderson received a 15-year sentence today for running over a man in a wheelchair. ...more

September 19, 2008

SARASOTA - At Duke's BP in Sarasota, the price of regular grade gas hovered just below $4 a gallon today. ...more

September 16, 2008

This week, before Hurricane Ike struck Galveston and Houston, gas prices in Avon Park reached as low as $3.53. On the Saturday morning after Ike, nearly all Sebring stations were charging $3.95 or more. ...more

September 14, 2008