The Freedom baseball team is on a roll. Senior right-hander Chris Bonti turned in a quality start with five scoreless innings, and the Patriots offense managed enough support Friday night in a 6-3 win against visiting Newsome. The win was Freedom's (5-2) fourth straight and fifth in the past six games. ...more

March 7, 2009

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February 12, 2009

Three juveniles were taken into custody early Saturday morning for allegedly burglarizing Woodlawn Elementary School. ...more

December 23, 2008

"American Cheeses," by Clark Wolf (Simon & Schuster, $25) ...more

December 12, 2008

A man and a woman were charged with felony cocaine trafficking and related charges after selling cocaine to undercover officers, authorities said. ...more

September 30, 2008

When Palma Ceia Junior League baseball manager Scott Linabury was looking around in the league's clubhouse recently, he made a discovery. ...more

July 16, 2008

The rooster had red plumage but no comb on its head or wattle below its beak. ...more

February 20, 2008

TAMPA - The rooster that Pam Perry of Hillsborough County Animal Services carried inside a metal cage had red plumage but no comb on its head or wattle below its beak. ...more

February 19, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - Deputies raided two marijuana grow houses this week, both of them on large acreages east of Interstate 75. ...more

December 20, 2007